A Guide to Child Development and Effective Parenting 0 - 12 months
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Parent , a role model, someone who can care for the future population here on Earth with unconditional love, who on a daily basis can deal with all difficulties, frustrations, and challengers that comes with the birth of a new baby. All without the benefit of a Training Manual.
The expectation we face as parents is that we will just know how to bring up our children as healthy, well adjusted and successful individuals. If this does not happen we feel we have failed. Parents no longer have to feel that they are alone in this role. There are many books available on parenting also professionals ready to help assure us that the role does not have to be that hard. Many parents are naturally managing child rearing effectively now but why not find help when needed to allow your parenting to be rewarding, and pleasurable instead of frustrating and time consuming.
Parenting includes balance. Balance between theoretical belief and the normal process of human development and healthy thinking and behavior. Development is defined by changes in our structure, thought and behavior. The changes are progressive and gradual. They occur as a result of age, biological make-up and environmental influences. The time between birth and 12 years old is the fastest period of development in a human being. Learning is at its most rapid, when attitudes and belief systems are being established. When specific behavioral patterns are emerging. It is also the time of greatest dependence. This is the time when the parent needs to provide for physical nourishment and safety, also personality, emotional, intellectual and psychological needs. Children have similar needs to us and in order to achieve optimum growth and development, these needs require gratification. For children, being so dependent, it is not always possible for them to have all their needs met and it is for this reason that we as parents have the major responsibility in ensuring that our child's needs are being met as much as possible.
It is not always possible to tell whether or not our child's needs are being met or whether we have the skill or knowledge to meet those needs. Therefore it helps to be aware of the development patterns of our children. This guide is an average only, not to be taken as law.
The physical development stages:
- random waving of limbs
- deliberate reaching and grasping of objects
- crawling
- walking
Language development:
- gurgling, cooing blowing raspberries
- making sounds
- saying words
- sentences
Thought Development:
- no ideas of own
- ideas and a mind of their own
- ability to solve problems without the objects being in front of them
Thought (Cognitive) development means a child's ability ti learn, think, reason, to understand logical and abstract concepts.
The psychological development comprises of the emotional world, personality traits, how they feel about themselves and behavioral tendencies. The social development includes their reaction to other people, cultural influences, adjustments to home and to social settings.
The Different Stages in Ages
What to expect generally at 6 months.
Physical A child can maintain a sitting position for long periods.
Grasps objects and brings them to mouth.
Can roll on to stomach.
Psychological Child becomes aware of their own emotions.
Social Can distinguish between family and strangers.
Listens to other people words and to self.
Private verbalization
Language/Cognitive
Can virtually see the difference between shapes.
Is sensitive to speech sounds.
Play Can amuse self for long periods
Likes to bang and wave arms
Other Starts to eat solid foods.
What to expect generally at 12 months.
Physical Crawls freely on hands and knees, walks with support and pulls self up to standing position.
Psychological Good smooth functions but may start to have temper tantrums when needs are not met. Self-confident, serene and friendly.
Social Responsive socially, responds to gesture, facial expressions and sounds. Waves by-bye and imitates others. Loves an audience.
Play Plays alone most of the time, likes to look, touch and grasp toys, faces etc.
Language/Cognitive Explores things with tongue and lips before waving them around. Starts to copy words and likes to use them.
Other Smiles spontaneously.
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gajanis786 Level 2 Commenter 7 months ago
Excellent hub.....this hub should be read by all parents specially with growing age kids....it is very important that we as parents show our kids through our own actions that they can really take us as their role models otherwise just using this phrase as a slogan won't help in the longer run.....because actions are more powerful than words.....thanks.