It is very common that parents find themselves helping their little ones move, stand up, sit, walk and crawl. But is it beneficial for them? Studies have shown that motor development arises spontaneously and naturally and that parental help may not be the best for children.
Given their protective and supportive nature towards their child, every parent wants to help their child in each and every aspect of life. From learning how to stand on their own feet, to find out how to crawl and walk, how to sit straight and what not. When they find out how to stand on their feet barely, parents even place cushions so that if their child were to fall, he or she wouldn't get hurt.
According to Kids Health, aside from all the love and protectedness that a parent has to offer their child in his early development, motor development is a natural process independent of anyone's efforts. The adult does not teach a child how to move, and that's not even right for the child.
By placing the child in a position, he could not adopt by himself; we force him to be still: the child can not leave that area. If for example, we turn a small baby face down, as opposed to standing on his back, where he can move, take his feet, look at his sides, we are slowing down his ability to run.
It's not okay for adults to help children and teach them to drive. According to Baby Center, helping children when they are not ready to perform precise movements by themselves is detrimental. Most often the adult's initiative to help a child learn is motivated by custom. They are used to doing it, and it is normal. But saying that it is a habit does not mean it is beneficial.
