Parents generally have high expectations for their children and hope that they can master more skills early on. Therefore, when their babies are very young, they will want to exercise their use of chopsticks to eat, thinking that this can help them eat better and be helpful for their physical health. What are the hazards of using chopsticks too early for babies?
If a baby is too young, their brain development is incomplete and they cannot coordinate to complete complex physical activities. If parents train their babies to use chopsticks too early, it goes against the objective laws of children's brain development, may have adverse effects on their brain development, and may also be detrimental to the healthy development of other tissues in their bodies.
And if the baby uses chopsticks too early, due to the underdeveloped muscle tissue, their hand movements may be uncoordinated, making it difficult for them to learn how to use chopsticks, and they may scatter food. If parents do not have enough patience at this point, they will blame their children, which can lead to a vicious cycle that dampens their enthusiasm for eating, resulting in children not loving to eat and easily causing malnutrition.
In the process of children's growth, parents should not be too anxious and should not exercise their children's use of chopsticks too early to avoid making things worse. For younger babies, parents encourage them to eat with a spoon, and then gradually exercise the use of chopsticks when the baby grows slightly older, in order to avoid adverse effects on their growth and development.
