Explain How To Foster Positive Guidance In Young Children

Fostering positive guidance in young children’s behavior is vitally important to the development of the child’s growth. Children learn from day to day what they should and should not do. We cannot expect them to know what to do just because we told them on yesterday, we should be prepared to show them and demonstrate to them what positive behavior is. When we foster positive behavior we are directing them and helping them understand what is right and what is wrong. Teaching children not to be aggressive is not an easy job because sometimes they do not do not have a full understanding that they are being aggressive and that their behavior is unacceptable. There are somethings in the children life that may be causing stress and we must be sensitive …show more content…
Some behavior are age appropriate and development because of their age, like a two year old that is biting this is a normal reaction because most of the time they do not know how to express themselves and use their words, but if they are 4 year old that is biting we should try to introduce them to using their words and discussing with them how biting can hurt their friends.
Sometimes people think that children just act out or misbehave for no reason, but children don’t want to misbehave, they want to be happy but sometime their environment and atmosphere can determine their behavior. If a child is continuing to misbehave, we should sit with the parents and discuss with them ways that we can correct the behavior.
Positive guidance helps children to identify appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Calling attention to inappropriate behavior lets the child know that their actions are not acceptable but that they are still love. We must focus on appropriate behavior, praise and reinforcement let the children know and acknowledge inappropriate and appropriated