“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.”
― Philip Pullman, English novelist.
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Why storytelling is important?
I love TED talks, as I’m sure many of you do too. Why?
- They are short (10-20 minutes mostly)
- Various themes or projects
- Great story tellers
- Regular people with various kinds of experience who want to share
- Gives you lots of food for thought
- Helps you understand new subjects or worldwide issues you are unaware
- Sometimes by famous great people such as Brene Brown, Jane Fonda or Tony Robbins
Here is what great speakers think about storytelling:
Leslie Jamison: “I believe in the way storytelling can invite us to imagine lives beyond our own and to question the narratives that have become most familiar to us—to find in that rupture a more complicated truth. (an American novelist and essayist. She is the author of the 2010 novel The Gin Closet and the 2014 essay collection The Empathy Exams.)
Carmen Bugan: “Ever since I realized that my grandmother had a curative story for every illness of the mind and of the body, I have been a believer in the power of storytelling to heal all sorts of things. And as many stories have been coming round and round again, I believe that the same story can mean different things at different times in our lives.”
Alexander Nanau: ”Good storytelling is the only tool that is capable of transcending us into other people’s lives and evoke feelings of empathy in a way that a story can become a live and mind changing experience for us.”
Chris Jones: “I’ve always loved stories—hearing them, telling them—but I’m not sure I could really articulate why. A good story is more than simple entertainment to me. It’s a way to learn something, to feel something, to connect with strangers. The best stories introduce me to a person or a universe that makes me hopeful. I believe that a great story can change how you look at the world and maybe even the world itself. They’re the way we deliver and are delivered.”
Dan Perjovschi: “A story is a world. I am telling worlds with drawings.”
I think about and study “Conscious parenting” continuously. Keeping with the idea of raising kids thoughtfully with intention in our actions, decisions, and rules. I try to listen and to really hear them. I have decided to share my favorite TED talks, and the ones who left a lesson with me!
My selected Ted Talks about Educations:
Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, “They don’t pay me to like the kids.” Her response: “Kids don’t learn from people they don’t like.'” A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
Link to purchase her book HERE.
Julie Lythcott-Haims speaks and writes on the phenomenon of helicopter parenting and the dangers of a checklisted childhood — the subject of her book, “How to Raise an Adult.”
In her new book “All Joy and No Fun,” Jennifer Senior explores how children reshape their parents’ lives — for better and worse.
Reshma Saujani, author of “Brave, Not Perfect” and founder of Girls Who Code, initiates young women into the tech world. Her goal: one million women in computer science by 2020.
The coding is not the goal in my opinion in this speech, but I loved the way she encourages us, parents, to push our girls to be brave!
Sam Kass’s work connects nutrition and education in an effort to make sure future generations thrive.
Link to his book: “Eat a Little Better: Great Flavor, Good Health, Better World: A Cookbook”
Glen “Beleaf” Henry is a father documenting all the mistakes and joys of parenting.
An entrepreneur since childhood, Cameron Herold wants parents and teachers to recognize — and foster — entrepreneurial talent in kids.
Tim Brown is the CEO of the “innovation and design” firm IDEO — taking an approach to design that digs deeper than the surface.
Ted Talks from great women that gave me great motivation and lots of food for thought:
Brené Brown studies human connection — our ability to empathize, belong, love. In a poignant, funny talk, she shares a deep insight from her research, one that sent her on a personal quest to know herself as well as to understand humanity. A talk to share.
The book I read and can personally recommend can be found HERE.
Shonda Rhimes, the titan behind Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and How to Get Away With Murder, is responsible for some 70 hours of television per season, and she loves to work. I personally loved all her series and I am not a TV lover!!
Here is where you can purchase audible book “Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person”
Noeline Kirabo self-educated her way out of the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Now she helps vulnerable youth gain skills to turn their passions into profitable businesses.
Access to her book “Find Your Significance: Discover your true worth and live to your full potential“ HERE.
Mara Mintzer thrives on engaging children, youth and underrepresented communities in participatory planning, an approach that aims to integrate the views of all community members into designing exemplary communities.
I truly hope this list of TED talks about Education I personally chose, selected and loved, will help other parents get ideas and motivation, food for thought and even a better understanding why storytelling is important. Send me feedback and comments and share your favorite TED talks about Education.
Ted Talks are some of my personal favorite videos to watch! Great list of videos especially for kids!
I also love TED talks so much! They’re really helpful in raising our kids! I’ve actually been showing them to my daughter as well! We watched one on procrastination and how to relive the problem
that’s nice to watch together. Great bonding and a way to talk about it later on!
Thank you for this great list of TED talks! Great tips for raising our children!