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Shape a childs character and personality during
preschool age
Dr. Tsiftis George, Paediatrician Municipality
of Athens Nursery Centers
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• According to old Pediatric reports, the main
  source of problems for a child, within the first
  years of life, should be search out within the
  family, the home.

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It is particularly noted that the evolution of a
child personality is strongly and constantly
connected with the environment
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30 years ago, this environment was the family
house. Simple or more complex traumatic
experiences could affect the child. Later during
school life, other factors such as teacher,
school performance, friends are more important
for affecting the child.
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Within the last 30 years, actual socio-economic
conditions required the creation of nursery
schools. Thus, family is not the only factor to
affect a child, nursery schools do so.
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Furthermore, due to urbanization the old
traditional family (more generations used to live
together supporting each other) does not exist
any more. A multi-member family gave the child
the opportunity to observe, learn, live
spontaneously and leisurely.
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Actual nuclear family, particularly limited, has
been cut off its roots, while innate and practice
knowledge has been replaced by various
inappropriate methods of raising a child, daily
promoted through mass media.
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During recent years, important diseases (obesity,
hypertension, diabetes mellitus, respiratory
diseases etc.) are connected with distorted
attitudes in day life.
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• According to various studies, in most of them,
  the Nursery schools of the Municipality of Athens
  have participated in

1. The rate of obesity and overweight children is
   constantly increasing, varying from 5 - 13
   respectively,
2. 7 people are killed every day due to car
   accidents and other 66 are injured. According to
   a study prepared ten years ago within the 94
   nursery schools, only 1 of 4 parents was wearing
   a seatbelt and only 1 of 2 children (meaning 30
   of the children going to nursery school by car)
   was sitting in a special safe seat.
3. 30 of children in pre-school age have dental
   caries
4. The frequency of melanoma has been increased. In
   1982, 3 children out of 1.000.000 while in 2002,
   7 children out of 1.000.000.

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All the above constitute the main health problems
connected with bad habits, and that they could be
improved if our attitude is changed.
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Within the 94 Nursery Schools of the Municipality
of Athens, various programs have been implemented
in order to learn children to develop proper
attitudes. These programs concern traffic
education, correct nutrition, mouth and body
hygiene, protection against risks in the sea,
mostly focusing on sun protection.
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Such efforts are usually implemented through
theatrical performances, fairy tales, or favorite
figures (i.e. cartoons) either through dramaturgy
of Greek Mythology (i.e. Ikaros or the young
Faethon who did not know how to break the horses
on Elios char, lost control and killed himself
while burning out many land areas)
Elios ????? in Greek Sun
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Changing a childs attitude cannot be
accomplished through scientific information, no
matter how perfect it is. A child can easily
learn through examples, imitation and positive
correlation based on the groups attitude (i.e.
dining all together the same dishes)
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Family, teachers, relatives and friends should
give the right example. Currently, some of these
parameters do not exist any more. Television has
replaced them.
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Children are immature, therefore it is easier for
them to believe any kind of doubtful messages.
Advertisement is the most effective TV program to
affect young children, who stay longer at home
and they cannot read.
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TV programs should be properly selected and
parents should watch television together with
their children. Thus, parents have the
opportunity to discuss, judge, admire or reject
strange messages, ideas or standards.
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Music and painting constitute an important factor
as well. Music introduces measure and harmony,
used by people as a therapy method. Platon
used to say that the harmony of our music was
given by our Gods, not for a wasteful pleasure,
but for imposing order to our broken souls making
them resemble to the divine standard.
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Painting constitutes a creative practice for a
child, which releases him, broadens his mind and
completes his contact with the world.
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Our effort to develop a sane personality in a
child should be constant and identical. Everybody
deserves equal opportunities. We believe,
that the establishment of a special committee,
preparing issues and guidelines within E.U.,
could be very helpful.
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Thank you!
Thank you!