You can't teach a baby to walk before his little muscles are developed enough; you can't teach him to talk before his oral structures and the brain wiring that enables this are present and he won't be able to truly «self soothe» no matter how long you leave him to cry himself to
sleep,
until he has developed the brain structures and cognitive
skills that enable emotional regulation — in other words, the ability to calm himself when he becomes upset.
I learned to write very well and this
skill has served me well over the years but it wasn't
until College that I reawakened my
sleeping artistic side.