Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your children at an early age?

Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your chi... by Paul8 on Sunday April 15, 2018 @04:46PM (#16844856)

I've been watching younger friends teaching their infants some sign language, which seems to make for happier babies. The kids can start learning at 4-5 months and had the coordination to use the signs maybe two months later. 'more', 'eat', 'mom', 'dad','play', 'sleep' & 'dog'. And the kids are thrilled when I finally learn a new word from them.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your chi... by matt_the_bass on Sunday April 15, 2018 @09:33PM (#16846100)

We totally thought we’d try signing. But it turned out that our child was able to make their message known with their own signals. So we just picked up theirs and didn’t bother with “official” sign language.

Around 6 months our kid picked up signs from other kids at school and tried them on us. That was super cool. I asked the teachers and they told us they only used 3 signs. So our kid definitely picked it up from friends.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Ask HN: What do you wish you had taught/done for your chi... by chad_strategic on Monday April 16, 2018 @01:38PM (#16850978)

A little effort, pays massive amount of dividends.

[ Parent | on HN ]