Speech ImpedimentsWritten by Rexanne Mancini
All children must learn how to speak ... a given under normal circumstances. While not all children have problems developing their speech and linguistic fluency, some kids find pronunciation and language flow difficult. Repeating words, struggling to enunciate correctly and stuttering to be understood while a toddler is learning to talk is absolutely normal and might continue until a child has mastered speaking. This could be by age three, age five or older, depending on child. There is, to this day, no definite theory on true stuttering. Many psychologists and medical doctors feel condition is neurological or physiological in nature. While this may be case in most instances, a child’s speech impediments could be caused by insensitive and cruel treatment in childhood, specifically tormenting them about their natural developing speech patterns and struggle with learning pronunciation and complex words. It stands to reason that patience, gentle guidance and encouragement when children are attempting to communicate their first words is vital to their well-being and self-esteem.
| | How to stop the greed of giftsWritten by Joey Lewitin
To a large extent holidays have come to be more about materialism than original values of peace, harmony, and faith. Advertisers hit us from all sides with messages of greed and pettiness. Every media outlet is rife with idea, “buy this, or they wont love you.” In such an age, it is important to remind children about true meaning of season. This can be done, to some extent, by helping them to build their own gifts to give to others, and teaching them what true value of a gift is. This has several major benefits.1. In building gift you will be spending time with child doing something constructive. 2. It will teach them value of money. The item they buy would have to be made just like item they make themselves. Money doesn’t just appear it has to be earned, and then traded. So money is trading work, for work. 3. It will engage their imaginations and creativity. 4. The gift they create will be much more meaningful, and you should let them know that.
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