Homework Two
Children experience many changes during socio-emotional development in their early years. They begin to develop the person they will become as an adult and everything builds on top of itself to form a personality. Hereditary and environment come together to build the intricate design that is a human being. And through everyday interactions, children increase their social skills, their capacity to feel emotion, and the ability to properly express those emotions. Many different things can affect how a child develops, but some important factors are hereditary, parenting style, and the child’s home environment. Those who are with the child constantly can begin to shape the way the child develops, to some degree. Families can affect a child in many ways. A supportive, loving family can facilitate healthy development in a child. Whereas, a broken, scattered family that fights when they are together can hinder a child’s development in a serious way. The size of the family can also affect the child. Siblings teach children to …show more content…
Therefore, this is most likely the punishment I would use for a misbehaving preschooler. It forces the child to think about what they did wrong and it is very difficult for most young children to sit and do nothing, especially for a longer period of time. A powerful technique seems to be putting the child in time-out and then having them apologize when they are ready to be done. It makes them think about what they did wrong and helps them develop right from wrong. Being overly strict with children, especially those who are more independent and stubborn, usually is not an effective technique and something I would not do. More rebellious children will often be more difficult if caregivers are too strict. Being strict often just frustrates the caregiver and causes the child to misbehave even