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How To Be The Best Dad In The Galaxy（做银河系最好的爸爸）

Star Wars' Darth Vader is the best dad in the world, no, the best father in the whole galaxy. Here's why Vader is so brilliant with his kids…..
达斯·维达是星球大战里最好的爸爸，是整个银河系最好的爸爸。下面告诉你他是如何与自己的孩子相处的：

Those Star Wars films give him a really bad press. The truth is, after a long day at the Death Star, Darth Vader loves coming home to his adoring kids. Why do they love their father so much? Because he is the best dad in the galaxy. Here's how Darth Vader does it…. Watch and learn...

Step 1: Crush rebel alliances（粉碎反叛联盟）
When children play, they will often experiment with the dark side of the force, for instance by lightsabering a rude word into a neighbour's hedge. A good father makes sure that this kind of genuine naughtiness does not go unpunished

Make sure that the boundaries between the dark side and light side are always clear and consistent, and then your kids will come to know good and evil as clearly as it is set out in one of those billion dollar-grossing Hollywood sci-fi classics.

Step 2: Make the force strong in them（让自己成为多面手、百事通）
You'll be wanting to bring up capable, confident underlings robust enough to take over your Empire. So get them doing new things, like reading, cycling, chess, geo-political analysis, jousting, sword fighting and scrabble....

Give them plenty of chances to be succeed, so they come to know victory like an old friend. Praise their successes, and make sure they don't take failures to heart.

Step 3: Ignore Jedi mind tricks（不要在意孩子的小把戏）
Your kids may well be masters of manipulation already. The skill is to know when to let them win, and when to stand firm. Vader knows kids need to feel they are listened to, and that a biscuit isn't going to do her any harm, so he capitulated, and now he has a happy little Leia instead of a grumpy, hungry one.

Step 4: Never show your dark side（不要表现自己的阴暗面）
Every dad loses the plot sometimes, but remember that shouting is always a waste of your time, and very unpleasant as well.

If their childlike ways are getting to you, look within yourself. Remember how influential you are to them, and how scary it is to be shouted out when you are little. Simmer down, count to ten and cut them some slack.

Step 5: Become a child again（返老还童，做个孩子吧）
After a hard day's work, you'll want to put your feet up. But Vader knows that good dads are never off duty. Being affectionate and warm when you'd rather be reading the papers, and then getting up and playing one more game of spaceships before bed time is what makes the difference between an OK Dad, and the best dad in the galaxy.

After they've gone to bed, you can relax with a nice cup of tea and a biscuit... ohhhh dear, perhaps you can't.

May the force be with you, and your kids.

词汇解释

1. naughtiness n. 顽皮

2. scrabble n. 一种拼字游戏

3. capitulate vi.投降

4. grumpy a.脾气暴躁的

5. simmer down vt. 平静下来

6. affectionate a.亲切的