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Some of the quotes or examples below should be read with the understanding that this was a much different era to today. He had a remarkable mind, more so when placed in the context of his time. “Children are not people of tomorrow; they are people today” – Korczak wrote in 1919 in his work ‘How to love a child’.
As early educators, pediatricians and parents/guardians, given experience we are often the first to detect a-typical development in our little ones. When children are struggling with emotional, behavioral and learning challenges, teachers are often the first ones to detect a problem.
There is a lot of controversy about labeling children but of course I have my perspective on the topic as everyone respectfully does. I recently heard a parent speaking about another’s son that “he is a bad boy. Just a bad kid”. This hurt my heart to say the least.
To be an engineer one must have a certain set of skills. I mean I have a lot of skills and can do many things but I would not dare to think I could ever be an engineer. So why would I venture to say a five-year-old might already have honed in on the rudimentary skills needed to be an engineer? Because it is utterly and completely true!
I pretty much had a mostly happy go lucky childhood aside from a few adversities (parents divorce, some bullying, slight physical handicap). I’m grateful I’ve never borne the brunt of anxiety – sure I’ve been stressed or worried but never excessively or regularly. My personal experience with depression started as post-partum depression after my youngest was born.
Children, teens, and adults can have mood disorders and most do not have specific, known causes. The general consensus among medical professionals, research scientists and other therapists or specialists is that there are three main factors considered as having significant influence in patients with mental health conditions – but also recognizing the extensive research and advances science, medicine and spirit have made.
We all benefit in the sharing of predecessor’s experience and knowledge in trying to understand mental illness. Any mental health conditions is debilitating and permeates every aspect of the lives of individuals who suffer and those who struggle alongside them.
We are now half way through the second year of our unique ScuttleBugs CDC 529 College Fund program. There are now twice the number of Kids enrolled in our program that we had last year.
With the world of education, and especially early childhood education, constantly adopting to the changing times, it is sometimes hard to keep up with what is really going on. Are some trends temporary or are they long lasting? Here are a number of trends that are certain to stick around for a very long time. They are defining the future direction of ECE.
So, will the children of these practical, efficiency-360° driven people follow generational precedent and instinct to oppose and instead become carefree and idealistic, singing in the rain and putting flowers in their hair? Or, having been Instagram stars at the age of 6 months without knowing it, will they reconsider Privacy and Big Data use and switch from everything being Open to Public to the opposite?
