The Spirit As A Believer Of Christ, Future Educator, And Social Development, Gender,

| * Likes to be praised * Plays along with everyone of all ages * Very calm, not too demanding * Very chatty during meal times * Gets very upset and moody when very tired while being out of house * Can be very shy or embarrassed when asked to show and tell in front of group of family or friends/teachers * No more tantrums

As a parent or care giver you may have noticed that one or more of the children in your care display behaviours and temperaments that are somewhat different to others. This may be particularly evident when they participate in creative activities, do school work, play sports or even during their daily routines. They may seem hesitant and nervous to try new tasks and become upset when their attempts are less successful than they expected. They may seem a little ‘perfectionistic’.

According to the text book there are 3 classic types of temperament in the Thomas and Chess typology. First type of temperament is the easy child which about 40% of most groups of children. This group of children will show regular eating, sleeping, generally positive in mood and adapt easily to new experiences. Second type of temperament is the difficult child which about 10% of children. The difficult child is the opposite of the easy child. This group of children is irregular in daily routines and will show a negative attitude to new situations and tends to react negatively and intensely. Third type of temperament is the slow-warm-up child which about 15% of children. This group of children are inactive, shows mild, and show discomfort with change. Also they are low-key reactions to environmental stimuli and adjust slowly to new experiences. I think that everyone wants an easy child because it certainly does make life a lot easier for the caregivers. Unfortunately, not every child is easy child but having a difficult child doesn't mean that the child can not be changed.The reason why a child become difficult depend on the caregivers’attitude toward the child.

At eight months of age my child was “easy” child in terms of Thomas and Chess’s classic temperamental categories. Instead of Ashley always wanting to play with toys or objects, she preferred people. Ashley does not mind meeting new people. By my child wanting to crawl around and explore new places, I decided to let her play freely. Even when my child was sick and at the pediatrician’s Ashley smiled to them, as well as the amount of vocalization used.

However, Belsky and Rovin argued that individual differences in attachment relate to both theories because different temperaments will present different challenges to the caregiver, a ‘slow to warm up’ baby would need more encouragement, which may influence the formation of a secure attachment.

The child has a strong essential for love as well as attention especially from his mum. However, they can be happy, rude, supportive as well as selfish. At this stage the child could be very irritable as well as their feelings could develop immediately. In addition, the children at this stage they’re very aggravated as well as he or she will not wait if the mother or the father says to them that they will bring them something, not only this but also if they want things from their parents they are impatient as

My Virtual Child fits into Thomas & Chess’s easy temperament style. The description of an easy child is that they quickly establish a regular routines in infancy, and are generally cheerful, and adapt to new experiences. She is rarely fussy or irritable, and smiles constantly. Violet does not have trouble interacting with new people. She is comfortable being in new environments. When our family goes on family outings and there is a change in schedule, Violet has little to no trouble going with the flow and adjusting. On a normal day, she follows her set schedule.

Development appropriate programs gives us helpful information that could help us understand the child’s behavior, their temperament and development strategies that could help the child’s learning process. Within Mary Kurcinka book “Raising Your Spirited Child,” she identified five temperament traits of a spirited child that are common to normal children. Spirited children have high intensity and are sensitive. Some spirited children have irregular day-to-day patterns in which they are calm at one moment and hyper at another. Children that may have high intensity have characteristics that may consist laughing loud, anger problems in which the cause could being over frustrations and playing with children in cruel manner. A spirited child that

All children are different, and in order to have a healthy relationship with your child, you should adapt your parenting methods to fit his specific needs. All children differin fundamental ways, two of the most comprehensive being their temperaments and attachment styles.

The term soul friend is about the special friendship of support and guidance of one Christian can give to another over time, a relationship in recent centuries called spiritual direction. The root of this kind of friendship goes back into Scripture and tradition. In essence, soul friend is another human to let us know that we are authentically human. In Genesis 2, God 's address to Adam differentiates him from the animals. Adam names the animals and decides, under God, their place in the world. However, there are no suitable helpmate there for Adam. The animals cannot reflect Adam 's essential humanness back to him. As Eve is formed, Adam now knows himself as male and authentically human as he is in the presence of another human. Therefore, soul friend is important in our life.

I think the temperament and goodness of fit are the important concepts for early childhood educators to learn and use in daily interactions with children, as well as for the curriculum planning. As an educator, to understand the concept of goodness of fit can help us to decide the changes may be needed so that there is a better match between the individual child and his environment, and approach a situation with more empathy. By understanding the child temperament, educators can learn more about how to help children to express their preferences, desires, and feelings appropriately by accordingly to different types of temperament. Additionally, it will have us as the educator to have more realistic expectation about the children. Therefore,

Temperament can be looked at in terms of inborn individual differences in behavioral style that are reflected in the child’s interaction with his or her environment. Amanda’s temperament make up makes her difficult for her mother to parent. Relationship to problems of adjustment between age 3-5 affects children’s temperament. It could be that Amanda’s younger brother was born 3-5 years after she was where she had to adjust to having a second child in the home. Amanda’s tantrum behavior could have been started in response to the birth of her brother as there was no mention of the age when her behaviors started.

According to Coffman’s Commentary on the Old and New Testament the passage of scripture found in I Corinthian 13:8-10 are about the permanence of love in contrast to the spiritual gifts that the people in the church at Corinth valued. It is in this part of Paul’s letter that he explains to them that the very things that they cherished and valued in their hearts which were their Spiritual Gifts would come to an abrupt end when Christ returned. He wanted them to understand that the only thing that they possessed that would remain was love. Also according to Coffman, the spiritual gifts that were being treasured were given to the people as they were in their infancy or the beginning stages of their Christianity. Once they reached the age of maturation the infantile gifts would no longer

The goodness-to-fit model is used to describe how temperament and environment together can produce favorable outcomes. When using the goodness-to-fit model it creates child-rearing environments to fit and accommodate the child’s temperament. In certain occasions a parent’s temperament and their child’s temperament will differ. In situations like this parents can aggravate the environment the child is in and make the communication and relationship between the two difficult. Sometimes a clash in temperaments can be the reason why a parent may be struggling with a child. It may be hard to understand their child’s very different temperament and the parent may have little patience to deal with a temperament that they do not understand. Some parents

Relationships come in all shapes and sizes. From the acquaintance to the soulmate, we are exposed to a myriad of people throughout our lifetime. Some people cross our path for a purpose while others stay for the duration and the education, but it is our call on who stays and who goes. From romance to the best friend forever, Proverbs teaches us how to deal with people and be a wise individual. We all have benchmarks for our lives regarding our finances, childrearing, marriage, employment, friendship, and speech, but do we set the bar too high or too low? Do we have a standard for knowledge and wisdom or do we choose to walk around in lies masquerading as good but designed to hurt us. I see Solomon sitting in his kingly quarters with quill pen in hand passing a living legacy of wisdom to the next generation for the benefit of his own son’s life. His parental tone in rampant throughout the chapters as he instructs his son to listen to him. I often hear God whispering the same to me, “Listen to me child.” Isaiah 55:8-9 sums up what I know about God’s thoughts, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways," declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” The Bible is full of sound doctrine and advice on childrearing. Instead of new parents pouring themselves into self-help books and what to expect the first five years, it would behoove them to read what God