HOW PROCESSING INFORMATION INFLUENCE BEHAVIOUR

Have we ever come to think on how we know the things we know, remember, and relate to in life? All this happened because of the information passed to us through someone and the way we were able to use our senses. This can be called cognition.
Children explore their world in anyway possible, using different cognitive process. Which I will be discussing in due time. But at the moment I wish we can look in the direction of the child who I think should be given autonomous to be able to get and process information from his surrounding even though they should be guided by parents. But I still wish to put this question to the house for all to contribute via comment. The question is " as much as autonomous should be given to the child to explore their surrounding for knowledge, what can parents with cognitive disability children do to help them. Is it wrong for parents with cognitive disable kids to lock up their children?"