关于GeekDad, 多说几句. Ken Denmead是GeekDad的编辑, 一个弯曲的工程师,两儿子的爹.他觉得geek和nerd有本质差别, 总结geek的三大特征是
(1)Knowledgeability
(2)Obsessiveness
(3)Social Skills:(不是being“popular,”) but have enough presence and personality to form lasting relationships -- 有臭味相同的死党,长久的伴侣
而classic nerd 往往只有前两者,培养geek,就是培养三者兼备的 well-rounded, self-sustaining person of affable oddity.
Ken还认为还有大量潜在的女geek需要被父母发现,培养,这对整个geek社区致关重要,因为希望他的儿子能象他一样幸运,找到geek女孩作为终生伴侣 --- "not only have my little quirks been tolerated, but some of them have actually been encouraged. "
这是Ken解释 what it means to him that being a GeekDad:
Indeed, that’s what being a GeekDad really means for me. For all our personality quirks and interests in pursuits that are outside the mainstream (or at least interests more technical than is usually palatable for the mainstream), we’re all about understanding, and communicating, and connecting with others by sharing what we love and helping others to grok it as well. Of course there’s a biological imperative to have kids and raise them to survive and thrive, but we want them to be happy, too—whatever happiness may mean to them.
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(2)Obsessiveness
(3)Social Skills:(不是being“popular,”) but have enough presence and personality to form lasting relationships -- 有臭味相同的死党,长久的伴侣
希望对网上的geek爹妈有用.
虽然我家木有geek :))
67 Books Every Geek Should Read to Their Kids Before Age 10.pdf