National conference Changing Scenario Of Marriage And Family System In India SPIRITUAL EMBRYO AND

ITS REPRESSION Thiripurasundari.P.N.

Child development trainee,MMI

THE NARCISSUS AND THE LAKE

What is the theme?

What are we going to discuss?Spiritual Embryo.Meaning Of Helicopter Parents /Over

Protective Parents.Characteristics Of Helicopter Parent.Why Are They So?Impact On ChildSpiritual Embryo’s RepressionDevelopment Theory 0-6 YearsApplication Of Montessori Principle.

SPIRITUAL EMBRYODr.Maria Montessori developed the concept of the spiritual embryo that man develops through two successive embryonic stages –

THE PHYSICAL EMBRYO IN THE PRENATAL PERIOD FROM CONCEPTION TO BIRTH

THE SPIRITUAL EMBRYO IN THE CHILDHOOD PERIOD FROM BIRTH TO AROUND SIX YEARS.

Montessori uses the term ‘Spiritual’ because it is during this time that the child internalizes at a subconscious level to all the elements of his spiritual territory which constitute the total environment of any social group.

HELICOPTER PARENTINGThe term "helicopter parent"

was first used in Dr. Haim Ginott's 1969 book Parents & Teenagers.

The term became popular enough to become a dictionary entry in 2011.

 Helicopter parenting refers to "a style of parents who are over focused on their children, even when they don’t need," says Carolyn Daitch.

It means being involved in a child's life in a way that is over controlling, over protecting, and over perfecting, in a way that is in excess of responsible parenting," Dr. Dunne explains.

CHARACTERISTICS OF HELICOPTER PARENT

CHARACTERISTICS OF HELICOPTER PARENT

CHARACTERISTICS OF HELICOPTER PARENT

CHARACTERISTICS OF HELICOPTER PARENT

CHARACTERISTICS OF HELICOPTER PARENT

CHARACTERISTICS OF HELICOPTER PARENT

PREJUDICTHE FOLLOWING PREJUDICES REGARDING CHILD MAKES PARENTS TO BE OVERPROTECTIVE:

The life of the child can be changed or improved only through teaching.

A mind of a child is empty-without a guide and without laws of its own.

The child cannot control his/her movements and is incapable of taking care of himself.

PREJUDICOTHER REASONS:Need for controlNeed for being loved Need to express loveBigger, Better and FasterFear of failureDesire to live vicariouslyEntitlementNeed to keep the child young

Squelching HappinessDecreasing ConfidenceStunting GrowthInhibiting LearningFear of failureIrresponsibility

SPIRITUAL EMBRYO’S REPRESSIONThe child develops in the security and protection of the family. It is through the family that he adapts to his culture to become as “…not just a man, but a man of his race.”

The child whose sensitivity encounters obstacles and finds himself involved in insuperable conflicts with the grown-up who is stronger than he, who masters he, without understanding.

The word Repression as used by Freud to indicate the deep seated origins of psychological disturbances in the adult explains itself. The child cannot expand in the manner required by a being in process of development, for the adult represses him.

Piaget

Maria Montessori

Montessori uses the term ‘Spiritual’ because it is during this time that the child internalizes at a subconscious level – the level of the absorbent mind – all the elements of his spiritual territory which constitute the total environment of any social group.

Montessori principle focuses on period of “SPIRITUAL EMBRYO” for two purposes:

To develop the psychic characteristics of intellect, will, emotions, fantasy, imagination and language;

To permit adaptation “to the conditions of the world about him”.

APPLICATION OF MONTESSORI PRINCIPLE

ABSORBENT MIND

Birth – 3 years Absorbent MindSensory experiences

1 ½ - 3 years Language development1 ½ - 4 years Coordination and muscle development

Interest in small objects2 – 4 years Refinement of movement

Concern with truth and realityAwareness of order sequence in time and space

2 ½ - 6 years Sensory refinement3 - 6 years Susceptibility to adult influence3 ½ - 4 ½ years Writing4 – 4 ½ years Tactile sense4 ½ - 5 ½ years Reading

SENSITIVE PERIOD

Allow Children to Practice Making Choices!Allow Children to Feel What Responsibility Is!Allow Children to Make Mistakes!Allow Children to speak!Allow Children To Continue Its Creativity!Help The Child, How To Think Not On What To Think!Respect the child, Appreciate, Don't Praise!Prepare Children to Handle Risks And Face Failures!Empower Children to Discover Who They Are!

What does the Montessori say?

THIRIPURASUNDARI.P.N.