Saturday, April 20, 2013
week three post
this week had a lot of fascinating information in it about how babies build bonds with their parents. Attachment is so important in a babies development without attachment to the mother it would not be able to sense the environment and no what to do without the mother the baby will cry and wait for mom to comeback, but when she does the baby can be very relieved which is secure attachment and then they can go back to what they are doing. Avoidant attachment which is where the baby turns it's head like it's mad at the mom for leaving and they feel like oh geesh mom left me again which is not a good place to be in. Then finally resistant attachment which is even worse like why did you leave me when I needed you which is one of the worst most for the baby. Babies need secure attachments to their mother for them to be able to have hope, will, determination, and not feel isolated and alone. Another interesting thing was about the gender stereotypes sometimes parents push their kids to play with the same sex because they think that girls are more gentle and soft, but a lot of the times some of the girls like to do those same things. I think we just think our kids should play with the same sex because it might feel awkward for them to play with the opposite sex on something like playing in the sand or something involving getting dirty. Thanks for listening to my spiel.
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Hello chad, I enjoyed reading your blog this week. I definitely agree that kids need the security that mom will always be there. My sister has a nine month old and I can see that when I tell my niece something it's funny that she quickly turns to see my sister for some sort of security, like she needs to know from her mom that it's okay what I say.
ReplyDeleteI also found it interesting about gender stereotypes, the reason why is because my daughter is seven years old and she has always preferred playing with boys since she been playing with friends. I don't think this is a bad thing nor do I pursue her to play with girls because I'm fine that she plays with boys. It's funny also that I've tried to convince her to get a barbie but she doesn't go for it so it's fine I love my little tom boy!
that is pretty funny but yeah exactly it's so important for us to encourage our kids to do what they want because they develop knowing my parents are behind me. that is pretty funny that she looks to her mom for what to say but it's so true kids need that assurance.
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