Furthermore, approximately one in four children had not learned to use the toilet by the time they reached school age.
According to a recent survey carried out in the United Kingdom, a significant proportion of children do not know how to “use” a book.
The survey is from the British charity Kindred Squared and was recently cited by . Indicates that 28% of preschool students how to turn a page, how to follow the sequence of content and how to interact with a book — despite 44% of parents considering this to be a skill that a child should master when they start school.
Teachers and other school professionals are concerned. The phenomenon reaches the point where children try to slide or touch the pages as if they were a touch screen.
It is important to emphasize that Kindred Squared distinguishes this problem from literacy. The focus is on the child’s ability to understand, intuitively, how to interact with a physical object other than a smartphone or tablet.
Furthermore, approximately a quarter of children would not be toilet trained and would have difficulty eating and drinking without assistance.
“This is no longer just a classroom problem; it is a systemic crisis fueled by overstretched school resources, low expectations, the rising cost of living and parents who do not have the right information and knowledge from an early age to truly support their children’s development,” he warned. Felicity Gillespie, CEO of Kindred Squared.
