Childhood has its own rhythm, its own way of feeling, seeing and thinking, few claims can be as false as trying to replace them with the way we feel, see or think, because children will never be copies of their parents. of the world and are made of dreams, hopes and illusions that they build in their free and privileged spirit.
Just a few months ago, the media news shook us and invites us to reflect, in the UK many families are preparing their 5-year-old children so that at age 6 they can take a selection test that allows them to access the best elite schools. Promising future? now goes hand in hand with the loss of childhood. Competing children who must play in the squares.
- What good is it for a child to know the names of the moons of Saturn.
- If he does not know how to deal with his sadness or anger? Let us educate wise children with emotions.
- Children full of dreams.
- Not fear.
-Maria Montessori-
Today, many mothers and fathers continue with the idea of “accelerating” their children’s abilities, to stimulate them cognitively, to place Mozart while sleeping in his mother’s womb. Today, it is possible that this need to raise world-worthy children train children worthy of themselves. Creatures that are only 5 or 6 years old already suffer the stress of an adult.
We all know that in these changing and competitive societies, we need people to adapt to these demands, and there is no doubt that British children who manage to enter the best elite schools will have a good job tomorrow, but it must also be done. Ask?
Was it worth all this emotional cost?
It goes without saying that to date, there are no conclusive investigations to support the idea of what?Accelerate? Some skills, such as reading, in 4-year-olds are so positive that they have a long-term impact on their academic performance. What is achieved in many cases is that the little ones are starting to experience dimensions such as frustration, stress and, above all, the need to adapt to the expectations of parents.
Children are made of dreams and should be treated with care, if we strive to fill your time with goals to achieve and skills to assume, every day we will break a piece of your wings, those with whom tomorrow can be faithful to your own dreams. If we give them adult obligations when they are only children, we will also rip their wings off their kites and nail them to the ground, causing them to lose their childhood.
Faced with the acceleration of learnings and skills, there are these other approaches that today begin to yield very strongly, for example ‘respectful creation’ or ‘slow parenting’. More appropriate for facilitating early approaches. Related approaches, for example, to bring books closer to 3- or 5-year-olds without forcing them to read or start learning.
Our most important obligation to children is to give them a “ray of light” so that we can continue our journey.
-Maria Montessori-
Curiosity is the greatest motivation of a child’s brain, so it is recommended that parents, parents and educators present the the the most as facilitators of learning and not as agents of pressure. Now let’s take a closer look at these interesting parenting approaches that respect the child’s natural cycles. needs.
Slow Parenting, or slow fire creation, is a faithful reflection of this social and philosophical current that invites us to slow down, to be more aware of our environment, so in terms of creation a more simplified and patient model is proposed. to respect the child’s rhythms at every evolutionary stage.
The basic axes that define slow parenthood are
I’m sure you’ve heard of respectful breeding. While what is best known in this approach is the use of positive stimuli about Samson or classic reproaches, this educational style has other dimensions that deserve to be considered.
We respect your childhood, we respect this stage that gives roots to your hopes and wings to your expectations.