Childhood Development is the bridge to the betterment of the future.
Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.
Margaret Mead
In most segments of society, the current education system encourages young children to visualize ideas in a standardized way. And as a consequence, education becomes more industrialized since it consists of simply creating “robots” that are programmed to perform specific tasks.
Childhood Development plays a crucial role in structuring the future of Human Society.
The Creative Expressions of youngsters need to be valued as they can guide them in extending their freedom of choice. The thinking capacity of children should not rely on memorizing a concept but focus on understanding it and constructing meaningful content because this can enhance their thinking ability. The norm should be to teach children to learn, unlearn, and relearn independently without punishing or demeaning them when they make errors or do not absorb the prescribed information efficiently. Educators, Teachers, and Parents should encourage children to learn and develop not just their minds but also their spirits, emotions, and the functionality of the human body beyond biology.
Most families “do” try to inculcate humanitarian values into children, but is it wise to preclude their children from making unintentional blunders? Protecting and dictating can be contradictory, especially concerning the relations between a parent and child and a teacher and student. While children need to be warned and advised about the potential risks they may face in certain circumstances, is it appropriate to dictate what they should do?
Are the adults repeating the vicious cycle because their wounds have not yet Healed?
Does the Parenting Authority affect the liberal rights of Childhood development that lead to violent behavior at an early age? Or shall we say, do adults experience mental trauma later in adulthood due to the “suppressed emotions?”
Innumerable broken children live in the form of corpses mimicking adult lives today. On top of that, these grown-ups believe that engaging in house play can cause their traumas to fade. Despite their pain and suffering, they continue to have children for the same reason, the very nature of “life” itself. Later, most of these adults transmute into the act of bad parenting by playing the victim of the circumstances they created.
Most parents probably perform these acts unknowingly, as who would want to hurt their own child, right?
So this is where the hitch sprawls. To be a parent is a big responsibility. One should emotionally and mentally be healthy and stable. It requires planning, budgeting, and, evidently, a prepared soul.
Then there are the parentless children, yes? As a result of various causes, countless children lose their parents every year, leading to an increase in illegitimate orphans worldwide. A child needs a home, parental love, and support to survive childhood. The learning and education of children start from the moment they take their first breath.
Regardless of multiple childcare services and orphanages, the environment of a home with loving parents is utterly an incomparable experience.
Alternatively, several well-off adults might grant the best education to their children, but they fail to spend quality time with them. These situations can make a child feel abandoned and lonely, which builds a gap causing a poor parent-child relationship. When referring to some low-income households, their children are neglected or pushed into early labor due to financial constraints. Either way, most adults eventually dictate what their children should and should not do as they grow up.
Parental decisions should not burden a child.
Children should not suffer or sacrifice so that “immature adults” can have what they want. A child does not choose to be born, but their parents decide to have children. Thus, parents need to make the required adjustments for their children to have the lives they deserve. The children do not owe the adults anything. On the contrary, the parents owe them everything.
In other words, if someone does not have time to raise a child, why have one? In another scenario, if someone cannot afford their daily bread, why do such fools persist in having a family size of five or more? Why do these adults conclude to criticize God, the rulers, or the wealthy for their inadequate circumstances? Who is, in fact, liable for their unpleasant state of affairs? Sure, we do not have all the answers to the “cycle of life,” but I intend to address that in another article that speaks about Reproductive Rights.
As Aristotle once stated, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all,” that is the truth of this life cycle.
Logic, critical thinking, and reasoning are the skills that “need to be developed in children” at a young age. This will spark their curiosity and enable them to think independently from various dimensions. Children need to think for themselves and follow their interests. Children need to be allowed the liberty to explore the unique abilities that can inspire them. Only this way will humans probably be able to face and deal with any challenge they encounter in their lives. Because childhood development is the brigde to the future of humanity.