A child doesn't have to be at-risk to benefit from six basic principles that are part of a healthy childhood. Encouragement of exploration.
Curiosity is important because it's part of developing intelligence and an ability to learn.
Mentoring in basic skills. Kids need to be taught basic cognitive and social skills. And they need to learn these skills from someone who has an emotional investment in, and love of, the learner. Celebration of developmental advances. Everyone needs en-couragement when learning something new.