Social Child Development

Recently, Party polarization in the US has been gaining more attention. Some claim that it is a recent phenomenon, but in fact polarization has been ongoing ever since the 18th century. Political polarization is when an individual makes a decision on an issue, policy or candidate solely based on the political party they identify with or with their chosen ideology. In the 1790s, the Jeffersonian Republicans and the Federalists were polarized over tariffs, the national bank and federal versus state and citizen power. Between the 1830s and the 1840s, polarization took form between the Whigs and the democrats. In the 1850s polarization was focused on the issue of slavery, agrarian and currency issues. In the 1930s it was welfare and in the 1960s

* The baby turns its head towards light and stares at bright and shiny objects (1 month old)

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.

Social-emotional development is a child’s ability to understand the feelings of others, control their own feelings and behaviors, and get along with other infants. In order for children to reach the basic skills that they need such as teamwork, following directions and demonstrating self-control, they must have social-emotional skills. Feelings of trust, confidence, friendship and affection are all a part of a child’s social-emotional development. A child 's positive relationship with trusting and caring adults is the key to successful emotional and social development. The foundation of social emotional development begins in infancy and each of these skills develops on their own and builds upon one another. For this reason, it is important as an educator to foster this developmental domain by implementing activities that will foster such development. These activities must be done in a way that is safe and also will make the infant feel safe and secure. For my age of 9-18 months, these activities must be done on a routine basis, since routines make infants feel secure.

Social development consists of learning the values, knowledge and skills that allow children to relate to others efficiently and to contribute in positive ways to family, school and the community. Children must learn the rules and conventions associated to socially and culturally accepted behaviour(kidsmatter.edu.au 2012). This kind of development is gained by the children in many different ways firstly, directly by parents and teachers and other educators and secondly, indirectly via social and cultural interactions. Children, as they develop become more conscious of the social and cultural standards and opportunities and will learn a sense of self. This development will come from relationships, cultural influences and interactions with the community .Education workers pay a huge part in enabling children to

2.1 Describe with examples the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development including:

Another 6 million attend private schools. But if you read the newspapers, you know it's not that simple anymore. Several new types of schools have appeared in recent years. What's the difference between a magnet school and a charter school? Parochial and proprietary? Which one is best for your child?

Gender socialization is learning expected behaviors about one’s own sex based on society norms. Gender socialization has great impact on the health of both men and women. In our society, the assigned gender roles when adhered strictly can be detrimental to the overall mental and physical of health status of people. If males and females has to live within the society construct of what the roles of the genders should be, then there is great danger of not living a fulfil lives if one deviates from the assigned roles that the society demands.

Gil (1985) describes the child protection system as sponsored and sanctioned by the Canadian government to protect and care for children in the event that families are unable to (Nixon et al., 2007). Hence, the role of child protection services is to investigate cases of maltreatment and provide services to ensure children’s safety and well-being. Although protection services offered by different jurisdictions of Canada are varied, the underlying key goal is child well-being (Nixon et al., 2007). A cross-country policy review in 2006 presented that although six of ten Canadian provinces and one territory included CEDV in their definition of maltreatment, they conceptualized the risk to children differently (Nixon et al., 2007). In this respect, Ontario had not defined CEDV as a form of maltreatment in its child welfare legislation (Child and Family Services Act) of 1990 (Nixon et al., 2007). However, the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (2006) incorporated CEDV as a form of emotional harm in its risk assessment tool (Nixon et al., 2007). This guides the child protection authorities in CEDV cases.

Children from instable families during early childhood are at risk for school failure, so recognizing protective factors for academic accomplishments for these children is very important (Burchinal, Robert, Zeisel, Hennon, & Hooper, 2006, p.79). Black children that are exposed to various risk factors during their early childhood are more likely to experience issues with academics opposed to other races (Burchinal et al., 2006). The way a child is raised or their home life can affect them as far as their developmental growth. A child’s early home environment has an intense outcome on his well-being (Burchinal et al., 2006). As an infant negative experience within it can distort the brain’s stress response system, decrease the quality of caregiving

Emotional expression is the manner in which an individual expresses their emotions according to the situation they are in. This is an important component in social and emotional development of children, because when a child knows how to express their emotions in an appropriate manner they will have better experience and more success with peers and in the classroom. Children learn emotional regulation through experiences and will translate this into their social interactions. Parents and teachers have an important role in fostering emotional regulation by helping children understand their emotions and by giving children an opportunity to feel emotions, which leads to childrens ' development of empathy.

Social competence development requires children learn to mobilise and coordinate their own behaviour encounter environmental demands, balance their and other’s needs, all the while keeping in mind and updating information from the (social) environment (Rose-Krasnor, 1997; Rubin, Bukowski, & Parker 1998). In this review, the association between false belief understanding, executive functions and social competence will be discussed. Implications for early childhood professional practice will be suggested.

I was born and raised by hard working Christian parents, who provided emotional support and met all of my physical needs throughout my childhood. This support continued beyond high school and throughout my college experiences. Their authoritative parenting style helped develop my character, which has enabled me to become a high achieving college student. Before analyzing my parents’ responsiveness, demandingness, and facilitation of my independence, I believe it is important to describe my childhood environment. As a child, my needs were met immediately and supported by a hard working stay-at-home mother, and a father who cared for me when he wasn’t working his well-paying job as a pediatrician. Thus, my mother was the primary caregiver in my household, and more significantly impacted my development. Finally, because my father was often at work, scoring his responsiveness, demandingness, and facilitation of my independence was more difficult.

Sociocultural is defined as relating to, or involving a combination of social (relating to human society) and cultural (taste in art and manners that are favored by a social group) factors.” (Socialcultural , 2010) You might ask why we are defining these words. It gives a better understanding of Vygotsky beliefs “that children seek out adults for interaction, beginning at birth, and that development occurs through these interactions.” (Morrison, 2009 sec 14.6) I agree that his theory is the best process for learning. Many people feel that social interaction and learning begin at birth, but there have been research conducted that fetus can learn through parental interaction. According to Fetal memory “Prenatal memory may be important

Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-Emotional developments are ones that every growing individual goes through. The EDC 307 course specifically focuses on these developments in middle childhood and adolescence. This course has taught me an enormous amount about each of those stages. I learned that in middle childhood, cognitive development entails changes in self concept, the child relates their real self to an ideal self that they created. However, in adolescence the cognitive changes are centered around egocentrism and abstract thinking. As for physical development, in middle childhood the changes are few, slow, and regular. Puberty is the most significant physical change that happens during adolescence, ad it happens fast and suddenly . Socio-emotional development concerns social behaviors with peers and loved ones. During middle childhood, kids normally judge themselves based on the opinions of their peers, parents, and teachers. I found out that this differs in adolescence in that teenagers try to find their real identity regardless of opinions. Although I mentioned a few things that I learned in this course, it is only a small percentage of all that I have actually acquired. Moving on in my life, this information will be a great beneficial factor not only in my career, but in my personal life as well. If I end up working with kids, it will help me better understand them and, in turn, communicate