Stars for Kids » child communication development http://www.stars4kidz.com Fri, 14 May 2010 23:02:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Put Down Your Cell Phone and Talk With Your Children http://www.stars4kidz.com/health-fitness/pediatric-chiropractic/put-down-your-cell-phone-and-talk-with-your-children http://www.stars4kidz.com/health-fitness/pediatric-chiropractic/put-down-your-cell-phone-and-talk-with-your-children#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:33:52 +0000 admin http://www.stars4kidz.com/?p=87 As a chiropractor who specializes in pediatric care, I am always happy to read articles relating to the simple ways in which a child’s brain can be stimulated. Naturally, chiropractic adjustments have a positive effect on a child’s brain and nervous system. But, there is plenty that parents can do to assist the mental awareness and communication skills of their children. So, I found today’s nytimes.com article on the benefits of parents’ talking to their children very interesting. Randi Jacoby, a speech and language specialist in New York, believes that parents today have stopped having good communications with their young children, and this is causing children to lose out on the eye contact, facial expression and overall feedback that is essential for early communication development.

“Young children require time and one-on-one feedback as they struggle to formulate utterances in order to build their language and cognitive skills,” Jacoby said. “Parents need to be reminded of the significance of their communicative model.”

Ms. Jacoby’s general advice to parents is to reward your child’s communicative attempts with your own heightened attention, and to prepared to put down your cellphone and look them squarely in the eye as they share their thoughts with you.

The article is extremely informative and should be read in its entirety, ad it offers excellent advice on how to better communicate with your children. And, the most important was that when your children try to talk to you, give them your full attention whenever possible. And before you speak to them, make sure you have their attention.

The full article can be found at nytimes.com

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