Parents and education

Parents play an important role in promoting emotional, cognitive, social, linguistic and motor development in their children’s lives. Research shows that parents who have an active, early role in their children’s lives promote their growth and development.

The child’s basic needs

The first three years of a child’s life are a wonderful opportunity for parents to shape the growth of their children, and to form healthy habits that last a lifetime. Here are the most important things we can offer the child:

Enhanced interaction

The child’s brain grows based on early experiences at home, which means that the more the child reacts, the healthier he or she will be. In order to increase his or her interaction, the father has to respond quickly to his demands, talk to him in a low voice, and calm down to the child’s level as if he is engaging himself in his life.

Physical communication

Physical affection transmits love to children, which promotes their emotional, positive development. This requires the father to respond to the visas and hints of his child, and look at his eyes, and can also take him in his lap when playing or reading and hugging him a lot, but if his child is a baby can massage his body as well.

A stable relationship

Children who have a stable relationship with at least one parent learn more quickly than others, feel good about themselves, and be able to make friends more easily. The father must be loving, make his presence stable, solid for his child, and take him in his lap during situations. Tricky like visiting a doctor. And create an environment that allows exploration, and research.

A safe and healthy home

A healthy and safe home environment promotes the healthy growth of the child with minimal risk. The home must be safe, provide the child with healthy, nutritious food, and avoid eating fatty foods. The parent should also encourage them to play outdoors and exercise. And to make sure to provide all vaccinations to the child on the go, and visit his doctor regularly.

the love

Love must always be shown to children, even in times of anger, frustration, and rebellion, as it has the potential to overcome any mistakes they make.

Strategies for dealing with each age group These are some strategies for dealing with the child depending on the age stage that they are going through:

Newborns

Until the age of the year at this age, it is important to ensure consistency on the principles, because children at this age are disturbed, confused by the change and the father must teach his child positive behaviors and then promote, in addition to modeling acceptable behaviors such as participation and empathy. It is also necessary to say “no” firmly in some situations that require it. It is also important to find a routine for mealtimes, [[how to organize a child’s sleep time | sleep times], and other activities, because it will help them to settle more easily, eating] Better under these obvious routines.

Children from one to three years

The father should provide the child at this age with opportunities to play and explore. He must remember that bad behavior can be caused by a range of things including boredom, hunger, extreme fatigue, or high energy, which must be addressed.

He must be aware that the child is still unable to control his emotions, or to think logically, requiring help to express his positive or negative feelings in an appropriate manner with clear and reasonable boundaries, and to constantly impose them. Keep calm, not give in to outbursts of anger and try to use the word “yes” more than the word “no”, even if “yes, after …”, making sure to understand the cause and effect and allow him to try them safely, the child needs to Fail from time to time until he learns.

The father should encourage his / her child to be independent in dressing, eating, etc., and should be given time to do so and to begin to provide reasons and information, and to answer the questions of “how” and “why”. Children often ask the same question over and over again. Be patient, follow his child’s progress, and encourage his imagination.

Preschool age (3-5)

At this age, you should help the child to express his feelings, connect thinking, feel the appropriate behavior and care to identify his feelings and help him to deal with negative experiences such as disappointment, and bad behaviors such as anger, the child at this stage needs to know its limits, Unacceptable behaviors often come from uncertainty about what is allowed and what is not, and a border test is normal at this age, and the parent must answer his child’s important questions.If he faces a difficult subject, he should talk to the librarian in his area To learn books, or other resources available to Helping him, he advises to continue to read to the child, listen to his stories, and give him plenty of time to play free; it is an activity in which he learns about himself and others.

School Age (6-12)

It is the age of making and enforcing the rules. The parent must be willing to negotiate some rules and expand the boundaries as the child matures, but that does not mean that they negotiate rules about their safety, or unacceptable behaviors, all of which comes along with continuing to encourage them to understand the cause and effect. .

Teenagers ages 13-18

It is essential that the father retains a sense of humor when talking to his son at this stage and negotiates with him whenever possible, being very clear about what is not negotiable. Taking into account that mutual respect is the basis of dialogue between them, and to promote the behavior of apology to the son by apologizing to him if he made a mistake, and to respect his privacy.

Questions that increase your knowledge of your child

Here are some questions that might be a wake-up call. After asking, the father decides that he needs to sit with his child and learn more about him:

• Who is his best friend?
• Who is his permanent hero?
• What does he want to do when he grows up?
• What were his greatest achievements, and his disappointments last year?
• What is the most valuable thing he has?
• What is the most thing he likes to do with the father?
• What are the things that may prevent him from sleeping?
• What is his favorite meal?
• What would he buy if he had $ 20 to spend?
• What is the most important thing a father needs to discuss with his child in the next six months?