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Establish regular sleep (1~6 years old)

Sleep is a lifelong event, and research shows that it is not important to sleep more or less; What matters is the regularity of sleep, which is the same for adults and children. According to the research of the Institute of Mental Health of Douglas University in Canada, good sleep habits may improve children's grades.

First, carefully observe the child's sleep state and various signs. Growth will have a unique law. Gradually develop a fixed activity habit. Can we try this now? Four B steps: taking a bath, brushing your teeth, telling stories, sleeping, and developing an overall sleep mode.

You must establish regular sleep step by step. In addition, there are many details to pay attention to, such as: don't play too excited games within two hours before going to bed; Create a quality sleeping environment. Children can start self-management when they are about 6 to 7 years old. But don't forget to continue to encourage and remind them to get 9~ 1 1 hour sleep.

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Swimming? (1~6 years old)

Swimming is a baby's instinct. After all, he lived in the water for ten months before leaving his mother. Many parents let their babies learn to swim from birth.

However, according to the information published on the American Red Cross Swimming and Water Safety Skills Map, it is suggested that:

Children from 6 months to 3 years old learn basic skills, such as immersion, floating and paddling.

After 4~5 years old, they begin to learn more skills, and then their hands and feet are more coordinated.

Children aged 6 and above will start paddling again. Because paddling requires greater overall coordination, such sequential learning can make them confident and skilled swimmers.

There are also some infant swimming lessons in the workshop, which can be used for reference. In addition, when taking a bath, you can slowly cultivate your child's feeling of getting used to water. You can take a shower with a shower head, or you can gently play water splashing games with each other to let them adapt slowly. Don't say it in a hurry, explain it in detail, and prepare him mentally.

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Learn to cook (over 2 years old)

Every time I take my two daughters to the parent-child house, the longest place to stay must be the cooking area. Cooking and food can be changed into different ways of playing. You can sell things to yourself, cook for your mother, or treat your sister as a little guest. However, I was always afraid of trouble and never asked them to really help in the kitchen at home.

In fact, you can let your child do it from the safe and simple part, and it doesn't matter if you screw it up. It is best to give priority to cooking with electric cookers without fire, such as cooking, steaming eggs, steaming cakes, etc. Or cold food such as juice, cold salad, etc. Let them feel a sense of accomplishment quickly and less dangerous.

You can also have educational opportunities at any time: things dissolve quickly when stirred. What gas will be emitted when the rice cooker is heated? Eggs are originally liquid, how can they become solid as soon as they are put into the rice cooker? It would be better to have an automatic bread machine at home. Making bread is more interesting and delicious for children!

After the age of two, children's interest in cooking can actually be gradually cultivated. The purpose is not to make them become kitchen gods, but this basic living ability will help him a lot. They are more likely to become healthy eaters, and people who like to try new foods are less likely to be partial to food.

Children aged 4-5 can be taught to measure the weight of food and stir the batter. 6~8 years old can use kitchen equipment and tools, such as microwave oven, oven, can opener, etc.

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Self-protection? (over 2 years old)

Social chaos makes parents nervous every day. A video that went viral on Facebook before, "Are you sure your child won't go with strangers?" It also makes parents find that children are more likely to trust strangers than they think.

Therefore, since my children are sensible, especially after kindergarten, I often rehearse various scenarios, even role-playing, telling them not to go with strangers.

After children are 4-5 years old, they can start to help them shape their gender awareness, self-protection awareness and privacy awareness. Let children know the boundaries between people and me and how to protect themselves.

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Take a shower by yourself? (over 3 years old)

When the child is 3 or 4 years old, the activity increases and the big muscles mature, which is a good time to strengthen the action. So at this time, it is actually a good choice for children to take a bath by themselves!

However, because there are many hidden dangers in the bathroom, it is easy to fall or drown, so children can start to cultivate their bathing ability (including shampooing and cleaning private parts) at the age of three and establish safety rules for the bathroom.

Because after 5 or 6 years old, they may start to ask for a bath alone. At this time, parents should try to pay attention, control time and pay attention to safety. It will be about 8 years old before they can really take a bath alone.

Before going to school, the age of six to eight is another golden age. At this time, the child's mind is relatively mature, and the skills from the physical level are slowly transferred to the psychological level. See which life skills experts will suggest that it is best to wait until after the age of six.

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Brush your teeth by yourself (6~8 years old)

American Dental Association suggested? Parents help to brush their teeth before the age of 3, and children are allowed to brush their teeth under the supervision of their parents when they are 3~6 years old. After the age of 6, children can brush their teeth by themselves!

But some professionals have different views. Some doctors believe that children can't brush their teeth correctly before they are 8 years old. But this has little to do with ability coordination, mainly because children have no motivation to clean their toothbrushes.

