In the experiment conducted by American psychologist Harry Harlow, the experimenter took a newborn baby monkey away from the mother monkey and fed it alone in a cage. The experimenter made two “mothers” for the baby monkeys in the cage. One is the “mother” made of metal wire, who often provides food to the monkey babies; the other is the flannel “mother”, which does not move on one side of the cage. Surprisingly, the monkey baby walks to the wire mother to eat food only when he is hungry, and spends most of the rest of the time on the flannel mother.
Plush things such as plush toys can actually bring happiness and security to children. Comfortable contact is an important part of children’s attachment. We often see some children who have to put their arms around a plush toy before going to bed at night, or must be covered with a plush blanket to sleep. If the plush toy is thrown away, or covered with other cloth quilts, they will be irritable and unable to sleep. We sometimes find that some big treasures always like to walk around with their plush toys after their younger brothers or sisters are born, even if they eat. That’s because plush toys can, to a certain extent, make up for the child’s lack of security. In addition, often contact with plush toys, that soft and warm feeling, psychologist Eliot believes that contact comfort can promote the development of children’s emotional health.
In addition to a sense of security, plush things such as plush toys can promote the development of tactile sensations in young children. When a child touches a plush toy with his hand, the tiny fluff touches every inch of cells and nerves on the hand. The softness brings happiness to the child and also helps the child’s tactile sensitivity. Because the human body’s neurotactile corpuscles (tactile receptors) are densely distributed in the fingers (the tactile corpuscles of children’s fingers are the densest, and the density will decrease as they age), the other end of the receptors is connected to the brain, and it is frequently “powered on.” , Helps to improve the brain’s cognition and strain on the outside world. This effect is actually the same as that of a baby picking up small beans, but the plush will be more delicate.
Even so, no matter how good the plush toys are, they are not as good as the warm embrace of parents. Although soft toys can help children’s emotional development, they are like the difference between the sea and a scoop of water compared to the security and emotional nourishment that parents bring to children. If a child has been neglected, abandoned or abused by his parents since childhood, no matter how many plush toys are given to the children, their emotional defects and lack of security still exist.
Post time: Nov-23-2021