Today The Guardian published an article about scientific findings in the UK regarding the correlation between children’s development at nine months and five years. According to the study of 15,000 children, infants who develop less at nine months are more likely to struggle in school when they are five. This causes some controversy regarding the government’s role in preventing children from less privileged backgrounds from falling behind even before they start school.
To be honest, I find the value of these scientific findings questionable. Of course, your development as a baby affects your future life. Clearly, kids with less developed gross motor skills before they begin school are going to fall behind. Is this really a scientific discovery? Furthermore, is it really that bad to fall behind when you are five years old? I mean, pardon my ignorance, but I think kids eventually catch up. Some of the smartest people I know struggled in school when they were kids.
I definitely think it’s important for UK’s government to worry about children’s health and wellbeing. Yet, they should definitely shift their focus to more relevant research.
Mariale, very intersting subject. I really liked the picture and your links to the Guardian and the article are just right. Where are your other two links, however? That many links meant I wanted you to do a certain amount of reporting and research to flesh out the idea you were addressing. What else could you have brought to the subject? I did like, however, your counter-intuitive take on the matter. Imagine how much stronger it would have been if you've had another study of someone agreeing with you? You see what I mean?
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