Child's Early Years - What Can Parents Do?

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Training a child early is so important! Immediately after the birth of each of my kids, I began Reading to them at every opportunity. As they got older we played games, practice counting numbers, identifying letters and sounds, learn how to write, when on an outings, and sing songs. I used to seize every opportunity to play something with them and it's paying off.

My 5 years old boy can read fluently, and can solve both quantitative and qualitative (verbal)reasoning questions. The same goes for my 3-year-old boy he is in nursery 1 class, and he can read and write 4 letters words isn't that amazing! So I'm convinced that the attention and stimulation I gave to my children in their infancy are good.

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What your child is being exposed to in his or her early years of life will influence how his or her brain develops.

WHAT KIND OF TRAINING TO PROVIDE:

Many parents go to Great lengths of sending their children to the right daycare, not only that they spent lavishly on art and music classes believing that practicing everything at their early stage will help them to be able to do everything when they get older. Preschools and some specialized tutoring our proliferating and some parents are willing to do anything to give their children an advantage over others.

What do you think, does this kind of dedication prove entirely beneficial? Well, it might seem to give children an upbringing with boundless opportunity, but in many cases, these kids miss the most important parts of the learning experience that comes from unstructured play. Spontaneous play stimulates children's creativity and develops kid's mental, social and emotional skills.

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Note micromanage children who are stressed and volatile emotionally can't sleep. They always complain of pains and aches and by the time they reach their teenage age, many don't learn to develop coping skills and are burnout, rebellious and anti-social.

I'm convinced that many parents are in dilemma, they want to help their children to reach their full potential, but please do not push your little kids too hard or fast.

HOW CAN PARENTS STRIKE BALANCE?:

Play with your kids it stimulates creativity and develops your child's skills. Nurturing your child because what he/she learns or does not learn during childhood can affect his/her future abilities. Childhood is a critical time for developing the brain functions to handle information, Express emotions properly and become proficient in language. Yes, their brains grow dramatically in their first few years, so if you create rich stimulation and learning experiences for them then their synaptic connections will multiply and create numerous pathways for them to think, learn, and reason.

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Note if your child doesn't get the right kind of stimulus at the right age then their neurological circuit will not be properly developed. So the experience your child is having at an early stage of his life has a definite effect on his adult life. Whether he is resilient or fragile, whether she has learned to think in the abstract or lacking in this ability, whether she becomes empathic or not can be influenced by her early childhood learning , so your role as a parent is so important. Parents nurture and Care for your children, play with them then they will prosper!

In my next article I will discuss your role as a parent in this aspect. Just watch out!