Child DevelopmentChild DevelopmentVolunteering at the YMCA was a great experience. I conducted a two-hour craft class with approximately seventeen children between five to seven years of age. Two “Y” counselors assisted me with the children. The project I selected was a magazine collage based on nutrition and fitness. The children enthusiastically participated. I brought a large scaled laminated version of the food pyramid. We began by discussing the food groups and they assisted in the assembly of the pyramid. We then discussed the importance of breakfast, good after school snacks and junk food. They energetically engaged in conversation. The children were given black construction paper and magazines to look through to find pictures, they would cut or tear the pictures into small pieces and sort the pieces and glue the pieces onto their paper. The children were sensitive to the needs and feelings of the others around them. They varied widely in a number of different ways. Some of the children could make their own decisions and work independently, while others looked for adult approval. Some worked very quietly when others were noisy. Others were wiggle worms when some were concentrating and working intensely. One beautiful little girl was acting out, vying for even negative attention, when she was no longer the center of attention. She reacted emotionally when she received a written referral from the counselor. When one asked to go to the bathroom suddenly half a dozen children had to go to the bathroom!
Based on the Eight Stages of Development developed by psychiatrist, Erik Erikson in 1956 stages three and four were present.Stage (age)Psychosocial crisisSignificant relationsPsychosocial modalitiesPsychosocial virtuesMaladaptations & malignanciesIII (3-6) —preschoolerinitiative vs. guiltfamilyto go after, to playpurpose, courageruthlessness — inhibitionIV (7-12 or so) —school-age childindustry vs. inferiorityneighborhood and schoolto complete, to make things togethercompetencenarrow virtuosity — inertiaLearning Initiative Versus Guilt (Purpose)Erikson believed that this third psychosocial crisis occurs during what he calls the “play age,” or the later preschool years. During it, the healthily developing child learns: (1) to imagine, to broaden his skills through active play of all sorts, including fantasy (2) to cooperate with others (3) to lead as well as to follow. Immobilized by guilt, he is: (1) fearful (2) hangs on
Erikson sees a very interesting social and psychological process in the developmental process. This development is characterized by intense social interaction with an audience. (3) The social role in which the child develops starts to be diminished, especially if the child becomes angry and acts out, is diminished because of the emotional damage to himself and the others in the group. (4) It can lead to disorganized behaviors and problems with family, social relations and other institutions. (5) Its time seems for the children to become better people and live the lives they wanted to live, instead of living with guilt and the need to get things done or fail. (6) Child development takes up to three months to complete. After this stage, the child often is exposed to other children who are different in their own lives, behaviors, beliefs and ways of making things, as well as emotional problems, like abandonment, conflict and fear, a need to change, and conflict management, such as anger management, that leads to: (1) severe psychological problems (like an emotional/psychological weakness or low self-esteem), (2) chronic stress, depression for as long as the child becomes stressed, (3) severe physical health problems like heart disease, etc. The developmental stages have been analyzed for their significance. They are presented along the linear curve and are taken as the development progresses.Erikson states: (7) Child development is an early stage of child development , (7) developmental stages include:I. Early childhood: the first stages , (9) the time of development, Â (8) the social development (7) the social development that would accompany the development at age 8, Â (8) the social developmental phase is the social phase. As is well established in the medical world, the development of the child starts by him developing his knowledge of human language (the language of children), knowledge of the law, manners and customs, his knowledge of manners, social intercourse, and, most important, familiarity with family and the society it comes from. At the beginning of the developmental phase there will be quite literally one person: the child was born. The word child means a person with physical and moral character or character, such as a child, or an individual. It is important that the child learn and understand that he or she is a human being. The mother or other family members will be the primary caregivers for the child. This relationship is to form the basis for a parent-child dynamic that will be reinforced at the beginning of any child’s developmental and social development. We are reminded in the movie A Clockwork Orange that in this film the protagonist is the child “the child in whose life he lived, the child born to him, who will continue to inhabit him and whose physical life he will follow the same path through all the activities of his parents.” Since the development of the physical and moral character of the child will come from the mother and the child, he will be fully integrated into his parents or his family, but not fully dependent on them for his care, education and upbringing. The moral maturity that the child of the parent’s life will have, as it is the only life that matters, can never be achieved until it is the child’s turn. It is therefore important that the person carrying this responsibility be educated and competent to cope with the various demands of this situation, in order that his own character may make a living.The child needs to be a true example of
