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No. This is utterly and dangerously wrong. It's the complete opposite. The first 1-2 years have the biggest impact on the child's psychological health as an adu
by sacrosancty 5y ago
No. This is utterly and dangerously wrong. It's the complete opposite. The first 1-2 years have the biggest impact on the child's psychological health as an adult. It's also when their personality is formed. There's a reason child abuse is such a serious crime. It destroys people. But even common behaviors like showing frustration and anger can be harmful. So is suppressing them. Infants read emotions well because its essential to their survival. If you are inconsistently caring or fake caring, it can cause them to be unable to have a secure relationship themselves as an adult, and they'll have no idea why. They'll probably just blame their partner and not even realize they're broken. You need to have your shit together before birth.
Conscious memory of events has nothing to do with it.
- balfirevic 5y ago> The first 1-2 years have the biggest impact on the child's psychological health as an adult Do you have any sources?
- ip26 5y agoYou need to have your shit together before birth. Certainly I don’t mean to suggest child abuse is fine when they are little. But you can’t be a perfect parent from day zero; there’s a lot of learning by doing, you can’t know how your life priorities will change, and kids don’t need material wealth when they are small outside healthcare, healthy food, etc. In other words, you don’t need to have a successful career, perfect house, etc as a prerequisite to kids. They don’t even go to public school until they are five, yet many aspiring parents want to get into the right school district before having a kid.