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Thursday, June 02, 2005

Through this blog, I want to share an article that I read yesterday The Reader's Digest. It is about 'The three unique ways fathers contribute to childhood development'. I think it is a good article, because the most articles that I have ever read just explore the role of women as wife or mom.

The article said that Dad is a mess-maker, rule breaker, risk taker. In general, he's the opposite of Mom, the master nurturer, creator of law and order. But Dad is doing something quite right, because his interactions with children will significantly contribute to children's social skills and success in school.

The pediatric researcher found that two month old babies showed special signs of excitement when their fathers approach. So now I know, why my children get very excited when their father comes home. Fathers tend to be arousing and unpredictable with kids from the get-go. I can see how my husband hangs around with my children on the floor play, how he pretends to be an airplane and lets my children sit on his neck and when I see this I just say..."be careful..be careful!". Research shows that this kind of daddy-style play builds cognitive skills and helps children acquire social and emotional experiences that prepare them for school. The Article says that "Mom equals security. Dad equals excitement and stimulation.

I still remember when my son (two and half years old) was playing with screwdriver, I just yelled at him "Put it down, this is not a toy!!". Once when my husband was repairing a chair, and my son played with a screwdriver beside him, my husband just watched and let my son help him. And another situation I watched how my husband taught my son how opened the door with a key. Hmm..I just wondered why I didn't think like he did. This article talks about how dad tend to stimulate curiosity and problem solving skills by letting the children notice the sights and sounds around them. And Moms prefer holding their children close to them.

Dad as unique teacher. I see how my husband choses a book for my children to read. He is more likely to choose non fiction over fiction. He might select a book about airplanes, train or kid's discovery. And According to a Michigan study, the children whose fathers read to them, show much higher verbal skills. Hmm... I am not sure, if my husband has noticed about that :-).
Other advantages mentioned in the article: When fathers teach how to build with blocks or throw a ball, they're constructing large and small motor skills, sensory pathways and body awareness.

So in conclusion, Moms and dads are indeed different, but their distinctive styles caretaking complement each other perfectly to the advantage of children.
Father's Day in US is on June 19 . The first time I heard about father's day I wondered, because in Indonesia we just celebrate Mother's Day. But now, I know that the involvement of fathers to develop children is very important. So..Happy Father's Day...

[7:14 AM]

Meow! Meow!

On May 29, my family went to Wolftrap Park. We saw the information from internet, there would be marine band and fireworks. We went there at 7.00 pm. When we were on the way to go there, there were a lot of cars lined up in toll road to go through. We stucked and we had to wait for 30 minutes to enter Wolftrap Park. Wow..so many cars parked in the road, we just worried we didn't have a space to park. But thanks God, finally we got a space and it was far enough from the park, so we had to walk. When we walked, I saw many people brought mattress and snack box. Hmm...It was a good Idea, but you know that, we didn't bring anything.

In Wolftrap Park, I saw a marine band on the stage, but I couldn't watch better because so many people were sitting around the stage. I just could hear but it's fine. At 10.00 pm, I heard the announcement that the fireworks would be started at the meadowpark in 15 minutes. So we had to walk there quickly.

15 minutes later, the fireworks started. Wow...there were amazing..awesome...I have never seen beautiful fireworks before, there were so huge. I saw the fireworks were dancing in front of me...Wonderful. And we heard the romantic backsound "What a wonderful world" by Louise Armstrong

I see skies of blue and clouds of white

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

And I think to myself what a wonderful world

[7:09 AM]

Meow! Meow!

You..!! I mean About Me

Hi....My name Herdyaning Koesdarso, you can call me Dyan
Don't forget the spelling is D Y A N :-)
I graduated from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta in 1995
After I graduated I got a job in PT Astra International
HRD department, AMDI, as a faculty member
I had been working in there for almost 10 years
until I decided to leave my career in December 2004
I am married and have 2 kids, Amara and Hafiz
At the end of year 2004, my husband got a job in US
And now we are living in Herndon, Virginia
I enjoy my life now, I have a lot of friends here
And thanks God and we wish that God always bless our family

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