Four Ways to Nurture Your Child’s Brain Development

1. Play Outside As Much As Possible

Ask yourself what is a ‘normal wild environment’ for a human child?

Two things that most likely came into your mind is play and nature. These are essential parts of what the brain expects and needs to develop. This is a child’s wild environment.

2. Limit “Brain” Toys and Screens

 Research shows that technology can negatively affect cognitive functioning and yet, children can also learn from technology.

The most common thing we limit in our family are electronics, toys included.  Ironically, toys that stimulate and essentially entertain your child actually takes away from natural learning and creativity.

3. Engage and Connect

This is the most important feature of a human’s ‘wild’ environment and one that the brain expects is love and connection with attachment figures — e.g. the parents.

4. Above all ask yourself — What does the brain expect? 

If it’s an unordinary experience, is it something that your child would enjoy, that fits his or her temperament?

Learning a second language, music, art, travel, and even certain types of technology have all been linked to enhanced brain development.

But, children don’t need these for perfectly wonderful brain development.

Ask yourself — is this a human species normal environment for my child? Is it something the brain expects? If not, ask yourself, would it help or harm?

And then choose wisely. Think about what your child likes, what they are naturally drawn to and engage with them in those things. Because of our overscheduled lives, childhood stress is significantly on the rise. I believe it is because we have taken our kids out of their human-species normal wild environment.

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