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Archive for December, 2009

On two separate occasions, I asked  questionnaires to parents of preschoolers, to find out the extent of their discussion on current events with their your children. Most parents felt that their preschoolers could not as yet fully understand such terms as injustice. However, many parents wanted to find out how current events can be discussed with their young children. For our children of today do observe and ask “why”, and we adults must know how to respond to their queries.

First of all, we must understand that children do not think the way we adults think.

The thinking o children from3-7 of age is egocentric in nature. They see the world as revolving around themselves. Therefore, the child’s fear of death is likely to focus on his immediate environment and how he will be affected. When a child of a policeman asks why more policemen are getting shot, he is not interested in the details of the situations( why, how, when) that an adult would normally appreciate. He is more interested in knowing whether his father, a policemen, will be killed too.

When we understand how children think and try to help them cope with the events that happen in the world around them, we are preparing our children for a better future- ina  world they will understand and one they can master.