Understanding Child Development
Child development can be best understood when broken down into a series of stages.
This is followed by adolescence, which often corresponds to puberty and the teenage years.
When these bonds arent there, or are disrupted, the effects can remain into adulthood.
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How a parent views their children is significant, explainsPatricia Britto, DEdPsy, an HCPC-registered educational psychologist.
Parents attentiveness to their childrens emotions is essential when fostering their emotional development and well-being.
Feeling unwanted or unloved can have a negative impact on development and on mental health.
Research has linked feeling unloved to adolescent depression, for example.
A nurturing approach is likely to result in a more favorable outcome than an abrupt one, she says.
They are also less likely to be breastfed, for example, which can also affect development.
Unplanned children may have lower self-esteem as adolescents resulting from poorer parent-child relationships too.
We also know that long-term stress isn’t good for anyone’s health.
External factors can help you support your childs development, too.
She explains that countless children from unplanned pregnancies thrive with loving, committed parents.
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