Individual development has been studied in our field for a number of generations, yet not one generation is as predictable as the last. Contemporary developmental theories have added, subtracted, and applied various approaches to understand child/adult development, but with the society increasingly growing and the millennials slowly taking over, there will be certain issues with development that will arise. In my research, I have found issues of development that closely relate to lack of delay of gratification, the decrease amount of educational play, and the developmental relationship between one and their environment. Under the public eye, the contemporary issue of today’s generation is facing a problem with continued instant gratification.
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In fact, there has been a recent study that used Attention Training (ATT) to significantly increase children’s ability to delay gratification and reduce psychological vulnerability later in life (Murray, Theakston, & Wells, 2016). As counselors, we would want to take special attention to this because this could be something we may have to focus on with upcoming generational …show more content…
The ideas of play have been applied to many developmental theorist such as: Bowlby, Piaget, Vygotsky, Mahler, and many others (Crain, 2011), but much of today’s generation is outgrowing priorities of the significance of play. “Play is often linked to enriched thinking, more flexible brains, and the ability to improvise-which leads to a ‘mental suppleness’ and a broader vocabulary of behaviors across the span of development” (Koehler et at., 2011, p. 146). One would assume, due to the evidence of healthy development involving play, there would be an increase of innovative ways children are learning through play today, but the opposite is more true than the
In fact, there has been a recent study that used Attention Training (ATT) to significantly increase children’s ability to delay gratification and reduce psychological vulnerability later in life (Murray, Theakston, & Wells, 2016). As counselors, we would want to take special attention to this because this could be something we may have to focus on with upcoming generational …show more content…
The ideas of play have been applied to many developmental theorist such as: Bowlby, Piaget, Vygotsky, Mahler, and many others (Crain, 2011), but much of today’s generation is outgrowing priorities of the significance of play. “Play is often linked to enriched thinking, more flexible brains, and the ability to improvise-which leads to a ‘mental suppleness’ and a broader vocabulary of behaviors across the span of development” (Koehler et at., 2011, p. 146). One would assume, due to the evidence of healthy development involving play, there would be an increase of innovative ways children are learning through play today, but the opposite is more true than the