When the child's needs are mentioned, things like nutrition, protection, shelter and education come to mind. Of course, these are the basic needs of the child, but they are not enough on their own for a psychologically healthy childhood. In addition to all these requirements, I will now tell you about some other basic needs.
Child's need for play
Child's need for movement
Child's need to wonder and dream
Child's need to cry
Child's need to experience
p>1-) The child's need for play
I put the need for play before the child's needs that need to be met. Because this is the most basic need of a child. A kindergarten child needs at least 6 hours of play, a primary school child needs at least 4-5 hours, a secondary school child needs at least 2-3 hours, and a high school child needs at least 2 hours. Issues such as city life, the pandemic process, and technology addiction, unfortunately, prevent this need from being adequately met. Considering the prohibitive conditions, it often takes a special effort for parents to create the necessary space and time for play. This need, which was once met naturally in the old village and neighborhood life, can now be achieved with effort. Just like organic vegetables and fruits. At the end of the day, parents ask, “Did my child play enough today?” They should ask themselves the question, and if their answer is “No”, they should take action for change.
2-) The child's need for movement
One of the basic needs of the child is to move. Moving is closely related to the physical, social and mental development of the child. The moving child has the opportunity to experience new things, gains body awareness, encounters opportunities to communicate, and has the chance to grasp the cause-effect relationship as a result of his actions. However, today, wherever we turn, we see children who are silenced and seated by the screen. A sitting, motionless child is defined as a “smart child”; fidgety children are diagnosed as “hyperactive” by the society. Active children are presented as sick at school and at home. As a result, it was forgotten that movement is a basic need. at the end of the day a Parents “Did my child move enough today?” should ask themselves the question; They should remove the obstacles in front of the movement until they can say “yes” in response.
3-) The child's need to wonder and dream
One of the main duties of a parent towards their child is the child's curiosity and imagination. to follow the instinct to establish it, to accompany it in this regard, and to provide the necessary environment for these motives to remain alive. Parents who are fed up with their child who constantly asks questions, give answers that dismiss him, and give feedback such as "this is not how the child is played, the car drives like this, the trees don't talk, the sea doesn't turn pink" while the child is playing an imaginary game, gradually kill the child's innate curiosity and imagination skills day by day. . Parents who experience the same excitement as their child is wondering about something and accompany his/her dream by dreaming themselves make a great contribution to the development of their children and give artificial respiration to their little children who are trying to survive.
4 -) The child's need to cry
There may be some who are surprised by this need. Because our consciousness and behaviors are focused on not making the child cry. However, crying is as natural and necessary as laughing, shouting and giggling. Crying is something that purifies and comforts every individual, no matter how big or small. A child who has stopped crying, notice, as he continues to whine throughout the day; A child who cries to the fullest and stops it at its own rhythm will calm down and relax as much as possible, and even sleep. Of course, my aim here is not to make the child cry because the child needs it, but to open a compassionate space for a crying child to cry comfortably.
5-) The child's need to experience
Finally, one of the most important needs of the child. One is to adequately experience the world in which it exists. Can your child experience the world he lives in by seeing, smelling, touching and hearing? Did he make pots-plates-cars out of mud, did he get wet in the rain, did he sink into the snow without fear, did he make a wooden horse and fight? Or have you tried making a rag doll, a wooden car, a kite, a paper ship/plane together without going to a toy store? Did the child pluck a fruit from its branch� Did he plant seeds in the ground, watch it germinate, wash the car with you, cook food? Dozens of examples can be written about experiencing life similar to these. Such togetherness and sharing both provide an incredible experience for your child, increase the quality of the time you spend together, and create a magnificent collection of memories.
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