Today’s Blog on Child Psychology and Development by Guiding Guru… Ms Rakhi, Special Educator

 

 

Child Psychology and Development 

Child psychology helps us to learn how  children develop psychologically, socially, and emotionally from birth to adolescence. It helps us to focus on children's psychological processes and how they differ from those off adults.

Everyone wants their child to have healthy development, but it’s not always clear if a child’s behavior is a symptom of a normal 

stage in development or a sign of an abnormality. Child psychologists can help you understand the difference. Understanding the normal and abnormal psychological patterns of a child can help parents understand how to best communicate and connect with their child, teach their child coping mechanisms for managing emotions, and help their child progress and thrive in each new developmental stage.

 

What is child development?

Child development involves four changes that take place from birth to adulthood:

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physical:- It is all about encouraging the child to be more active and engaged with their outside environment. when parents display interest in physical activity, it is more likely to pass down to their children helping them to maintain healthy physical development and promoting psychological well-being. 

· cognitive:- Engaging in your child’s learning is a critical part of their cognitive development. By providing the child with the basics of learning and cognitive interaction, helping with reading, helping to assist in developing various skills, and providing educational activities and opportunities, children have the potential to expand their cognitive development exponentially. 

· social:- This type of development begins with our interactions with our children. This kind of development runs parallel to their emotional development as well. Positive social interaction plays a very important role in teaching the child a few basic traits. Interaction with your child can facilitate a positive child-parent relationship and social relationship with others.

emotional: - Emotional intelligence varies from child to child but being emotionally social is key to psychological well-being, reducing feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress within an emotional context. Children learn about love, relationships, and their own emotions from their interactions with their parents. 

Through these changes, individuals move from complete dependency at birth to increasing independence and autonomy as they reach adolescence and young adulthood.

 

 

FACTORS AFFECTING CHILD DEVELOPMENT 

Genetics:- Genes influence how childrens' brains develop, how others respond to them, and how they choose and respond to their environments.

 

Parental relations:- The role of parents in child development is responsive, responsible, and never-ending. It governs responses, actions, thinking, and decision making of a child in the following areas. Cognitive Development. When children are growing up, positive parenting improves their cognitive, social, and problem-solving skills

 

 

 

Parenting Styles:- The role of parents in child development is responsive, responsible, and never-ending. It governs responses, actions, thinking, and decision making of a child in the following areas. Cognitive Development. When children are growing up, positive parenting improves their cognitive, social, and problem-solving skills

 

 

Exposure to Nature:- Children who play regularly in natural environments show more advanced motor fitness, including coordination, balance and agility, and they are sick less often. Exposure to natural environments improves children’s cognitive development by improving their awareness, reasoning and observational skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POINTS TO REMEMBER FOR THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT 

· Even infants and young children are affected adversely when significant stresses threaten their family and caregiving environments.

· Development is a highly interactive process, and life outcomes are not determined solely by genes.

 

· While attachments to their parents are primary, young children can also benefit significantly from relationships with other responsive caregivers both within and outside the family.

 

· A great deal of brain architecture is shaped during the first three years after birth, but the window of opportunity for its development does not close on a child’s third birthday.

 

· Young children who have been exposed to adversity or violence do not invariably develop stress-related disorders or grow up to be violent adults.

 

· Simply removing a child from a dangerous environment will not automatically reverse the negative impacts of that experience.

 

· Resilience requires relationships, not rugged individualism.