Stimulation for the holistic development of a child. What kind of stimulation can parents provide for their child from the time of conception till birth?

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Pedagogy - Family Education, grade: 0-8, Aga Khan University, language: English, abstract: Parents are always dreaming of nurturing their child by providing stimulation to their child for their holistic development. Though, parents are getting awareness about their child¿s physical growth through routine checkups and other medical implications. However, parents have little knowledge about stimulation that will help their children for their holistic development which includes social, physical, cognitive, moral, ethical and spiritual development. Thus this paper is an attempt to explore and share stimulation that parents can provide during the time of conception till birth as the development of the child begins from the time when a child is conceived. With this objective, this study discussed the activities or stimulation that is required for the development of a child in a holistic manner in each trimester.

This study is a qualitative research based on reviewing the available research related to child development during conception time. In addition, survey with parents that fall in each trimester was also done. Three parents from each trimester that is first, second and third trimesters of pregnancy had selected on random basis. The data revealed that role of parents; Mother and Father both have significant impact on child¿s development in terms of providing different stimulation at different levels. The data also entailed that the development of child begins from the time of conception which will remain and continue after the birth. At the end, this research found that the basic social, cognitive, physical, moral, emotional and spiritual development of a child depends on the stimulation which they received during the time of conception till birth. This study concluded by broadening the zone of research for the child¿s development in holistic manner rather to be based on physical growth only.