Development of a Child

The development of a child is so adorably amazing that it sometimes makes us dumbfounded and jaw dropping, especially on knowing that our kid has developed very fast within a relatively short period, not only in terms of their language acquisition but also in some other aspects of life, like what I have experienced below. 


When I was trying to explore the content of my cell phone, there turned out to be some sound recording with which I was unfamiliar. Seems that it had been made secretly by my youngest son (7 y.o.) during my last R&R. In the recording, he pretended as if he had been a professional radio presenter. In the beginning, he tried to greet listeners with a small introduction, using his childish strong accent. He then read aloud a story which was likely to have been taken from his mom’s smart phone, and finally played a song for listeners.


How come he could do that? To be honest, his parents never taught him how it had been to be a radio presenter, nor have we exposed him to any radio broadcast, considering the fact that we do not have a radio.


Tumbuh kembang pada anak sangat mengagumkan sehingga kadang hal tsb membuat kita tercengang dan mulut kita menganga, terutama saat mengetahui bahwa anak kita telah berkembang dgn sangat cepat dalam waktu yg relatif singkat, tdk hanya pemerolehan bahasanya saja tapi juga dalam aspek kehidupan lainnya, sebagaimana yg aku alami di bawah ini. 


Saat mencoba menelusuri konten yg ada di hapeku, aku mendapati ada rekaman suara yg tampak asing bagiku. Sepertinya rekaman tsb dibuat secara diam2 oleh anakku bungsu (7 thn) waktu aku R&R terakhir. Pada rekaman tsb, dia berpura-pura seolah-olah dia adalah presenter radio profesional. Pada awalnya, dia mencoba menyapa pendengar dgn memberikan salam pembuka dgn logat anak2nya yg sangat medhok. Lalu dia membacakan sebuah kisah yg sepertinya dia ambilkan dari smart phone mamanya, ditutup dgn melantunkan lagu bagi para pendengar.


Bagaimana mgk dia melakukan semua itu? Terus terang, ortunya tdk pernah mengajarinya bagaimana menjadi seorang presenter radio, dan kami jg tdk pernah memberikan pajanan siaran radio, mengingat di rumah kami tdk ada pesawat radio.