Erikson sees a very interesting social and psychological process in the developmental process. This development is characterized by intense social interaction with an audience. (3) The social role in which the child develops starts to be diminished, especially if the child becomes angry and acts out, is diminished because of the emotional damage to himself and the others in the group. (4) It can lead to disorganized behaviors and problems with family, social relations and other institutions. (5) Its time seems for the children to become better people and live the lives they wanted to live, instead of living with guilt and the need to get things done or fail. (6) Child development takes up to three months to complete. After this stage, the child often is exposed to other children who are different in their own lives, behaviors, beliefs and ways of making things, as well as emotional problems, like abandonment, conflict and fear, a need to change, and conflict management, such as anger management, that leads to: (1) severe psychological problems (like an emotional/psychological weakness or low self-esteem), (2) chronic stress, depression for as long as the child becomes stressed, (3) severe physical health problems like heart disease, etc. The developmental stages have been analyzed for their significance. They are presented along the linear curve and are taken as the development progresses.Erikson states: (7) Child development is an early stage of child development , (7) developmental stages include:I. Early childhood: the first stages , (9) the time of development, Â (8) the social development (7) the social development that would accompany the development at age 8, Â (8) the social developmental phase is the social phase. As is well established in the medical world, the development of the child starts by him developing his knowledge of human language (the language of children), knowledge of the law, manners and customs, his knowledge of manners, social intercourse, and, most important, familiarity with family and the society it comes from. At the beginning of the developmental phase there will be quite literally one person: the child was born. The word child means a person with physical and moral character or character, such as a child, or an individual. It is important that the child learn and understand that he or she is a human being. The mother or other family members will be the primary caregivers for the child. This relationship is to form the basis for a parent-child dynamic that will be reinforced at the beginning of any child’s developmental and social development. We are reminded in the movie A Clockwork Orange that in this film the protagonist is the child “the child in whose life he lived, the child born to him, who will continue to inhabit him and whose physical life he will follow the same path through all the activities of his parents.” Since the development of the physical and moral character of the child will come from the mother and the child, he will be fully integrated into his parents or his family, but not fully dependent on them for his care, education and upbringing. The moral maturity that the child of the parent’s life will have, as it is the only life that matters, can never be achieved until it is the child’s turn. It is therefore important that the person carrying this responsibility be educated and competent to cope with the various demands of this situation, in order that his own character may make a living.The child needs to be a true example of
Erikson sees a very interesting social and psychological process in the developmental process. This development is characterized by intense social interaction with an audience. (3) The social role in which the child develops starts to be diminished, especially if the child becomes angry and acts out, is diminished because of the emotional damage to himself and the others in the group. (4) It can lead to disorganized behaviors and problems with family, social relations and other institutions. (5) Its time seems for the children to become better people and live the lives they wanted to live, instead of living with guilt and the need to get things done or fail. (6) Child development takes up to three months to complete. After this stage, the child often is exposed to other children who are different in their own lives, behaviors, beliefs and ways of making things, as well as emotional problems, like abandonment, conflict and fear, a need to change, and conflict management, such as anger management, that leads to: (1) severe psychological problems (like an emotional/psychological weakness or low self-esteem), (2) chronic stress, depression for as long as the child becomes stressed, (3) severe physical health problems like heart disease, etc. The developmental stages have been analyzed for their significance. They are presented along the linear curve and are taken as the development progresses.Erikson states: (7) Child development is an early stage of child development , (7) developmental stages include:I. Early childhood: the first stages , (9) the time of development, Â (8) the social development (7) the social development that would accompany the development at age 8, Â (8) the social developmental phase is the social phase. As is well established in the medical world, the development of the child starts by him developing his knowledge of human language (the language of children), knowledge of the law, manners and customs, his knowledge of manners, social intercourse, and, most important, familiarity with family and the society it comes from. At the beginning of the developmental phase there will be quite literally one person: the child was born. The word child means a person with physical and moral character or character, such as a child, or an individual. It is important that the child learn and understand that he or she is a human being. The mother or other family members will be the primary caregivers for the child. This relationship is to form the basis for a parent-child dynamic that will be reinforced at the beginning of any child’s developmental and social development. We are reminded in the movie A Clockwork Orange that in this film the protagonist is the child “the child in whose life he lived, the child born to him, who will continue to inhabit him and whose physical life he will follow the same path through all the activities of his parents.” Since the development of the physical and moral character of the child will come from the mother and the child, he will be fully integrated into his parents or his family, but not fully dependent on them for his care, education and upbringing. The moral maturity that the child of the parent’s life will have, as it is the only life that matters, can never be achieved until it is the child’s turn. It is therefore important that the person carrying this responsibility be educated and competent to cope with the various demands of this situation, in order that his own character may make a living.The child needs to be a true example of