Children 's Social And Emotional Development

Every year, thousands of families welcome a new baby into their home. New parents today only want what is best for their children. The upcoming years are spent watching Disney movies, going to parks, taking vacations, and taking countless photographs of the new infant. As the child grows older, parents begin to develop their own style of parenting. Almost all those children brought into the world get to experience what it is to have a loving family, but for a small percentage, life is not so easy. While every parent’s intentions are the same, the parenting style they develop can have a great impact on their child. Parents with a more controlling parenting style often raise children with less confidence in themselves, a fear to express

They are both demanding and responsive. They exert control by setting rules, but especially with older children,they encourage open discussion and allow exceptions” . This parenting style leads to children who “have the highest self-esteem, self-reliance, and social competence”. Children of authoriatative parents tend to be well rounded, they have better social skills than children with authortatrian or permissive parents. “Studies suggest the authoritative parenting style, which blends warmth and support within an established disciplinary framework flexible enough to accommodate a child’s developmental needs, is a keystone of the psychological wellness of children and adolescents

Bob Keeshan once said “Parents are the ultimate role models for children. Every word, movement and action has an effect. No other person or outside force has a greater influence on a child than the parent.” In a child’s life, parents are irreplaceable. The method that parents use to raise children would affect their personalities, attitudes, behaviors and actions strongly. Every parent picks their own way, some choose authoritarian parenting, some choose permissive parenting. Authoritarian parenting is the method of strict parents, who have high expectations on their kids, making them work hard, participate in extracurricular activities and punish harshly. In contrast, permissive parenting refers to open-minded parents, do not have a lot of rules or discipline, always motivative and listen to their children. Authoritarian parenting has its own weaknesses and strengths. It is good for education and children will grow stronger due to their parents’ expectations, but it may also damages a child’s mental health and limited their time to learn a variety of skills.

Parents play the largest role in the overall development of children. During the early 1960’s, psychologist Diana Baumrind conducted experiments that were designed to identify and understand the different types of parenting. As a result of these studies, Baumrind concluded that there are four main styles of parenting, one of them being the authoritarian parenting style. In the studies, Baumrind claims that an authoritarian parent is defined as a parent who, “attempts to shape, control, and evaluate the behavior and attitudes of their children in accordance with a set standard of conduct, usually an absolute standard, theologically motivated or formulated by a higher secular authority” (Baumrind 127). Authoritarian

Before having kids, everyone has an idealistic fantasy of what type of parent they are going to be. Will they be a Mary Poppins or a Mommy Dearest? These two women parented in very different but similar ways. Mary Poppins used an authoritative approach to parenting whilst Mommy Dearest used an authoritarian approach. Authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles are the most widely used styles in modern day parenting, with authoritative parenting being the one with the most positive results in terms of child development. They are similar in what parents expect from their children but differ in the way that parents respond to their children’s needs. The effects of the chosen parenting style can be seen in the way that a child feels about themselves and how they interact with the outside world.

This piece of work will seek to focus on how social and emotional development is affected in a child aged 13; the two key issues it will focus on are family structure and abuse. As a child is growing, development can be affected by a number of different factors. Family structure is important, as most, if not all interactions young people have influence them in overt ways. It should also be noted that physical, mental or emotional abuse will also affect the way people approach others, as well as the emotions people feel when in contact with others.

At three months of age, infants will spend their time watching what is going on around them. They will show their first real smile, perhaps accompanying it with some gurgling in an attempt to start interacting with others, especially parents/guardians.

Authoritarian is only one of three parenting styles that Baumrind details. The other two styles include authoritative and permissive. These two variations in parenting styles were seen in the way my relatives and friends’ parents approached parenting. I observed how the parents of my close friend handled parenting. They maintained control over aspects in my friend’s life like school and chores but allowed the freedom to make decisions in areas of social activities. The most striking difference between my parents and my friend’s is the use of reasoning and the expression of warmth. Her parents provided justification behind their commands and or punishments while maintaining a sense of love and affection. The bond and love that is evident between my friend and her parents is not as strong in the relationship between my parents and me. The style that her parents exhibit is known as authoritative because of their focus on some parental control, use of reasoning and warmth. While on the other hand, my cousins raised their children in a completely different manor using a permissive parenting style. While they provide obvious love and affection towards their children, they fail to exert control and regulations. They did not have any real sense of rules in their household. Their children tend to act and do whatever they wanted with little to no repercussions.

