What do you think is most important for a happy childhood ?
What is an ideal childhood?
Dear Jana,
Thank you for remembering us that today is the Child's day,
Yes, 1 June is the International children's day. As I see it, all days should be considered children's, woman's, father's, environement's and so on day. We have created days for this, that, and so on, just to hide that we often forget those who we want to celebrate in their day. It seems that we should treat children's well in their day, and can forget them in the rest of the year.
As a psychologist, I think that an happy childhood requires at least three things. Love, action and contex.
No child is happy if s/he is not loved by their parents or caregivers. The British psychologist John Bowlby was able to show us the dramatic efects of lack of love
on children's psychological development, be it cognitive, social, moral interpersonal, emtional, and so on.
No child is happy if s/he has not opportunities to act upon the environment and interact with others, namely with their peers. The Suiss psychologist Jean Piaget showed us that no psychological development takes place if the child cannot interact with his/her physical and social worlds.
No child is happy if s/he does live, say, in an appropriate context, namely a context where s/he can interact with several contexts, such as his/her microcontext, mesocontext, macrocontext, and so on. The USA psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner showed us how these types of context affect the child's psychological development when he compared children ftom the USA and the former Soviet Union.
Those who are aquainted with the movie The Child Wild produced by the French producer François Traufault are fully aware that when children live, say, in a social vacuum, their development remains seriously injured. This movie tells us the true story of a 12-year-old boy who was found in the forest living with animals. The boy was not able to speak and even walk.
KInd remarks,
Orlando
In my experience, I wished to be respected for my differences, not necessarily to be listened to 100%, but needed to be "ME". To be understood.
Thank you, Orlando, thank you, Mehri, for your words full of truth, warmth and hope.
I strongly believe that ideal childhoud is asssured by parents love and affection in the first txo years than the wise orientation values and education to prepare the child to live in a right way.
Dear all,
I do not think much of the day of children, women, the environment, and so on. Children should be loved everyday, women should never be subject to domestic violence and discrimination, and the environmnet should be protected everyday. I am of the opinion that these days are a form of showing if not show-off to convey the idea that we all are concerned with the rights of children, women, and the environment. which is not the case. These rights are violated everday in most, if not all countries all over the world. I do not want to be cinic, but these days remind me of hypocrase and bad consciousness.
KInd regards,
Orlando
A happy childhood is only possible through responsible parenting, caring and love.
For ideal childhood the first and foremost requirement is that we grownups strive to become ideal parents.
May be the Child's International day wants to convey us the idea that children are the best that exists all over the world. So, they need an authoritative, not authoritarian or permissive parenting.
Kind regards.
Orlando
Child" International day Providing different opportunities for all parties: Parents and children, allows understanding of changes across the board.
Each of us learn differently, depending on: where each subject stands.
However, learning is not the same across the boards within the UNIVERSAL PYRAMID? GEOMETRY SPATIAL.
Happy and devoted family (not just parents but including them) is the most important for happy childhood.
Parents, Authorities, Educators are alarmed: to wake up realising that Individuals are to become directly responsible for THEIR OWN PROTECTIONS.; generations and authorities are to "wake up" to "MULTIDIMENSIONALITY + MULTI DIRECTIONALITY equal to geometric Spatial..
Adults are at least one generation behind our children; at least to be aware of the differences and lack of compatabilities from generation to generation.
WE ARE FACING " wakeup alarm" and need Exponential Solution and Action across generations.
A happy home is a warm home, dedicated parents, peace and well-being in the environment. All this is woven into children's games, socializing and learning about work and life
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