| There are several things which a child has to learn | | | | In reality, the parents need to go slow and be |
| when he or she is growing up. Every day is a new | | | | very patient. The best way to understand how |
| learning experience. Every day you will see your | | | | the kid's behavior will be is to read books on child |
| child grow and you will start enjoying those little | | | | development. Those books will tell you what you |
| experiences.. | | | | need to do in a particular situation. In case the kid |
| Parents are parents after all and after a while | | | | is not responding then consult your pediatrician for |
| they will want everything from the child. They | | | | help. Do not panic as each and every kid is |
| want him to stand and sit on his own. If the child | | | | different. It is this difference which also leads |
| has accomplished that task then they will want | | | | parents to think that their kid is not up to the |
| him to learn to walk all by himself. If that is | | | | mark. As a parent you will keep hearing stories |
| accomplished then they will want him to start | | | | that someone else's kid has started walking at |
| speaking.This is nature and it is nothing wrong to | | | | age one. A distant friend will tell you that his kid |
| be anxious about everything. But in reality you are | | | | was talking before he was 15 months old. |
| putting undue pressure on the child. There will be | | | | Ignore all these stories and work assiduously with |
| an atmosphere of tension in the house as you are | | | | your kid to gauge his pace of learning. Never try |
| now trying to monitor and control each activity. | | | | to compare two kids and that will help. You will be |
| Beware that this can be detrimental to the kids | | | | more relaxed and patient as that will result in an |
| development. You need to be aware that the | | | | environment where he can develop all his faculties |
| person you are dealing with in this case is a little | | | | without the extra pressure. |
| child and not a grown up person. The child does | | | | The key to remember is that the child's mind is |
| not know how to handle pressure. Allow him to | | | | like a blank clean piece of slate and whatever you |
| be more mature to tell him a few things. Till age 2 | | | | do will be etched on that. I am sure that you will |
| or 3 you should not be putting pressure on the | | | | not want bad things to be etched on that. Be |
| kid. | | | | focused and you will see amazing results. |