| It's widely known that for healthy children, you need to | | | | When you hold an infant in your arms or read a story |
| take care of their physical needs. Women often take | | | | to a preschooler, you probably are caught up in the |
| very good care of their own bodies during pregnancy | | | | moment and aren't thinking that you are building the |
| because they know that it helps the unborn child. Once | | | | well-being of the community. But it's true. Those little |
| the child is born, there is a lot of information about how | | | | ones are going to be parents and members of the |
| to feed them, burp them, and care for all their needs. | | | | community later on. They will be facing challenges that |
| They are our future, and a lot of attention goes into | | | | we can only imagine, just as we have faced difficulties |
| this field. | | | | and opportunities quite different from those our |
| But taking care of the emotional needs of infants and | | | | parents dealt with. |
| children is not always as easy to understand. When is | | | | Parenting involves helping children to learn to get along |
| it okay to let the baby cry? How important is it to hold | | | | with other people, to learn to leave home and go to |
| the little one? What kind of bonding needs to happen | | | | school, and eventually to become responsible for what |
| between the parents and the child? If there is no | | | | they do. Parenting includes helping children develop the |
| father present, how can you involve other people | | | | desire to go to school and to interact with the other |
| besides the mom in the child's life? These are all good | | | | children in their class as well as with the adults they |
| questions, and unfortunately they aren't going to get | | | | meet. No wonder many young parents feel |
| answered here! However, I will just mention that babies | | | | overwhelmed by the tasks ahead, especially if they |
| who are held a lot are more emotionally secure later, | | | | are only getting a few hours' sleep at night! |
| according to some studies. | | | | One thing to remember is that each child is unique. If a |
| The central thing to understand is that the bonding | | | | child doesn't seem to be developing "normally" then |
| between parents and children is the basic building block | | | | often parents start to worry. While serious concerns |
| for the ultimate psychological well-being of the children. | | | | should be checked out by a professional, it's also true |
| As the kids learn to relate to adults within the family, | | | | that all children will develop in their own ways. It's often |
| they take the ways of interacting that they have | | | | best for us to sit back and enjoy the show! |
| learned and try them out on people they meet. | | | | |