Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/what-we-do-matters/5013060/
Children are not resilient to inappropriate practice and humiliation; they need challenging work and play.Definition of resilience is:
"Capacity to spring back to the original shape or form after being bent, stretched, or compressed; flexibility; elasticity; the capacity to rebound quickly from misfortune or illness." (Webster's Dictionary)
What we do with young children will affect them for the rest of their lives. I know this by understanding that, even at age 50, aspects of my personal and professional life are constantly affected by my early childhood experiences. I know this because current research shows the early and lasting effects of children's environments and experiences on brain development. I know this because the National Association for the Education of Young Children and other organizations work so hard to improve quality care and education for young children (Bredekamp & Copple, 1997).
In fact, research demonstrates that children who attend poor quality programs can show negative effects while "high quality child care can predict academic success, adjustment to school, and reduced behavioral problems for children in first grades (Bredekamp & Copple, 1997, pp. 6-7). And yet there is evidence that a large percentage of classrooms and family child care homes are "barely adequate" or "inadequate" for ...