Your baby starts her journey into her future with very little going for her other than an inborn potential to grow and become. Within the first few hours of life, she begins the lifelong process of experiencing, exploring, and expressing herself. This is a very physical/doing time of life for her.
Stress is normally not a significant problem for children. Kids can normally think things through and figure them out for themselves, despite some stress. They can usually handle their feelings whether they are feeling good or not and can do what they need to do.
When your child is about three, his emotions begin to come into focus: love and fear, sadness and joy, disappointment and excitement, enthusiasm and reluctance, happiness and anger, caring and hate.
Children can become so confused about what is going on in their lives and so down on themselves that they can hardly stand it. When the anger, frustration, sense of loss, and confusing feelings that underlie their depression are persistent and not resolved, their depression likely will worsen.
What do we mean by a moral/spiritual dimension? This is what common sense has come to call conscience or morality: the internalized sense of right and wrong, good and bad, just and unjust.
Most kids do not have serious behavior problems. They have better days and worse days; but on the whole, they are growing and learning fine. Most kids are learning to cooperate and get along; but some children do have serious behavior problems.
When a child enters grade school, the social dimension becomes the focus for parenting. This natural process is speeded up by the dramatic increase in social opportunities and experiences when children start school.
Most youngsters do not have serious relationship issues on any continuing basis. Young people have better days and worse days; but on the whole, they are developing satisfactorily and getting along fine interpersonally. Some kids do have serious problems with people and relationships, though.
learning for children is a complex process that starts at birth and continues through adolescence. All children can learn within the limit of their inborn potentials. However, given nearly equal capacity, some children become more effective learners than others.
If your child is getting all A's and B's, is involved in school activities, has gotten into no trouble in school and is usually happy and positive about school, she is doing fine. But you already knew that. Here is what you may not know.