It's good for them because then they relax. They are not stressed. And in a low stressed environment, children can be more open to taking new things in. Somewhere along the line though there is a fine line for us as parents as children get older we have to sometimes pull back and not over-nurture, we have to fight our inclination to be overprotective. I think that balance is extremely important and it's not always easy to achieve and God knows we make mistakes and that's all right too.
Children are resilient.
We have to avoid, and we want to avoid, chronic miscommunication which sometimes occurs if our temperament as parents doesn't fit with the temperaments of our children. By that I mean children bring into the world certain innate traits and tendencies which are molded and shaped by the interactions of their parents. I think research has shown that there are some children who are shyer than other children and others who are sociable and outgoing. And those shy children, their heart beats faster when they're in the face of something new. They don't plunge into the playgroup where as a sociable child does.