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A space to discuss how to be and act as a parent and how to survive it all
!parenting
@lemmy.mlhttps://www.sapiens.org/culture/children-social-learning/
The industrial world’s practice of placing children in classes of similar ages with an adult teacher is not the only way to learn.
I had an idea that we could share parenting tips. Maybe every sunday somebody posts a new one.
Here is mine.
When a baby or child in inconsolably angry about something, anything, go and draw it. Draw it together, take a long time talking about every detail and drawing it. Use different colours and patterns. Normally the child with get very interested in this and calm down. He'll still be annoyed about the thing, but calm now.
It works for a surprisingly wide age range.
Obviously the first thing when a child is upset is to check if there's a medical problem. Is he hungry, thirsty, feverish, anything like that.
Distraction (the textbook answer) can work too, but in my experience only works for very young babies, and not often.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-07/risky-play-day-care-centres-playground-accidents/100486794
Teachers and parents are finding a way to be hands off when their children look like they're in a bind, instead giving them space to challenge themselves and succeed and fail.
https://archive.is/egPlc
https://ideas.ted.com/the-fascinating-reason-that-children-write-letters-backwards/
Hint: it has something to do with why we believe the earth is flat until we’re taught otherwise in school. Neuroscientist Mariano Sigman explains how the process of learning involves a certai…
https://www.seanblanda.com/my-dead-dads-journal-how-i-finally-met-a-man-i-knew-for-my-entire-life/?
For some reason, when my brother told me our dad was dead, I immediately went and listened to my voicemails. He left me silly voicemails often and I wanted to hear his voice. I came across the last voicemail he ever left me, a month before. This one wasn’t
http://spotthedrowningchild.com/
Can you spot the drowning child in this crowded wave pool? An interactive public service announcement. To the untrained eye, drowning can look just like swimming. The Instinctive Drowning Response is frequently missed, even by people nearby.
https://aeon.co/essays/why-we-need-to-discuss-a-death-in-the-family-with-the-children
We no longer have a clear sense of how to introduce our children to death. But their questions can help us face up to it
Inspired by @jazzfes@lemmy.ml post, his stuff is all recommended by modern research, is easier and healthier and leads to better outcomes than the old-fashioned ways. But still many people don't know about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-led_weaning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_care
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child_discipline#Non-punitive_discipline