UNDERSTANDING CHILD PSYCHOLOGY

There are a lot of pieces to understanding children. It’s important to look at how each child perceives different situations and how this influences their actions. There is much information available online about psychology, but we’re going to focus on how you can use this information to advocate for your child in the best possible light. As parents we have to realize that each kid is different and develop our own specific techniques for getting along with them in order to get the best out of them. There is much we can learn from our children. Research shows that """"even very small aspects of children's development can have huge effects on adult outcomes."""" For example, if a student displays one kind of emotion but has another hidden emotion, such as fear, this will have a huge impact on how the adult treats the child. Children's emotions are not always correctly identified or labeled. This can lead to a lot of confusion as parents try to help their kids with their emotions, unaware that they are doing more harm than good. Why is it so important? Child development and Children Learning is incredibly complicated. It's as if something's been set in stone, set in stone for thousands of years, yet we're still figuring it out. We don't yet fully understand the causes and effects of human behavior, but understanding child psychology helps us understand many aspects of early development. Later in life we can apply these insights to solve problems. Each person is unique and has their own characteristics, emotional makeup and behavior that develops as they grow older. The older you get, the more important your psychological development becomes. As we continue to develop as individuals, our needs change, our behaviors change, and our abilities change. Child psychology and development affects us in ways we realise only later in life. As parents, we need to understand our children’s development so we can equip them with the skills they need to succeed in life. In this section you will discover how characteristics such as confidence, self confidence, emotional intelligence, problem solving ability, empathy and perseverance can be used by teachers and parents to help children conduct themselves in an ethical and competent manner. Detailed Aspects to Child Development Child psychological development is a process that affects a person from infancy to age 18. There are three stages of child development: causal, functional, and expressive. Each stage has connotations for a particular ability or ability proficiency that a child will acquire. The causal stage is characteristics that cause certain changes in thinking and behavior. For example, your child might begin displaying the signs of causal reasoning at about age 3. Common causal abilities include reasoning, vocabulary, conceptual understanding, and planning. There are many factors that influence a child's intelligence or development. One important factor is the family environment. The kind of parenting practices practiced, as well as how interventions are implemented, has an effect on the kinds of achievements a child may later achieve. Most importantly, however, is the quality of educational programs children receive at school. Child Development through formal education; informal education includes play and story time. Common childhood illnesses and behaviors resolved through Parenting Through Play. Play is a vital concept in all areas of life whether we realize it or not. Play encourages imaginative thinking, active listening, problem solving, and problem-solving. It helps children learn to cooperate and co-opt authority. It develops fine motor skills and arm-flapping skills that teach children to express themselves through balancing on hands and feet, swinging from ropes, using pretend weapons OBSERVE & RESPOND There is much about parenting that we do not understand. Many of us try to supervise as best we can but are not fully aware of the impact of our actions. We inadvertently provide our children with options that are rich in meaning but rarely make them choose between options in ways that feel good. When I was a teenager, a friend of mine suggested I look into behaviourism, a theory that explains why children under certain circumstances will choose to interact in certain ways. This is what I found: children are generally very good at evaluating people and figuring out what is valuable to them. If you want to understand human nature better, the best thing you can do is to observe and record the way your child behaves. http://www.prayatnasoe.org/