The American version of “孟母三迁” Thomas Edison only attended formal school for a few months. The teachers thought he responded slowly and was inattentive, making it difficult for him to keep up with the classroom pace. Faced with this situation, his mother Nancy Edison believed that if things continued like this, the school would destroy the most important foundation of her child's growth: his self-confidence. So she made a decision: to bring the child home and teach him herself. What Nancy did was actually very simple: she believed that her child had the ability to understand the world. She allowed him to read extensively, let him experiment hands-on, and encouraged him to ask questions rather than rushing to give answers. Failures would not be punished, curiosity would not be interrupted. Many years later, Edison recalled his mother and said a very simple phrase: “The reason I am who I am today is entirely thanks to my mother.”