I still considered myself as very
young mom. I actually thought that I would become a mom at the age of 30, you
know to be as prepared as I can be in all aspects. But life really has a way of
teasing us, I actually become a mom at the age of 25 and honestly, it scares me
in ways unimaginable.
But when I have come to terms to
the fact that I’m a mom (I considered myself a mom from the time that we know I
was pregnant), I have already laid out in my head a few things I wanted to be
as a mom/parent:
1. I
have heard and read a few things about positive and positive teaching most of
the preschools are employing right now, and it strongly appeals to me as a
parent. I still have a lot to learn on how I will apply it to Niklaus. Good
thing, I still have a few years/months before the real struggle begins. Check
more of this positive parenting here and here.
2. I’ve
recently come across the term “minimalist parenting”, this is one of the ideas
in my mind that I thought of before but didn’t know there was a term for it.
What I had in mind is that I don’t want my son to have so much toys, I want him
to play with people, with us, with his environment. I want him to make his own
toys out of the resources available. Actually, this minimalist thing wouldn’t
only apply to my parenting style but to our lifestyle as well. I’ve got a lot
of researching to do. This article
provides four steps to minimalist parenting.
3. As
much as I love to read books, I’m really struggling to squeeze it, so
thankfully, there’s this show on Netflix entitled “The Beginning of Life”. I am
just on the first episode and I’ve already learned so much. I really need to
finish this show. The show is a documentary on how we develop from infancy. It
showcases people and experts from around the world; different methods and
techniques on how an infant can fully develop his learning capabilities.
I love what one
expert said on human brain, he said that our brain function three times more
during 0-3 years than the rest of our lives. It was an AHA moment for me and a
great challenge as a parent. Another one said that, we were not born on a blank
slate, there are so many knowledge stock in our brain and all it needed is a
bit of spark to light them up.
So based on what
I’ve watched so far, here are the things that I will infuse more in Niklaus’
everyday activity:
a.
Again, to expose him to more people, this is
really important, fellow parents, studies shows that a child’s social skills
has a huge contribution on its cognitive development.
b.
Let them be children, let them be curious about
all the things around them. At this early stage, our child is still exploring
and learning all things about his existence and the new world he is into. So
what we parents can do is to provide an environment that will encourage
curiosity and keep them from learning without actually feeling like they are
being taught to. Play time is very important and the best way to infuse those
learnings we want to teach our children.
c.
To ensure that for the times that I am at home,
I get to spend it with him. Talking, playing, reading books and singing songs
for him, these are the activities that we always do everyday.
So there you have it. These are
only a few of what I have thought of and applying right now. And I know these
do not cover all aspects, so I have a lot of catching up on researching and
figuring things out as we go along way.
Thankfully, I have a partner to
think this through. I really salute all the parents out there, our parents who
have strived and are striving to be the best for their children and give them
the best they can.
Hope that this post helps you on
your parenting, too. I would love to know your parenting style that really
works so I can copy and apply them to my son. Let me know on the comment
section below.
Thank you!
Love
~A
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