What do fathers need to do in early childhood education?

Fathers play a very important role in early childhood education. Their attitude towards their babies will have a great impact. So what should fathers do in early childhood education? What is the importance of fathers in early childhood education? What is the difference between the ways of accompanying parents? The following editor will introduce you in detail.

What should early childhood education fathers do?

The whole family cooks and eats together. Dad needs to learn to cook and share the fun with his wife and children. The dining table is also a good place for the whole family to communicate. Children can talk about their lives, and parents can also praise them and give advice.

Praise your child often. Dads are usually not good at expressing their emotions, but in fact, children care about adults' attention and praise. Express your love for your child more often, even if it is just a hug, a pat on the back, or a kiss on the face.

Respect your child's mother. Regardless of your relationship with your wife, you should give your wife due respect. The behavior of parents will have a subtle influence on their children.

Set rules and clearly distinguish rewards and punishments. Dads should set clear rules for their children with clear rewards and punishments, so that children can understand that "there is no order without rules" and feel the deep love of their father.

Read to your children. Books are the best way to stimulate your child's imagination. You can start reading stories to your child when he is very young. Cultivating his interest in reading can help improve his personality and promote his physical and mental development.

The importance of fathers in early childhood education

Dad's open-mindedness, cheerfulness, sincerity and generosity can give children a good opportunity to confide. When they tell their father all their troubles, they will feel that their father's broad chest is so warm, comfortable and safe, which inspires children's confidence and courage in life. Dad can bring enough sense of security and self-confidence to children, and will help them build an independent and decisive personality. In the process of children's personality development, the development of superego (moralized self) and self-awareness is achieved by children's identification with their father (identification is a classic term in Freud's personality theory). Identification means that children often follow and imitate their father in order to become a person like their father in the future, and the role of father is prominent. Boys overcome the crisis of personality development by overcoming their mother's rebellion against their father (Oedipus complex) in the process of identification, and girls overcome their father's rebellion against their mother (Oedipus complex).

For the future of your children, fathers should engage in parent-child interaction. No matter how busy you are, take out an hour every day to spend some fun and loving time with your children, and let your children feel your love and attention!

Differences in the ways parents accompany their children

In terms of companionship, fathers spend more time playing games with their children, such as building blocks, making slingshots, making kites, etc.; while mothers spend more time taking care of their children, such as taking care of their feeding, drinking, and dressing.

In terms of companionship, mothers tend to use verbal communication and physical contact, such as telling stories and kissing their children; while fathers tend to use large body movements, such as lifting the baby high up or throwing the child into the air, but the child knows that no matter how high he flies, his father will make sure he lands safely.

In terms of the nature of the games, the games between mothers and children are mostly verbal and gentle, such as storytelling; while the games between fathers and children are usually tactile, stimulating and challenging, such as fathers competing with their children to see who can run faster, who can climb farther, and other strength-developing games. In addition, the games between fathers and children are always closely linked to stimulating children and increasing their excitement. We often see that when children play with their fathers, they are like crazy birds, full of passion and energy, and we often hear the children laughing.