It may be difficult for them to understand the importance of keeping their teeth clean and whether they have brushed their faces.

According to research, although they are 1 1 years old, most children only brush 50% of their teeth. Even young people aged 18~22 only brushed 67%.

In order to let children know the importance of brushing teeth, and even add a little fun to brushing teeth, we can try to watch dental plaque display films to motivate children to brush their teeth. Take him to the dentist's office and ask the doctor to apply a little medicine before brushing his teeth, which can make dental plaque appear and let the child know that his mouth is not thoroughly cleaned. After brushing your teeth, you can show the residual dental plaque due to incorrect brushing methods.

This may give children more motivation to clean their toothbrushes!

We should also promote a correct concept here. If the primary teeth are not well cared for, it will have an impact on adult teeth. Because the important role of deciduous teeth is to maintain the growth space of permanent teeth and the neatness of future dentition, avoiding tooth decay is really an important project that parents should pay attention to from the birth of their children!

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Tie your own shoes? (6~8 years old)

From my own childhood experience, tying a bow is really not an easy ability. It once gave me a heavy sense of frustration, and it still exists in my memory!

Although I don't remember how old my parents taught me, I remember that I couldn't understand the magic of threading. So in the end, my father had to teach me a simple way to tie a knot, that is, tie the rope twice before tying it.

It's not a bad thing to do something well in a simple way. The point is that my mother said at this time, "If you teach him like this, he will never learn the original style of play."

Interestingly, I did use this simple game for many years, until one day I tied it up and found that the method of winding a single rope around another circle was actually very simple, and I realized it without teaching me.

Therefore, I remember the feeling of being eager to prove that I can, but I can't break through. That's why we put special emphasis on ensuring that children are prepared before teaching. Not only get twice the result with half the effort, but also increase children's confidence!

Although the product design is more intimate now, there are probably fewer opportunities for children to tie bows. After all, Nike recently introduced sneakers that can automatically tie their shoelaces.

However, as the mother of two girls, if she wants to dress up easily in the future and start teaching her sister at the age of six, maybe I won't need to do some dressing for her in the future!

In addition, if children are flexible and can handle small buttons or draw well, maybe they can be taught early. It is suggested that parents may wish to use skipping rope to teach their children how to tie a knot first.

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Manage your own money (over 6 years old)

In the past, financial education for children probably required children to know how to save. But in fact, the key is to let children have MQ-Qian Shang. The concept of financial management is a whole set of teaching, from understanding coins to saving applications. Parents must use their brains to find ways to give their children economic opportunities in life. At the same time, cooperate with the game to understand and generate interest.

There are also many animations and picture books in the workshop, which can make it easier for children to learn. You can also consider them.

A nanny teacher provided a good way. She suggested that everyone use the weekly calendar to write down the total amount of pocket money given to their children, clearly state their daily expenses, and make rewards and punishments.

After summing up every month, deposit the surplus into the child's account (take him to open an account). From the age of 6, we should cultivate children's concept of "having their own money" and then slowly teach them advanced financial planning.

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Take care of the little life? (over 6 years old)

We have seen too many movies in which Wang Xing people and cats live in harmony with their babies or interact happily. But how old should children have pets?

Veterinarian Dr. Butch Schroyer suggested that it is best? After the age of 6, I will give the responsibility of taking care of my little life to my children. 2-year-old children can expose them to gardening and start taking care of plants; You can also start with small goldfish and golden mice, and then challenge cats or dogs. Let them begin to understand the meaning of life and responsibility, and observe whether children are suitable for keeping pets.

Although many experts and scholars constantly list various benefits, Finnish research has also found that being with pets can improve immunity.

Research by Uppsala University in Sweden also shows that children with pet dogs are not prone to asthma. However, because children over the age of 6 will have a more mature attitude towards life experience and the establishment of a sense of responsibility.

Therefore, before children start to adopt pets, it is important to ensure that they can show a sense of responsibility and a willingness to take care of other things.

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Use the map alone and take public transportation.

? (over 6 ~ 13 years old)

I think in this social chaos, if children are asked to go home by themselves, I am afraid there will be many voices of opposition. In Japan, children aged six or seven are allowed to take public transport alone.

However, if you ask me, as a mother, how old can I let my children take the bus independently? I really think I won't have the courage until I graduate from primary school.

American experts suggest that we can't help children learn to stand on their own feet, but it depends on your traffic safety education for children and local traffic conditions.

Because the most difficult thing may not be to take transportation, but to cross the road safely. Therefore, children should be trained in advance to know the surrounding environment and geographical location, and how to deal with emergencies. Let children carry or remember their parents' mobile phone numbers with them. ?