{"id":2948,"date":"2016-05-05T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T06:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mops.org\/?p=2948"},"modified":"2016-05-05T00:01:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T06:01:21","slug":"banter-with-young-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themom.co\/fr\/banter-with-young-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of Banter With Young Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Banter, or informal and spontaneous chatting, gossiping, joking and storytelling, can be incredibly beneficial for young children.\u00a0Researchers Betty Hart and Todd Risley<\/a> found that daily exchanges between a parent and a child shape language and vocabulary development.\u00a0Informal talking with children (banter)\u00a0expanded their knowledge and\u00a0skills, and had lasting effects on their performance later in life.\u00a0Research<\/a> also shows that\u00a086% to 98% of the words used by a child by the age of 3 are derived from their parents\u2019 vocabularies!<\/p>\n

Benefits of Banter<\/h3>\n

Language-Rich\u00a0<\/strong>Environment<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Banter is one great way to build a language-rich environment in the early\u00a0childhood<\/a>\u00a0years. By talking to your child about your neighbors, the weather, your weekend plans, the funny thing that Grandpa said, the construction project across the street, a dream you had last night, the phases of the moon, a trip you took once, or a silly song you learned \u2013 you grow your child’s\u00a0vocabulary.<\/p>\n

Intellectual Development
\n<\/strong>By talking with your child about problems or quandaries \u2013 such as a curtain rod that\u2019s been difficult for you to fix, what you should do with your day now that it\u2019s raining, how you will get the laundry folded, or what present you should buy for your great aunt\u2019s 90th\u00a0birthday \u2013 you invite children to problem-solve beside you. When you note sensory details such as how you\u00a0love<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0smell<\/a>\u00a0<\/u>of the banana bread in the oven, how you hear an airplane, or how your grapefruit is so sour, kids become more in-tune with their own senses. Predicting with kids might involve questions like, \u201cI wonder what you\u2019ll have for snack next week at school,\u201d and \u201cWhat do you think Dad will pack for his work trip?\u201d<\/p>\n

Resiliency
\n<\/strong>When you tell kids embarrassing or funny things, you can also share\u00a0the stories\u00a0of how you survived and laughed about it. \u201cI remember when I got a flat tire in the rain. I asked this man\u00a0to help me fix it and he did and that was so nice of him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was waiting for this letter in the mail that just never came. Then I went to the post office to ask about it and it was actually there waiting for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

These stories show kids that when they mess up or experience a challenge, they can work it out.<\/p>\n

Bonding
\n<\/strong>Banter brings you closer to\u00a0kids. You connect through listening and sharing your own experiences, thoughts,\u00a0dreams<\/a>, musings and observations. By interacting, you offer moments of presence that nurture your parent-child relationship. Banter can also be playful, joyful and involve\u00a0lighthearted fun and teasing.<\/p>\n

Social Skills
\n<\/strong>There\u2019s a real art to banter, to being able to talk to people about anything (and listen even better). Conversations provide the foundation for a child’s future relationships to thrive.<\/p>\n

Sample banter topics include:<\/strong><\/p>\n