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Jeff Bezos's crib story offers a lesson in curious parenting
Original: Jeff Bezos once took apart his crib with a screwdriver: What his mother did next is a big parenting lesson
An anecdote about Jeff Bezos as a toddler is circulating in parenting coverage: as a young child, he took apart his crib with a screwdriver, and instead of scolding him, his mother responded in a way that encouraged his curiosity. Writers point to the story as an example of how tolerating a child's experimentation and dismantling of things can nurture the independence and inventive thinking that later defined his career.
Why now: The story is being shared as an inspirational parenting lesson about nurturing children's curiosity rather than punishing rule-breaking.
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- Jeff Bezos once took apart his crib with a screwdriver: What his mother did next is a big parenting lesson · The Times of India
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