MOTHER IN EARLY CHILDHOOD

Mother in Early Childhood

Mother in Early Childhood

With better understanding of how children learn, including infants, there is a movement toward perceiving that care, development, and education should be integrated and that it is not possible to separate and isolate one from the other. The way we care for children has implications for not only children's physical development but also their social, moral, and cognitive development. For instance, when an infant is being breast-fed, how the mother holds the child can convey warmth, comfort, and care. At the same time, when the mother speaks softly to the ...