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SpiltMilkHaveyouheardofthestoryaboutspiltmilk?Well,weallknowthereisnousecryingoverspiltmilk.Butthisstoryisdifferent.Iwouldhopeallparentswouldrespondinthismanner.Irecentlyheardastoryaboutafamousresearchscientistwhohadmadeseveralveryimportantmedicalbreakthroughs.Hewasinterviewedbyanewsparperreporterwhoaskedhimwhyhewassomuchmorecreativethantheaverageperson;whatsethimsofarapartfromothers?Herespondedthat,inhisopinion,itallcamefromanexperiencewithhismotherthatoccurredwhenhewastwoyearsold.Hehadbeentryingtoremoveabottleofmilkfromtherefrigeratorwhenhelosthisgripontheslipperybottleanditfell,spillingitscontentsalloverthekitchenfloor—averitableseaofmilk!Whenhismothercameintothekitchen,insteadofyellingathim,givinghimalecture,orpunishinghim,shesaid,”Robert,whatagreatandwonderfulmessyouhavemade!Ihaverarelyseensuchahugepuddleofmilk.Well,thedamagehasalreadybeendone.Wouldyouliketogetdownandplayinthemilkforafewminutesbeforewecleanitup?”Indeed,hedid.Afterafewminutes,hismothersaid,“Youknow,Robert,wheneveryoumakeamesslikethis,eventuallyyouhavetocleanitupandrestoreeverythingtoitsproperorder.So,howwouldyouliketodothat?Wecoulduseasponge,atowel,oramop.Whichdoyouprefer?”Hechosethespongeandtogethertheycleanedupthespiltmilk.Hismotherthensaid,“Youknow,whatwehavehereisafailedexperimentinhowtoeffectivelycarryabigmilkbottlewithtwotinyhands.Let’sgooutinthebackyardandfillthebottlewithwaterandseeifyoucandiscoverawaytocarryitwithoutdroppingit.”Thelittleboylearnedthatifhegraspedthebottleatthetopnearthelipwithbothhands,hecouldcarryitwithoutdroppingit.Whatawonderfullesson!Therenownedscientistremarkedthatitwasatthatmomentthatheknewhedidn’tneedtobeafraidtomakemistake.Instead,helearnedthatmistakeswerejustopportunitiesforlearningsomethingnew,whichis,afterall,whatscientificexperimentsareallabout.Eveniftheexperiment“doesn’twork,”weusuallylearnsomethingvaluablefromit.Wouldn’titbegreatifallparentswouldrespondthewayRobert’smotherrespondedtohim?译文：洒了的牛奶你听说过洒了的牛奶这个故事吗？我们都知道，为洒了的牛奶哭泣是没有用的。但是这里说的故事不一样。我希望所有的父母应以这种方式作出反应。最近我听说一个关于著名科学家的故事，他在医学领域做出了很多突破。他接受一家报纸记者的采访，记者问他为何他比常人更赋有创造性，是什么使他如此与众不同呢？他回答说，在他看来，这都源于自己两岁多的时候和妈妈的一次经历。他试图从冰箱里取出一瓶牛奶，却没有抓住光滑的瓶子，瓶子掉了，牛奶洒得厨房满地都是—白花花一片。当他妈妈赶到厨房，非但没有朝他喊叫，训斥他或是责罚他，反而说：“罗伯特，你制造了多么精彩的杂乱。我从来没有见过如此大的牛奶水洼。既然，后果已经造成了，在我们打扫干净之前，你愿意去牛奶水洼里玩几分钟吗？”事实上，他真的做了。几分钟之后，他妈妈说：“罗伯特，你要知道，不管你弄得多么杂乱，最终你都要把它清扫干净，并恢复他原来的秩序。我们可以用海绵块、毛巾或是拖把。你更喜欢用哪个？”他选择了用海绵块，然后他们一起把洒掉的牛奶清理干净。然后他妈妈又说：“你看，我们在这有了一次如何有效地用两只小手取出一大瓶牛奶的失败的实验。让我们到后院，然后把瓶子装满水，看看你是否能够找到一个方法来拿住它而不掉下来。”小男孩明白了，如果他用双手抓瓶子上部靠近瓶边的地方，他就能拿住瓶子不掉下来。这是多么有趣的一课啊！这位知名科学家谈论道，就是在那一刻，他懂得了他不需要害怕做错事情。相反，他认识到了错误正是从中学习新知识的机会，毕竟，任何科学实验都是如此。即使实验“没有成功”，我们通常也能从中得到宝贵的经验教训。如果所有的父母都能像罗伯特的母亲做法一样，岂不是很伟大吗？