At the moment of education intervention, many prospective fathers and mothers are gearing up and starting prenatal education early, in order to let the baby win before birth. Then the question comes: can prenatal education really make the baby smart and win before birth?
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Three common methods of prenatal education
It's all pseudoscience
Music prenatal education is the most common way of prenatal education.
This method of prenatal education is simple to operate and has a low threshold. As long as you open the mobile phone music software, you can find a bunch of prenatal education songs immediately.
Some prenatal education experts believe that music can stimulate the auditory organs of the fetus and accelerate the interconnection between brain cells through afferent nerves, thus increasing the brain capacity of the fetus and improving the acquired intelligence of the fetus.
Is that really the case?
So far, no scientific research can directly prove that music stimulation can promote the development of fetal nerve cells and improve fetal intelligence.
Mozart's symphony, which is regarded as a must-listen for prenatal education music, has also been questioned.
The famous American neurologist John Medina once pointed out in 20 14:
There is no scientific evidence that Mozart's music has any effect on promoting fetal brain development;
We can't even find any effective random experiments that show that Mozart's music can improve the intelligence of babies.
It is worth mentioning that music prenatal education may not only fail to promote the baby's development, but also cause invisible harm.
In general, the intensity of music that the fetus listens to should not exceed 60 decibels (which may be the volume of normal conversation), and the frequency of music should not exceed 2 000 Hz.
But ordinary families generally have no measuring tools, so it is difficult to control the music intensity. There are reports at home and abroad that hearing loss of newborns is caused by excessive sound stimulation.
Especially in the third trimester, the fetus has been able to form its own biological clock according to the changes of external light and the mother's work and rest habits. Any excessive stimulation will disrupt the biological clock of the fetus and even damage the sensory system of the fetus, which is not worth the candle.
Some prenatal education experts say that when the fetus kicks the stomach, the mother gently slaps the kicked part, the fetus will kick for the second time, and the mother slaps it again.
This not only increases the interaction between the fetus and the mother, but also establishes the effective conditioned reflex of the fetus, so that the development of big movements will be earlier after birth, which is also conducive to the intellectual development of the baby.
It seems scientific, but prenatal education can't stand scrutiny.
Newborns are still sleeping 70% of the time, not to mention the fetus is still in the mother's stomach.
For the fetus, sleep is a positive process of brain, body and psychological development. It is easy to interrupt the sleep cycle of the fetus if it is idle, but it will affect the physical development of the fetus.
The biggest advantage of the uterus is the dark, moist, warm, firm and quiet environment, which avoids all kinds of external stimuli and provides the best environment for the early brain development of the fetus.
Therefore, the advice of prenatal education during pregnancy is: please keep quiet and let the baby develop naturally.
Light prenatal education requires expectant mothers to illuminate their abdomen with a flashlight at regular intervals every day when their children are 24 weeks old, and then switch it on and off repeatedly for 5 minutes.
Prenatal education experts say that this can stimulate the development of fetal retina, help children develop their eyesight and develop good habits of regular work and rest. ...
This form of prenatal education is also ridiculous.
Inside the uterus is a closed and dark environment. Sudden light will disturb the sleep of the fetus and make the fetus feel uneasy.
In addition, the red light in the flashlight belongs to long-wave light, which may cause harm to the eyes of the fetus.
Italian preschool educator Montessori also said in the book The Secret of Childhood:
The newborn is in a dark and silent environment, surrounded by soft protection. They slept comfortably in it and got used to this environment.
Too much artificial stimulation is interfering with the space for children to grow up.
Some people continue to Amway in the unreliable prenatal education. Expectant mothers are advised not to try blindly, which is harmful and useless.
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Is prenatal education really useless?
The only benefit of prenatal education may be to make pregnant mothers feel happy.
Prenatal education affects the secretion of hormones and related neurotransmitters in the body by changing the mood and mental state of pregnant women, thus indirectly affecting the growth and development of the fetus.
Generally speaking, when a mother is happy, her baby grows better.
In Canon's view, prenatal education depends entirely on the mother. If a mother thinks listening to soothing music and talking to her baby can make her happy physically and mentally, then do it.
As for the stimulation of music, slaps and lights with higher intensity and longer time, it is totally unnecessary.
* popular science articles, for reference only