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    1) Every child develops at their own pace depending on their environment and care. A child's nutrition in the womb or inherited genes can affect their development and ability to meet milestones like walking. 2) The parent of the non-walking child should not worry yet as each child learns skills like crawling, walking, and talking at different times in their first two years. Stimulation, bonding, and caregiving also impact development. 3) If the non-walking child shows no progress by age two, the parent should see a pediatrician to ensure there are no issues, but for now continuing support and a safe environment is best.

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    1) Every child develops at their own pace depending on their environment and care. A child's nutrition in the womb or inherited genes can affect their development and ability to meet milestones like walking. 2) The parent of the non-walking child should not worry yet as each child learns skills like crawling, walking, and talking at different times in their first two years. Stimulation, bonding, and caregiving also impact development. 3) If the non-walking child shows no progress by age two, the parent should see a pediatrician to ensure there are no issues, but for now continuing support and a safe environment is best.

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    1) Every child develops at their own pace depending on their environment and care. A child's nutrition in the womb or inherited genes can affect their development and ability to meet milestones like walking. 2) The parent of the non-walking child should not worry yet as each child learns skills like crawling, walking, and talking at different times in their first two years. Stimulation, bonding, and caregiving also impact development. 3) If the non-walking child shows no progress by age two, the parent should see a pediatrician to ensure there are no issues, but for now continuing support and a safe environment is best.

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    Family and Human Studies (FHS) 1500: Lifespan Human

    Development Essay
    Question:
    You have two good friends who both have thirteen-month-old children. One parent proudly states
    that her child was able to walk at ten months. The other parent sadly states that her child has not
    yet started walking. It is obvious from the conversation that the parent of the walking child believes
    her child to be advanced and that the parent of the non-walking child is deeply concerned about
    her child’s lack of progress. What do you tell these parents?

    Answer:
    Every child grows differently, depending on its environment or the care that it’s given. The
    smallest change in their nurture or nature affects them in a dramatic way. Throughout fetal and
    infant development, they are at a sensitive time where the brain and body growth. Especially the
    first two years of their lives. While a baby is in the wound for example needs to receive the
    correct nutrients, but let’s say that his mom couldn’t eat enough food and was malnourished
    because she would be nauseous all the time. That could cause the baby to be weaker than others
    and to learn things at a slower pace, because he didn’t develop properly in the wound. Now an
    example of Nature could be that the baby’s family members are smaller than others due to
    inherited genes …that “it’s the norm, which is a standard for a particular population.” (Berger
    ,2022, pg.75). Now in both cases the children were affected differently and were born with a
    similar body weight. But that doesn’t mean they are going to learn or have their motor skills
    developed at the same pace. The baby that didn’t receive enough nutrients could have speech
    impediments or slow reaction time making it difficult for him to learn. For the baby that was
    born smaller due to inherited genes, there wouldn't be major issues that could affect his learning
    process, because his brain developed properly when he was in the fetal stage, therefore he can
    learn at a faster pace.

    Furthermore, for each child their learning time frame is different. Children learn from crawling,
    jumping, walking, running, speaking and thinking throughout the first two years. Nurture and
    nature have big roles in an infant’s growth, but it’s not all there is. There are other factors like
    Stimulation, bonding and caregiving that affects them.” Babies need sights and sounds,
    emotional expressions, social interactions that encourage movement “(Berger,2022, pg.79).
    Child a, probably receives better care and more encouragement from his parents than child b.
    For example, my nieces, both were born prematurely because my sister didn’t have enough
    strength in her body to have a normal labour. With my first niece Dana, she would be
    overprotective. My sister would be with her all the time, teaching her to walk, speak and think
    for herself. That's how my niece at just 9 months old learned to walk. At 1 years old she could
    say basic words like mom, dad, putting, chocolate, etc;all her favorite words. The care that my
    second niece Keira received was somewhat different; at that time, my sister was more absorbed
    in her work and wouldn’t have enough time for her. My niece would spend more time with her
    nanny or watching/listening to the tv. Her nanny would rarely motivate her to walk or speak. My
    little niece at times would try to pronounce the words she would hear from her favorite animated
    shows. When it comes to walking, she would try to stand on her own and reach for toys or
    sweets that she would find. But because she didn’t have the proper care or someone that would
    encourage her, she learned to walk at 14 months old and to speak close to two years old.

    But going back to the main topic, there could be other reason why child B has not started to walk
    just yet. Genes could be affecting his motor skills. Depending on the baby’s genetics, it could
    take him longer to walk than others.

    In my opinion the parent of child b shouldn’t worry just yet. Because there’s still plenty of time
    for the child to keep learning, until he’s two years old. Now if she sees that there’s no change, it
    would be recommended for her to take her child to a pediatrician/specialist to make sure that
    there’s nothing wrong with the infant’s body or brain development. As for the parent of child b,
    she should continue doing what she’s doing and keep providing support to her child. But if the
    stimulations become stressful at any point for the child, it would be best to stop for a while and
    just provide the child with a safe and calm environment.

    Reference:
    Berger, K. S. (2022). Invitation to the life span (5th ed.). New York, NY: Worth
    Publishers.
    “All names have been used with permission”

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