Parents influence an infant's self-concept and self-esteem development through the parenting styles they utilize. Parenting influences a child's development of self-concept through establishing a warm relationship between the parent and child that in turn creates secure attachment. With regards to self-esteem, parents who encourage their children to succeed enhance their children's self-esteem while those who criticize their performance contribute to a child's low self-esteem. Parenting influences emotional understanding by labeling emotions and recognizing a child's emotional reactions whereas emotional self-regulation is influenced by verbal guidance and expression of emotions by parents. Self-conscious emotions are influenced by providing feedback to children whereas empathy and sympathy is influenced by how parents show concerns to the child's feelings. The patterns of positive development that are linked to positive development include sensitivity to a child's feelings and warm, sensitive parenting (McIntyre, n.d.).
Child-rearing styles i.e. authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved styles affect a child's development through influencing the child's self-understanding. These styles affect important domains of a child's development, especially self-concept and self-esteem depending on the kind of relationship between the parent and child. The child's view of him/herself and understanding of the surrounding world is affected by parent-child relationship, which is influenced by the specific child-rearing style. Authoritative parenting style is linked to positive outcomes because it's the most suitable for developing a healthy self-esteem in children. A healthy self-esteem in turn contributes to positive impacts on the other domains of the child's growth and development. Some of the factors that influence an individual's approach to parenting include family background, social influences, religious beliefs, and the child's temperament and personality.
Unit 7 -- Self-esteem, Peer Groups and Friendships
Peer relationships and friendships play a crucial role in a child's development of self-concept and self-esteem during middle school. A peer is an individual with common characteristics like gender, age, school, and occupation while a friend is a trusted acquaintance who…
As research in child and adolescent development evolves, it becomes more possible to engage and meet the academic abilities of students with various learning abilities with evidence-based practice interventions. In an overview of over four decades’ worth of research in child and adolescent development, Luthar (2015) discusses the importance of resilience and protective factors, which apply to every single stage of development. The matrix serves as an ideal guide for
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Development of independence is shown by their ability to accomplish tasks on their own. They can start new things and have a range of activities to choose from. At this stage, children learn to develop attachment to others. Pittman, Margaret, & Kerp (2011) argue that by the age of two and three years, it may take a child one hour before returning to a secure base ( close to