A pupil’s emotions will be affected by their personal experiences and relationships. If these experiences or relationships are unsettled or traumatic, for example, during times of bereavement, divorce or birth of a sibling, it is likely that children’s emotional development will be affected. The may find it difficult to form trusting relationships with adults, attention seek or they may be more immature then their peers. In younger children seemingly insignificant events like death of a pet can have prolonged and dramatic effect on their emotional development. They may avoid social contact and isolate themselves because of this, and this would cause them to develop low self-esteem and affect their social
