Babies should not read ahead of time

• April 26, 2024

Trying to stimulate your baby to learn to read early can result in an aggravation rather than a benefit, according to recent publications of the Psychology Today Magazine . The fundamental task of a baby is not to learn to read ahead of time to go ahead of its age, or to surprise neighbors, in fact this type of encouragement will leave in the future more problems to be solved.

According to Dr. Marsha Lucas, a psychologist and neuropsychologist residing in Washington, D.C., she says in her publication that there is no empirical evidence to support the stimulation ahead of time to provide results in the future. The specialist points out that the fundamental task of mothers and fathers should be provide care and healthy experiences to babies, which include providing security, support and understanding to the feelings they present.

The true benefits that last throughout life, according to research on affective bonds, will be attitudes that include developing their skills in paying attention, improving physical handling of emotions (action that strengthens the baby's immune system), increasing the capacity of empathy, improve their self-esteem and self-confidence, improve their modulation in the face of fear, among others.

The psychologist emphasizes that it is important that mothers and fathers establish close links with their children, not through television programs, but directly in their conversations with them. It is important, since in the future girls and boys will learn from their previous experiences to relate who was with them when they had doubts and problems and will go to the learned reference.