WHEN I THINK OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT

No one has yet fully realized the wealth of sympathy, kindness, and generosity hidden in the soul of a child.

The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure.--Emma Goldman, Russian-Canadian writer

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Inspiration, this will open your heart

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"A mother is only as happy as her saddest child," the saying goes. She's only as anchored, and grounded and reassuring, too. But another part of this parenting job is to do a damn good impression of having our feet solidly on the ground. 

Enjoy the ride.

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CHECK OUT THIS ARTICLE
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For children challenge is the game, and they are wired for it. Watch a child in the first years of life; each moment is a challenge. Getting fed, turning over, crawling, walking, learning to swim or ride a bike, making it in school—tears and laughter will accompany it all. It’s all play. It’s all work. It’s all making something of yourself …and making something of yourself is a non-stop challenge till you die.

Cutest Ever;

My two year old grandson just brought me the dictionary and opened it saying Jesus is right here,, he made me ,mama not made me ,and then picked up the guitar to sing Jesus love me. We can learn so much from the children

another good article concerning the media and babies language acquisition;

"there have been numerous studies that show that young children learn better from people than from television.  Barr & Hayne, in their study “Developmental changes in imitation from television during infancy” showed that children under 2 years learned better and were able to replicate or imitate live people better than they could people they observed on television.  And language development studies have long shown that babies acquire more language from real people. Further, learning comes from play andproblem solving. A child who is staring at a television isn’t learning through these crucial experiences.

Even “secondhand” television – the television you watch that your child just happens to be in the room for – is detrimental up until age 2.  While the AAP says that the average child under 2 is exposed to 1-2 hours of television directly every day, many families reported having the television is on for an 6 hours a day which becomes background noise for the baby. There are a few things the AAP is concerned with in regards to this indirect exposure. Given that the first 2 years are the prime time for the rapid acquisition of language and are crucial to learning and refining basic motor skills, developmental delays can occur because the parent is watching the television and not interacting with the child.

Language development in children come from the amount of exposure they have to language, and that’s direct interaction with real people. In a study published in The Achieves of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine, researchers found when a parent is watching television, they are not interacting with the child and the resultant decrease in interaction, specifically speaking to a child, had negative effects on the child’s development.  The study concludes that heavy television viewing impairs language development in very young children.

The AAP says that there is evidence that heavy television viewing, while not only having immediate consequences on language development, also contributes to attention problems which can cause problems as children enter school. However, they do acknowledge the need for more research in this area".

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This next  video touches on ways to represent language in a fun way for our youth as well as build their self esteem and confidence.

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WATCH THIS AMAZING VIDEO OF MY GRANDSON READING

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