If you’re already bored of watching over and over (over and over, over and over, over and over) the same movie because your child asks you to, stop! We tell you why.
So that you understand how the brain of a young child works, we are going to give you an example with which you will feel very identified. Do you remember when you were studying and you had geography or history exams? Surely you had difficulties to learn all the rivers of Europe and the dates of the independence battles, so what did you do? Well, repeat everything over and over again!
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Obviously some of us had sophisticated mnemonic techniques, but most of us repeated ad nauseam what we wanted to learn. Little children, just getting to know the world for the first time, are doing exactly the same thing, but with everything that surrounds them in their daily lives, like the movies.
«Once a child has mastered the dialogue of a movie or the words and dance of a song, they want to celebrate their success by participating in what they have seen, so they want to continue watching it,» explains Joan Wenter, a doctor of developmental psychology at Baby Center.
You know, the next time your child wants to watch the movie with you Minions to recite the dialogues verbatim, congratulate him on his great achievement!
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Now that you understand why your child repeats the same movie over and over again, leave it! It is the way to learn from him. Share this note on your social networksyour friends and family with young children will thank you!