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Pattern in fostering children is very important for children personality development. However, what would happen if the fathers and mothers have different educational styles, even the opposite?

Child development experts divide parenting styles into three categories. First, authoritarian, that is the pattern of parents in educating children that emphasizes obedience or adherence. Parents tend to impose strict rule and demanded that it comply with regulations that sometimes without any explanation to the child. Secondly, permissive, which provides some guidance to the child’s behavior, but parents do not want their children to anger. In general, permissive parents trying to accept and educate children as possible, but they tend to be very passive when it comes to setting limits or respond to non-compliance. And lastly, authoritative, which is trying to balance between the guides with clear boundaries, but does not look like a set. Parents give children an explanation of what they are doing and allow them to provide input in making important decisions.

Actually, the different pattern of care between father and mother was reasonable because the role of both in the family is also different. Father role as a breadwinner and protector, may generate type of care like firm, wise, loving family, yet still participate in the problem of child rearing and education. While the mother has a bigger role like caring for families with a patient, affectionate, and consistent, educate, organize, and control the children so that mothers can be an example and role model for children.

However, all that can not be generalized, all that must be adjusted back to the character, commitment, and goal father and mother in a family and children in the future.
Ideally, both parents should have an authoritative style because this is the pattern that increases healthy relationships between parent and child.

We need to be careful when your child is only interested in a toy because it can-can disrupt the growth of other aspects. For example, he just likes to play ball. If only that-that’s all he played and he did not want to play with other toys, it is possible that the cognitive aspect failed to be gained from games such as puzzles or stacking blocks, so your children are not exposed to many things and it will be resulted in their development.

Overcome it, there’s nothing wrong with finding out why your child really like balls, perhaps because his father liked to watch or play football as well. Nevertheless, we must not stop there. Try to always be actively offered alternatives of other toys. For example is blocks with interesting colors or small houses are equipped with furniture for your child to hone the art of the soul.

Well, when they are shifted to the other toys but still like the same toys, then we must be cautios. Especially if your baby look as if they are obsessed, like just like toy trains made by fire, to always ask to see a train station to the original. It is a good idea to bring your child to consult an expert to avoid the things that we do not want.

Small children should always tell the truth, maybe you think so. Then few children are already good at lying?

The reason may be that the child wants something that can only be gained by lying. For example, the children claimed to have to do homework because they want to be watching TV. Other causes can be because he wants to protect himself from a certain punishment. Parental behavior could be imitated by the child. You might sometimes lie in front of your child. So, what’s the solution?

1. Immediately straighten and do not give children the opportunity to lie again. Embed this consistently that lying is the behavior that should be avoided because it will harm themselves or others. He could no longer be trusted by his friend, his friend did not want to play together, and others. That way, children should know why lie should not be done.

2. We may charge a penalty if their child is lying but that are educational, such as restrict access to watch favorite movies, do not buy the comic they wanted, etc.

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Scientists claim to have discovered the cause of why children who develop autism do not want to be touched or hugged, even by his own parents. This response was obtained after the scientists examined people with Fragile X syndrome. This is a genetic disease often associated with autism. Syndrome is also known as a major cause of mental retardation and learning difficulties that are hereditary.

The results showed that Fragile X causes delayed development of censorship on the part of the brain called the cortex, which functions respond to the touch. Domino effect which is triggered by this delayed development causes the connections between brain cells become disrupted.

Fragile X is caused by mutations of genes on female X chromosome which affects the formation of synapses, which connect important network of nerve cells in the brain. Because boys have only one X chromosome, Read more…

Children are generally happy to sleep on the floor. It is maybe because the floor gives a feeling of relief and freedom to sleep rather than in bed. Moreover, sleeping on the tiles without the coating provides a cooling sensation. Well, it’s a convenient location for sleeping on a hot day.

The problem is that is it dangerous? It turned out to sleep on the floor had no impact on the health of children as long as the floors are always clean. Because of that, if your children like to sleep on the floor, make sure the floor is always swept and mopped at least twice a day. Floors should also be mopped with fluid containing a disinfectant that can ward off not only dirt but also bacteria stuck to the floor.

Exceptions are for children who had the symptoms of bronchitis or allergies who should avoid cold sleeping on the floor. Not because these habits can cause lung diseases but more because of the floor that is relatively cold and damp at night. So, for a sensitive child, it may cause a cough or a cold. As for children with the symptoms of bronchitis, it will lead to the recurring of the disease.

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