Passion for child development
Passion for child development ....
My world revolves around children. I have a special connection with them. I simply adore kids. Children are like the image in a mirror - they will only display what they see or learn from their parents.
Most parents do not realise that their kids have a problem.
My advice to parents would be to enforce serious discipline in their parenting technique.
When parents find out their kids have a behavioural or language problem, they spoil the kids. This is not going to help the child in any way. Another thing I have noticed is the convenience factor. Giving them junk food and chocolate, and buying them the latest video games limit their attention skills – these are not substitutes to good parenting.
Instead, cut fresh vegetables in new shapes and give them to the kids.I do that at the centre and they always come back for more. I indulge them with simple interactive games and they enjoy it tremendously. Kids are a pleasure to work with as they are very pleasant and active all the time. They learn new concepts eagerly and quickly.
nadt, nicaq and snessy, my thoughts exactly... :)
oh and cut them some slack sometimes
and thats the best rule to follow nicaq, totally agree.
I'm responding what is on-hand. Believe me young parents, just follow the basic rules;"love your children but never hesitate to correct them when they've done wrong", and you'll know what I mean:)
I agree, I love being with my son and am extremely grateful for being able to stay at home with him and see all the different things he does everyday. I feel truly blessed that I have enjoyed the last 2 years watching him grow.
Saying this, I am also happy to send him to nursery from January because I know there are some things I can't teach him at home. Although I can spend time with him and teach him how to say the alphabet or teach him to count...but I cannot teach him how to interact with other children and how to share toys with other children.
Being a mother is probably the hardest job in the world, but for me it is defnitely the most rewarding.
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yep exactly nicaq, each day you learn new things and its damn hard work, in all my working career, id have to say that this is the hardest job that ive ever had and i cant even resign lol, nor do i want to. It just iritates me when people say, "cut up vegetables in smiley faces' and no junk food and they keep coming for more, try that when your a parent, sometimes it works and sometimes oh well they have the junk (ever heard of moderation). Anyway thats just my little gripe lol.
not just how many kids you have but the years you've been with them.
To know what real parenting is about, you really have to have children of your own, no amount of books, or "experts", or people who "work" with children know exactly what it is, until you have your own kids. It is very easy to advice and criticise from the "outside".
I was an "expert" on kids and had lots of valuable information(not to mention the criticism) to give to parents, until i had my own, and then i realised i had no idea what i was talking about, still dont, its a learning experience, you try to do the best for your child and continue to learn in the process.
Why don't you offer your experties in child development to the community, am sure you will get lot of children,
there is lot of demand.
In order to help children learn, parents have to begin by reading to their infants, daily. They can even start talking to them during the last trimester of pregnancy. I would suggest that reading to the baby be the father’s job. This provides him with a good way to bond with his child, while engaging in an enjoyable activity and setting the infant on the literacy trail.Literacy is one of the best gifts parents can bestow on their children, but it takes effort, consistency and real love.
suzain, wish you the same.. :)
Wish you a Merry Christmas too all QL members :-))))
thanks nicaq, Wish you a Merry Christmas too.. :)
merry christmas to you & your bundle of joy:)
nicaq, i always make sure that i still get to spend time with my little angel after work.. the minute i come in the door, hers is the face that I always look for first.. :)
and that's the best thing to do while you're not around. And make sure you maintain your bond with your child, that's very, very important. If you're away (abroad or somewhere), the voice of a mother or a father for me is the most important reminder that a child knows & feels he is being cared for.
nicaq, sadly some moms have no choice but to work.. i don't know what I'd do if my mom was not here to take care of my child while I am at work..
i agree with you ....
juggling their works & babysitting chores, sometimes little kids just ended up in nurseries or some nannies:( Time is valuable for me, once it is lost, especially concerning the kids, it could never turn back the time.
The feeding, the changing of diapers, taking them to beds, teaching & laughing with them, with yourself, I guess money cannot buy them.
As a mother, you always cherish their baby pictures when they all grew-up & gone away.
everyday is a learning experience with parenting..
that's true nicaq! you have to be hands on to learn the techniques of parenting
are mostly not found in books, but with real parents raising their kids as they grow up.