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Emotional availability, responsiveness and empathy give the child a strong secure foundation for their future development and well-being. As Bolwy's said: “An unthinking confidence in the unfailing accessibility and support of attachment figures is the bedrock in which stable and self-reliant personality is built”( Dunn, 1993, pg 18)
SENSITIVE MOTHERING IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD. DISCUSS THIS STATEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
In this essay I will explain that sensitive mothering is essential to the social and emotional development of the child and I will discuss this statement in the context of relevant developmental theory.
'Sensitive mothering' is defined by Ainsworth (Brandon et al., 1999), as the interaction style between the mother or primary caregiver and the baby. It involves the ability to understand the baby's emotions and cues, creating a synchronised and attuned relationship where the baby learns to regulate her/his emotions and …show more content…
Children with this pattern show inconsistent or contradictory behaviours, they find it difficult to maintain a positive relationship with their caregivers. This usually happens when the attachment figure is the cause of the initial distress. For example parents that are abusive, depressed or heavy drug or alcohol abusers.
Erickson is another relevant researcher in the field of social and emotional development. He approaches development as a process extending from birth to death. He proposed the 'psychosocial stages' (Erickson in Atkinson et al., 1990) believing that personality development depends on the different social relations established at different points in life. According to Erickson everyone must pass over eight interrelated stages during the entire life cycle. In each stage the individual confronts a conflict which may affect later development if it is not handled favourably (Macleod-Brudenel & Kay, …show more content…
Avoidant children focus in activities rather than in relationships and do not show any emotions. Ambivalent children find it difficult to focus, their emotions overflow and are a bit exaggerated, even by school age they find it difficult to separate from their attachment figure because they haven't developed trust in their availability. (Brandon et al., 1999)
Attachment theorists (Barnes, 1995) found that the patterns of attachment and internal working models established during childhood are likely to prevail during adulthood relationships and influence parenthood. Usually insecure attached parents will have insecure attached children, but the transmission is not automatic, this patterns are created within relationships and can be modified if the individual experiences a influential attachment relationship. (Brandon et al., 1999)
In this essay I have explained the great importance and influence that a sensitive mothering has in further social and emotional development. Emotional availability, responsiveness and empathy give the child a strong secure foundation for their future development and well-being. As Bolwy's said: “An unthinking confidence in the unfailing accessibility and support of attachment figures is the bedrock in which stable and self-reliant personality is built”( Dunn, 1993, pg
SENSITIVE MOTHERING IS ESSENTIAL TO THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD. DISCUSS THIS STATEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTAL THEORY
In this essay I will explain that sensitive mothering is essential to the social and emotional development of the child and I will discuss this statement in the context of relevant developmental theory.
'Sensitive mothering' is defined by Ainsworth (Brandon et al., 1999), as the interaction style between the mother or primary caregiver and the baby. It involves the ability to understand the baby's emotions and cues, creating a synchronised and attuned relationship where the baby learns to regulate her/his emotions and …show more content…
Children with this pattern show inconsistent or contradictory behaviours, they find it difficult to maintain a positive relationship with their caregivers. This usually happens when the attachment figure is the cause of the initial distress. For example parents that are abusive, depressed or heavy drug or alcohol abusers.
Erickson is another relevant researcher in the field of social and emotional development. He approaches development as a process extending from birth to death. He proposed the 'psychosocial stages' (Erickson in Atkinson et al., 1990) believing that personality development depends on the different social relations established at different points in life. According to Erickson everyone must pass over eight interrelated stages during the entire life cycle. In each stage the individual confronts a conflict which may affect later development if it is not handled favourably (Macleod-Brudenel & Kay, …show more content…
Avoidant children focus in activities rather than in relationships and do not show any emotions. Ambivalent children find it difficult to focus, their emotions overflow and are a bit exaggerated, even by school age they find it difficult to separate from their attachment figure because they haven't developed trust in their availability. (Brandon et al., 1999)
Attachment theorists (Barnes, 1995) found that the patterns of attachment and internal working models established during childhood are likely to prevail during adulthood relationships and influence parenthood. Usually insecure attached parents will have insecure attached children, but the transmission is not automatic, this patterns are created within relationships and can be modified if the individual experiences a influential attachment relationship. (Brandon et al., 1999)
In this essay I have explained the great importance and influence that a sensitive mothering has in further social and emotional development. Emotional availability, responsiveness and empathy give the child a strong secure foundation for their future development and well-being. As Bolwy's said: “An unthinking confidence in the unfailing accessibility and support of attachment figures is the bedrock in which stable and self-reliant personality is built”( Dunn, 1993, pg