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- From: ashley@oar.net (Ashley Burns)
- Subject: Re: Developmental Milestones: Survey
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.211844.24068@oar.net>
- Organization: OARnet, Columbus, OH.
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 21:18:44 GMT
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- In article <1jpl9eINNho3@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ck270@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Andrea Von Ahnen) writes:
- >
- >A bit off the subject, but I have a comment about the parenting
- >books and their opinions on where babies should be developmentally
- >at certain ages. For the most part I've found that these books
- >report milestone "averages" that are way behind the averages I
- >observe from my own kids, friends' kids, family's kids, and the
- >general public I run into. For instance, (as Diane Segelhorst
- >wrote) one of the books reports that kids sit unassisted on
- >average at 9 months. I don't know many kids who weren't doing
- >this by 6-7 months. My guess is the books do this to make
- >parents feel particularly confident about their children who
- >are excelling :) and also to avoid alarming parents whose kids
- >might be a bit slow but not dangerously slow (i.e. doesn't need
- >to be examined for abnormalities).
- >
- >Andi (Mom to Aaron, Alexander, and 3 wee ones due 3/93)
-
- Well, I know my baby and two others (and all the parents work in professional,
- pretty high-tech workplaces, lest you think it is a cause of environmental
- influences) who have been consistently behind the averages given in the
- books. This is a subject of interest to me because of this. It causes me to
- worry, for one thing, although the doctor has been supportive. It also makes
- me worry when I see the baby at my son's daycare who is younger and more
- active and alert. Believe me, we are doing everything we can to maximize
- the attention and stimulation we give him, and are changing daycare
- situations partly because of that.
-
- Has anyone else noticed that "Infants and Mothers" by Brazelton and "What
- to Expect the First Year" seem to present different speeds of development
- as the average? Austin is a few weeks behind the latter but months behind
- the former! I haven't looked at "Your Baby and Child" lately.
-
- I'm reading about emotional development right now and I'll post soon on it.
- It's an interesting subject!
-
- Ashley Burns =-= Info Services, OARnet =-= Columbus, Ohio =-= ashley@oar.net
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