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Socio-Emotional Development - Coggle Diagram
Socio-Emotional Development
Emotional Experiences in Childhood:
Toddlers tend to have rapid mood swings
Children at the age 4-7 have difficulty sharing. Learning to get along with other children is an essential skill at this age.
The child will usually go from spending time with close friends and family, to spending a large amount of time at school.
Learning, interacting, and playing with other children at school
One of the most frustrating things for me when I was younger was sharing because I wanted all the fun with what ever toys were available at my baby-sitters.
Building Emotional Intelligence as a Child
Building Empathy Skills
Encouraging children to think about how other people feel. For example when I was little when ever I did something to hurt someone else they would ask, "what if someone did that to you?" or "How do you think that person is feeling right now?"
Questions like these help the child understand the importance of empathy and teaches them to become an overall friendly person.
Building Cooperation Skills
Cooperation is one skill that benefits tremendously from direct experience. As the child interacts with many kids either at school or with friends, overtime he/she will learn to cooperate.
(This skill will gradually improve as the child ages and with experience)
In my experience in cooperation as a child, at around 8 years is where I really learned how to work together with other kids to complete several tasks.
I did tasks like building structures (bridges) in grade 3 with a group of 4.
Modeling Appropriate Behavior
At the age 4-7 one of the most important things to learn that will benefit you for the rest of your life is
"manners"
Saying the general
"please", "thanks", and "sorry" is most important, it demonstrates respect towards the person the child is talking to.
I learned the basic table manners, the "please" and "thank you" from my baby-sitter and parents, but mostly my baby-sitter because my parents were working during the day and didn't really get the chance to teach me everything about manners
While at my baby-sitters place I got the chance to play and cooperate with other kids there.
According to Erikson's theory one of the stages Initiative vs. Guilt, states that Once children reach the preschool stage (ages 3–6 years), they are capable of initiating activities and asserting control over their world through social interactions and play.
Identity and Self-Esteem
During early childhood age 7-10, children start to develop a "self-concept," the attributes, abilities, attitudes and values that they believe define them.
This consists of being judged by the child's personal traits like being tall, skinny, having brown eyes, etc... This can cause some low self-esteem issues for the child but it is an important time to learn that no one should be judged as a person by how they look.
Children who can better cope with frustrations and challenges are more likely to think of themselves as successful, valuable, and good, which will lead to a higher self-esteem.
However children who become easily frustrated and discouraged will have a harder time with their self-esteem.
Regulation of Emotion and Peer Relations
Emotions play a strong role in determining whether a child's peer relationships are successful.
Moody and emotionally negative children will experience greater rejection by their peers, so it is important to help the child learn how to control their feelings and prevent them from letting out anger on other kids.
Emotion regulation is an important aspect of peer acceptance. When children learn this skill at a young age it benefits them in the future for handling more complex relationships.
