06/12/2020
Role of parents in their child's development:-
The very essential role of parents is to provide encouragement, support and access to activities that enable the child to master key developmental tasks.
Parents play an important role in 5 dimensional development.:-
1.Cognitive development - By cognitive development we mean the development of knowledge, skills, problem solving and behaviour, which help children to think about and understand the world around them. Brain development is part of cognitive development. When children are growing up, effective parenting improves their cognitive, social and problem-solving skills. Positive parenting also improves their responses and helps them to grow up as better humans. Healthy interaction and stimulating play a key role in early stages of child's life.
2. Socio-economic development :- Children observe spousal interaction and how arguments are settled in the family. It teaches them a variety of good values that are imbibed and crucial to growing up. The child learns how to behave with others, playing to a common goal, team spirit, picking the right friends and lot more.
3. Physical development :- Children observe their parents how they take care of their physical health. The right guidance from parents can inculcate in children a good regime of exercise and healthy diet to achieve ideal physical development.
4. Mental development :- Parenting styles help the child learn innovatively, accepting failures and overcoming them, understanding discipline, accepting feedback and the award and punishment concept.
5. Spiritual development :- Understanding the religious values, knowing right and wrong, respect for elders, bei ng emphatic and strengthening goal setting liberates the free spirit in children.