Subj : Re: This Train Just Went Splat!
To   : alt.tv.er
From : npardue
Date : Sun Sep 25 2005 08:31:14

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

> Actually it's a milestone brought on by many inherant skills that come
> with growth and maturity. Yes, modeling the milestone helps, but healthy
> children walk with age, not teaching.



Modeling is required, not just helpful.  If a child never sees someone
walk
(for example a child raised with a pack of dogs will walk on fours)
they
will not walk until they are shown.

Right. But it's hard to imagine a situation in any real society where
children do not experience these things modeled for them. Children see
'adult eating' modeled. They witness parents/siblings eating all the
time. (And sometimes they take the plunge before the parents are ready.
 Very often a mother will post on the parenting groups that she wanted
to wait until 6 months to start solids (that's the current AAP
recommendation), but the baby grabbed something off the parent's plate
and ate it before mom ever had a chance to introduce the first jar of
Gerbers.

Anyway, I hope no one takes offense to what I say in my posts
because the majority of it sounds more harsh and close minded than
intended.
For me, debating and discussing topics is one of my favorite things to
do
(though it often drives my friends, family and people online nuts).

I'm not offended. I just hope you're willing to listen and learn. (Many
non-parents know little about parenting.)

Naomi

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