A newborn child puts his mother and the whole family in a state of high delight and great expectation. We take a lively interest at how small their hands are and realize that he will definitely need all the love and guidance we can give. Positive thought: when there is love in the home, there is always love around.
Children are empty receptacles. These can be filled with either hate or compassion — about the most basic stuff of life via positive parents/children interdynamics. A child’s brain grows each day through real-life interactions and connections with people around him, his immediate family being foremost strong emotional kinship. It starts during the infancy months as the children continuously seek out the untried and the unfamiliar. During the toddler stage, the child is primed to get ready for the world with nurturings of laughter, wonderment, and a deep sense of being truly loved and of belonging. Crying is a very normal behavior and forms part of their early brain development. Being comforted when crying is essential to such mental growth as prolonged crying increases stress hormones and potential feelings of attachment issues and trust.
Life skills are taught to a child as young as three years. Knowing how to wash their hands properly, brushing their teeth, eating by themselves, playing with other children their age, admitting mistakes, and encouraging them to speak honest apologies are simple priming lessons in early life. Kids are expected to be kids. They talk loud, are messy, and tend to be all over everywhere there’s space for them, and easily, being kids and full of energy, they are not expected to be as meek and as well-behaved as altar boys are. Children are entitled to not be right sometimes. Tantrums are a common behavior. Children likewise get pricky eating misconducts even if they have been told many times that mealtimes are meant to be happy ones. Let the kids get dirty in the mud while at play, build mud castles and clay figures to enhance their imagination and creativity. Dirt helps their immune system to get activated and functioning. Infections are rare occurences as long as the hands are cleansed right after play. Boys get quite energetic and are left alone to indulge in physical activities like jumping, running, and climbing to get them stimulated every day. It’s their testosterone surging.
From infancy to toddler years, a child emerges from purity and innocence to contending with a hitherto need to further his emotional upgrowth into knowing and understanding the good, the bad, and the awful imperilments of facing up to peer harassments. Toddlers at this stage of life are gradually taught the rudiments of writing and color appreciation. This acts as gateway to rewiring their brain by acquainting it to art, basic science, and geographical high spots before they get ready for school. This is also the period when they get slowly enlightened and comprehend why their parents sometimes get overprotective of them, why they say no, and why they get annoyed if the specially prepared meal is only half-eaten.
Naughty and nice. In most of these toddlers, they cutely come bundled together.