A common characteristic of authoritarian parenting style includes the way parents tend to impose their own point of view. Dekovic and Janssens (1992) explain than an authoritarian parent establishes rules for their children and the children must obey without any complaint. These parents limit their children to freely express their feelings because they are most concerned with imposing their own point of view, they just take care to enforce their own point of view. Pikas (1961) explained that young adolescents begin the fight for their independence and they tend to need fewer rules, norms, and restrictions imposed by their parents. Young adolescent tend to be aggressive to achieve their personal freedom. Rudy and Grusec (2006) discuss authoritarian

Parents play a massive role in building their children’s characters, therefore providing a safe environment for their children improves their mental and physical development. Different parenting techniques have been used in aims to raise a well-behaved child. There are three major techniques used by parents to help provide the best care for their children known as Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive parenting. However, the majority of parents tend to resort to a strict regimen when raising their child in hopes of raising an independent adolescent that possesses good morals. Nonetheless, this is not always the case as this technique causes children to question their morals at a later stage of their life. Although many believe that authoritarian parenting can benefit a child in every aspect, this parenting technique has proven to be unsuccessful in

In the early 1960s, psychologist Diana Baumrid conducted a research, analyzing child-parent behavior, seeking to identify parenting styles. The Baumrid study and other further studies identified four main styles of parenting (Miller, 2010): the authoritative parenting style was characterized by fair rules and consequences; The Authoritarian parenting style was characterized by strict rules and harsh punishment; the permissive parenting style was characterized by minimal rules with little or no consequences; the uninvolved parenting style was characterized by no rules, and parent presence was almost non-existent. In this paper, I’m going to look at the authoritarian style of parenting in an attempt to draw out its characteristics and its immediate and later impacts on children impact.

During the preschool years, a young child’s social life evolves in relatively predictable ways (Slavin, p.56). Social interactions extend from home to neighborhood and from preschool or other child-care arrangements to formal school. According to Erik Erikson’s theory of personal and social development, it suggests that during the preschool years, children must resolve the personality crisis of initiative versus guilt (Slavin, p.56). Peers begin to play an increasingly important role in children’s social and cognitive development (Hay, Payne, & Chadwick, 2004; Ladd & Sechler, 2013). Children’s relations with their peers differ in several ways

Early childhood on social and emotional development is something very important in a child’s early stages in life. This is where children often learn about their reactions and responses on how they act as well on how others react towards them. In this stage, children learn a lot from the way their parents, friends, teachers, etc, express themselves. In the essay I will be talking about how we can help our children interact with others being social, expressing their feelings, and understanding the way other peers feel. Sharing feelings will definitely be very big in their life so they show a good solid understanding of how to interact with other people even outside the home. Being a parent to the child will help them the most in their life

The emotional development in young children plays a very important role throughout their lives especially in their education. From birth to about eight years of age, children are learning the meaning behind each emotion and how to appropriately use them to express themselves. Erik Erikson, psychologist, created an 8 socioemotional stage development theory explaining what skills were being developed at certain ages. Parental monitoring is important during childhood to determine their emotional progress to catch any delays or disabilities developing. Positive nurturing will create a more positive outcome in their education. Also how the effects of bullying and child maltreatment can lead to an poor outcome in your child 's educational success.

According to childstats.gov since 1985 nearly one in four children with a working mother goes to daycare. Children’s social and emotional development are greatly impacted due to the extended amount of time children are in daycare and not cared for by their maternal mother. Behavioral problems, aggressive behavior, resolving conflict, and lower academic performance is examples of these adverse impacts. These negative social and emotional consequences of day care on children range from early childhood and continue into their teens.