Todavía está reciente en nuestra memoria la Navidad y la cantidad de regalos que reciben los niños y las niñas en estas fechas. No es raro escuchar a los adultos pedir recomendaciones de juegos educativos, plantearse si los juegos son o no sexistas y después sorprenderse con los comportamientos y los comentarios que hacen los más pequeños durante el juego: “Yo solo quiero jugar con niños”, “los niños son unos brutos, solo quiero jugar con mis amigas”, “mamá ¿puedo jugar a ser mamá y me pintas las uñas como tú?”, “quiero ser mayor como papá para conducir un coche”, etcétera.
To help parents in the task of finding useful, reliable and based on scientific evidence, and at the same time, creating a community where professionals and families are taught to each other, the mamicenter website was born (evolution of the Facebook groupThe doctor of my child).In it, professionals from all fields related to children.
What happens to children aged 2 to 6?Should adults intervene?And if so, what would it be advisable to intervene?How far can we intervene?
Let's start at the beginning: when a baby is born, it is necessary that the link with the adult who will be the main caregiver (most of the time mothers) is so strong that they are practically "almost a single person".Little by little, as the baby develops his abilities, he begins to gain independence of movements, action, autonomy.He no longer needs the adult for absolutely everything, there are things that he can do for himself, and that is when he begins to build his own identity.
The social categories of gender, race-ethnic, age, profession, etc., will help you identify themselves and others, although little by little you will have to learn which are permanent and which can be modifiable.
On the other hand, also at these ages, the role of roles or "do as if" is very characteristic.In this game, boys and girls imitate behaviors of adults, who help them experience how they can feel in different roles: chef, bomber, police, dad, mom, monster, dog, baby, etc ... a girl who playsBeing car mechanics can be assuming a male identity if it says "I am a mechanical dad", or it can be assuming a female identity if it says "I am greater and mechanical work".In either of the two cases, he is learning to put himself in the place of another, to structure his vision he has of the world, to develop social skills, to create and respect rules, allows him to try different solutions to similar situations to those who live inYour day to day, etc...It is necessary that all boys and girls have the opportunity to explore different roles.In short, it is his laboratory in which they learn to live.
And what can adults do?
Raquel Carretero is speech therapy and teacher special education in Mamicenter.
