Infant Brain Under Construction Poem by Denis Mair

Dr. Piaget calls this a time for 'rapprochement'. rapprochement: an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations. synonyms: reconciliation, increased understanding, detente, restoration of harmony, agreement, cooperation, harmonization, softening well, besides this mouth-filling word having an odd (to ME; French?) pronunciation, I think it is a strange use of the word. (cont.)

(cont.) fears and feelings are still unformed i like alliterations of which f/f/unf seems to be a good one, BUT isn't fear a feeling? so perhaps it is kind of redundant? 20th-century scholar Jean Piaget created highly influential theories on the stages of mental development among children, becoming a leading figure in the fields of cognitive theory and developmental psychology. (cont.)

(cont.) i'll assume babies are not to attend the premier of the next Star Wars movie, or watch TV, PC monitors, tablets, electronic books, or smart phone screens. What else is there? oh, yeah, Mom coming out from behind a door. But if she comes out and smacks him/her in the kisser aka mouth, for crying or pooping in diaper AGAIN, will the kid always fear THAT from Mom? ? ? (cont.)

(cont.) I do not condone parents using screens as babysitters under all circumstances, but i watched my share of TV as a kid, and i'm not TOO WARPED (mentally) , am i? AM I? ? ? ! ! ! Necrosis is caused by factors external to the cell or tissue, such as infection, toxins, or trauma which result in the unregulated digestion of cell components. In contrast, apoptosis is a naturally occurring programmed and targeted cause of cellular death. (cont.)

(cont.) NO, Bri did not pull all the information for these comments out of his incompletely-developed brain. I had some help from Google et al as i faced a SCREEN! HA ha. surely examples of good AND bad have been around during the development of human brains/nerve tracts long before humans created and became used to watching screens! (cont.)

This is brilliant and impeccable work........

Excellent message. Good poem

Cont/..I like sitting my baby near a window and oh how he chuckles and chatters at the birds and admires nature. He loves TV but the CD player is not working so he's absorbing more nature and psychologists say green is a soothing color so staring at the greenery outside does seem to pacify him. Kudos for the poem.

My hubby is very vocal about limiting baby's telly time as we have another our own baby now and you have most awesomely said it in poetry that a baby needs to perceive his natural surroundings rather than pain his eyes with flashes of artificial colours on TV. A brilliant poem that focuses well on how not to impair the developing brain with unnatural stuff. Babies need to be wired to nature that's all.

Please, the baby's brain is being wired Don't flood it with images from a screen His fears and feelings are still unformed His sense of self has no clear boundaries Let his desires link up with his surroundings- - Thanks for sharing this wonderful poem that is so informative and useful for all people.Little do I know what damage we do to a baby's mind when we expose him to T.V., computer and Video games etc.