I never thought my children to crawl but recently a mother told me she was teaching her 6 months old how to do it. I than asked a friend and she said that yes it is good for their development to be taught how to crawl. I'm confused as I though it was one of things kids will learn naturally. In fact comparing myself to other mothers I think I let my children to experiment and find out things by themselves naturally while other people around would rather teach and show...for instance I never teach children how to play with a toy, unless they specifically ask me I let them free to use their imagination and play whatever way they want. Am I to laid back??