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Encouraging Child Development in the School-age Child
Think back to when you were a child. At different ages and stages, you experienced different things. Perhaps you went through a period of your childhood where you had many friends and played simple games with them often. Maybe you went through a period where you had several closer friends and suddenly weren't fond of playing make believe, or associating with the opposite sex. Each child experiences different stages in their development that may cause their interests to change or their circle of friends to change. This is all completely normal in a school-age child's development.
Children need adult guidance
It is important that children feel safe and have guidance from the adults that care for them. Parents, teachers and caregivers are all integral people in the development of a child. So, what can we do to support their development? Guide them.
Begin by asking yourself these simple questions:
What kind of adults do you want these children to become?
Do you want them to behave a certain way? Should they behave this way out of fear, or because they know what acceptable behavior is?
Should they have a strong sense of right and wrong?
Children need adults to guide them and help them learn what is acceptable behavior and what is not. How you, as their caregiver, provides this guidance is up to you and largely depends on your goals and the goals of your program.
One common goal is for children to learn self-discipline. Self-discipline is the ability to control one's own behavior. This is largely dependent upon a child's ability to make independent choices based upon right and wrong behaviors. They are able to balance their own needs and wants with those of others and accept the results of their actions, whether good or bad.
Humans are not born with self-discipline skills already rooted into their minds. This is why the adults in their lives need to provide guidance and assistance along the way to teach children to make their own decisions, tell the difference between right and wrong, solve problems, and correct their own mistakes.
Think back to when you were a child. At different ages and stages, you experienced different things. Perhaps you went through a period of your childhood where you had many friends and played simple games with them often. Maybe you went through a period where you had several closer friends and suddenly weren't fond of playing make believe, or associating with the opposite sex. Each child experiences different stages in their development that may cause their interests to change or their circle of friends to change. This is all completely normal in a school-age child's development.
Children need adult guidance
It is important that children feel safe and have guidance from the adults that care for them. Parents, teachers and caregivers are all integral people in the development of a child. So, what can we do to support their development? Guide them.
Begin by asking yourself these simple questions:
What kind of adults do you want these children to become?
Do you want them to behave a certain way? Should they behave this way out of fear, or because they know what acceptable behavior is?
Should they have a strong sense of right and wrong?
Children need adults to guide them and help them learn what is acceptable behavior and what is not. How you, as their caregiver, provides this guidance is up to you and largely depends on your goals and the goals of your program.
One common goal is for children to learn self-discipline. Self-discipline is the ability to control one's own behavior. This is largely dependent upon a child's ability to make independent choices based upon right and wrong behaviors. They are able to balance their own needs and wants with those of others and accept the results of their actions, whether good or bad.
Humans are not born with self-discipline skills already rooted into their minds. This is why the adults in their lives need to provide guidance and assistance along the way to teach children to make their own decisions, tell the difference between right and wrong, solve problems, and correct their own mistakes.
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