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PARENTING
CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT
Development of a child
from early childhood is a new parental concern and the use and value of development
schedules for parents remain just as pertinent in the technology age. Its own cries teach
the young infant the first lesson in purposeful social behavior and physiologists say that
crying brings comfort and security in the form of parents. By two months, a baby has
usually discovered that smiling and vocalizing also pay off in keeping people’s
attention. Social signals are gained gradually as the infant grows up such as facial
expression, hand gestures, noise and by three and gradually, notions of sharing, taking
turns, cooperation and other lessons in coping is learnt by the child. It is evident that:
 the path of a
child's lifetime development is laid down mostly by the age of three.
exposure to a
wide range of experiences from the very first is the most important factor in cognitive
(intellectual) development
the more
experience a child has as an infant and toddler; the greater its potential for growth
but perhaps
the most interesting result is that quality childrearing overcomes adversity.
Early childhood development is separated into groups of skills. Each child has own ways of
learning and flowering to bloom in his own pace. Some are slow branded whereas some are
fast learners. These groups of learned skills are based on what both parents and
researchers have observed over the years, and the results of these observations are called
“developmental schedules” and they represent what the large majority of children
are able to do at a particular age.
Generally, most of the children start walking about 12 months of age and such
‘milestones’ are determined what is called the usual ‘norms’ where
majority of the children follow the same pattern of learning. Slowly, there comes in the discipline which can
be thought of as the daily training that parents provide by action, word and example to
shape the kid’s behavior. Today, many parents helplessly exclaim ‘Today’s
kids are grown up and don’t listen’ Now, the question here is ‘Has the
child been taught or rather motivated to develop self esteem, discipline, respect, self
control or the methods providing opportunities for development schedules?’
Development schedules are just the tools to assist parents in determining the child’s
development, learning the little things in life to take big steps to climb ahead.
The developmental schedules are generally separated into categories as the kids grow up
and with many different labels, but broadly to sum up:
Motor development skills. Movements of walking,
running, building blocks at a young age. Taking care of own self and not being pampered
too much. Afterall, one who falls, always rise up with experience. Many parents are
concerned ‘Oh, you will fall down the stairs. Wait, give me your hand’ Instead,
allow the kid to walk on his own feet and watch there, with loving care
Speech and communication styles.Once the child
learns the first vocabulary words, it’s the right time to increase his list
continuously. Reading skills help develop the child and fantasy world helps the child to
dream. Speech flow comes naturally with communication as a continuous progress with the
kid. Many parents complain ‘My child cannot speak in English even though he is going
to English medium school’ Now, the whole environment from childhood is different and
as a parent, also teacher, have formed a habit to adopt mother language. So, the child is
only going to follow the pattern. Speech comes with continuous thought process and the
child is influenced with the supportive parent who can be the difference between the
child’s academic success and failure. A parental encouragement is the greatest impact
on the child.
Social skills. Relationships with others
including emotional development is very important for development schedule. Parents are
concerned to raise kids to share values and children learn quickly what kind of behavior
their parents approve or disapprove. Parents make implicit statements about their own
values and ones they want their children to adopt. Unconsciously, the child observes with
what degree of sincerity and consistency the parents live by their declared values and as
they grow older, they become quite adept at recognizing uncertainty and confusion in their
parent’s value system and can become disenchanted with following the rules when deeds
do not match words. The child would not adopt the same system of living like a parent in
new generation but his social and emotional well being depends on the discipline and
values he gains from his upbringing.
Self help skills. This is a major necessity and
kids no longer dependant for his own learning. They find a way out to learn their way and
sometimes, parents lag behind to teach them what they want to learn. For eg. Computing in
new age has led many kids learn by self and helping the parent know and understand the
concepts. Understand and love is the key factor here and supportive parents provide
development schedule to kids to learn quite naturally. It requires encouragement and
motivation, a parental backing and the best kind of support becomes active and specific.
Parents should insist on regular homework be done, discuss their subject liking and
disliking, praise a well done assignment and sure, you raise a kid who learns to self help
and learn things in a natural course where academic studies then, do not become a routine.
Cognitive skills. The Swiss psychologist Jean
Piaget called concrete operational intelligence which means to think logically about
concrete things. In middle years of development, childhood mind develops the capacity to
distinguish right and wrong, hear another person’s point of view, play games
according to rules and master the sequential mental tasks upon which reading, arithmetic
and other school tasks are based. As kids gain cognitive skills or say, reasoning with own
mind, they come increasingly to see their minds and their knowledge as sources of strength
and they can rely on. This becomes important as they move ahead to next development
towards adolescence.
Child development
schedule serve a parent to identity the need of kids and provide regular monitoring of
development. The development stage of the kid is looked upon and disabilities are
foreseen. Evaluation is done and the kids accurate profile is prepared. Report sheets for
examinations are fine but development schedules, their IQ, EQ and SQ is also now a major
part to be accessed for a sound well being. Some kids are capable and some are not but the
‘Child Assessment’ with the Development schedule becomes a measured expression
of the child’s abilities. This would not be to judge the future potential or
intelligence but parents can pursue to follow and find these things as first teachers and
experts to up bring kids as sound being. Future development opportunities can thus be
provided to the child depending on how the kid fair and parents or the teachers can be the
‘Consultants’ observing the child and what would be helpful for their
Development. This is the major point to be focused in today’s technology time growth.
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