Monday, February 26, 2007

Baby Steps

These days parents will do anything to give their kids an advantage. Whether it's prenatal Mozart or pre-pre-school, the business of gr owning up and getting out into the "real world" has gotten a lot more involved. News for the homefront: sometimes it's better to just let them go at their own pace. One piece of evidence on this topic comes from a study concluding that children who spend more time crawling (read: take longer to learn how to walk) have better hand-eye coordination AND are much better and deeper readers.

1 comment:

jonpon55 said...

I like the accidental paradox, "out into the real world." Once you think about it though it makes sense.