Teaching Children by Talking to them at an early age really helps.
My talking to my two-year old Grandson is unrestricted unbridled non sense which he enjoys immensely-incidentally I enjoy it too.
The nonsense gibberish brings him delight and if I give him any direction like asking him to drink (slipping the words ‘drink the Milk), he does it without demur, which otherwise would have taken Herculean effort.
True, children respond to verbal communications at an early age.
Probably because of the Cultural differences, emphasis in the West seems to be more on looks,grooming rather than sharing,affection,dependence on parents siblings and Faith.
However these Indian concepts are on the wane as the present lot is more western than the west.
Well written article.
The difference in gender does not matter to children at an early age, not withstanding Freudian Nonsense.
Going back to my Grandson, he uses the female gender verbs irrespective of Gender.( our mother tongue Tamil has different verbs for Gender)
Story:
Teaching girls that their appearance is the first thing you notice tells them that looks are more important than anything. It sets them up for dieting at age 5 and foundation at age 11 and boob jobs at 17 and Botox at 23. As our cultural imperative for girls to be hot 24/7 has become the new normal, American women have become increasingly unhappy. What’s missing? A life of meaning, a life of ideas and reading books and being valued for our thoughts and accomplishments.
That’s why I force myself to talk to little girls as follows.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-bloom/how-to-talk-to-little-gir_b_882510.html