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"Amazingly, when we know a child's happiness set point at the age of five, providing nothing exceptional happens, we can have a pretty clear idea of how happy they'll be for the rest of their lives."
A finding from research undertaken by the producers of the excellent BBC series "Child of our time."
Many students in this area would argue that a child's personality is developed by the age of five.
Consider the implications of these two peices of research.
If you believe as I do, that our personality is in the main sculptured by our environment; how detrimental to the childs development is a lack of quality time spent by the parents with their child.
Can the child minder instil his/her attitudes and beliefs into your child?
Can a teacher leave positive or negative imprints on the childs psyche?
Is the video game or television having a major impact?
Can the credit card substitute for time?
Does the child mirror your every deed or words?
Positive Parenting is the most challenging and rewarding skill that exists, one that determines the world in which we live.
Yet ironically, no qualification required!
Posted by Kevin Kelly at
January 16, 2006 10:13 AM