Love on the Starting Line: 21 Parenting Tips in the golden period of child development

According to United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the first 1,000 days of a baby’s life is crucial to their future. Whether they receive appropriate care or not, can affect their entire life, including health, learning ability, and even income and happiness. Hong Kong people keep saying "winning at the starting line", but where exactly is the so-called starting line? Experts say that the most important element of a child's growth is not material possessions or education plan, but the meticulous care and love of their parents, who lay a solid foundation for infants to develop in physical, intellectual, social and emotional terms. Dr. Agnes Chan, an education doctor, and her physician sister jointly wrote about the points to note when caring for and educating infants aged 0 to 12 months, hoping to shed light on this starting line for parents and infants.