教育专家曾对1500名天才儿童进行了30年的追踪研究,发现这些儿童并不是都能有所成就,有20%的儿童在幼儿期智商很高,但成年以后没有什么成就。与那些成功者相比,其差距不在智力方面,而在非智力因素的个性品质上,例如缺乏上进心、主动性、自觉性、勇气和毅力等。意志和性格是成才的重要因素。但一般家长总是更重视孩子身体素质和智力的培养,给孩子提供充足的物质条件和学习条件,却忽略对孩子良好性格的培养,也 Educators have conducted a 30-year follow-up study of 1,500 gifted children and found that not all of them have achieved anything. Twenty percent of children have high IQ during early childhood but little achievement after adulthood. Compared with those successful, the difference is not intellectual, but in the non-intellectual personality, such as the lack of motivation, initiative, conscience, courage and perseverance. Will and character are the important factors of success. However, parents generally pay more attention to the physical and mental development of their children, providing them with sufficient material and learning conditions while neglecting the cultivation of children’s good character.