Perceptions and Practices of Parents Regarding Responsive Parenting for Early Child Development

Abstract

Early childhood development (ECD) encompasses physical, socio-emotional, cognitive, and motor development. The early years are critical because this is the period in life when the brain develops most rapidly and has a high capacity for change, and the foundation is laid for health and wellbeing throughout life. Children benefit from engaging, demanding, and supportive environments to develop these skills, which serve as a framework for healthy self-regulatory practices and academic tenacity. Children have a deep curiosity in observing new things, learning through mimicking their caregivers, and a desire to master new abilities from birth. Early childhood education provided to caregivers assists youngsters in reaching their full potential. It has been discovered that responsive parenting is still not performed and that there are no notions of it in the rural area. Caregivers are still unaware of critical competencies to raise their child; there are negative consequences to the standard authoritarian parenting style; research has shown that an authoritative parenting style is good for the child in the long run. Parents find it difficult, but these early days are critical for the child's brain and body, necessitating enough nutrition, proper stimulation, tender love, and care to help them grow into physically and intellectually sound humans.