Parent’s however, have a much more personal interest in the development of their children. They want to ensure that their child is developing at least on par with other children of the same age and preferably with some advantages. Parents, consciously or not, are always comparing their child’s progress with other children. For example: What age are they beginning to talk? What is their height compared to other children of their age? How is their hearing? Their eyesight? And so on.
One of the things that most parents can do is to get rid of the cheap baby walkers that are in common use. Baby walkers have been shown to decrease the speed with which children attain motor skills. It seems that the more a child has used a baby walker, the more he or she depends on the device to motor around the less he or she has the chance to practice moving around with their own muscles – thus delaying their development.
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