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Childhood

Childhood. Christy Zendarski. Physical and Motor Development. Children tend to grow about 2 to 3 inches per year. Parents have to feed their kids very well and healthy, because kids who are obesity have high chances to get diabetes, cardiovascular, and serious health problems.

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Childhood

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  1. Childhood Christy Zendarski

  2. Physical and Motor Development • Children tend to grow about 2 to 3 inches per year. • Parents have to feed their kids very well and healthy, because kids who are obesity have high chances to get diabetes, cardiovascular, and serious health problems. • Nutrition is incredibly important for kids’ bodies. It develops their muscles, brains, and etc. • Vision is developing to see near and far, and interpret. Same thing goes to hearing. • Parents should encourage their kids to play sports or join activities to build strong bones, muscles, self-esteems, and more.

  3. Stages • Girls’ motor skill development tends to be a year ahead of boys

  4. Memory and Thinking Ability • Kids from 3 to 6 ages are able to make thoughtful decisions about their behavior and observe their environment. • Their brains develop form mental images to remember the objects, people, and events. • Children tend to express their feelings/reactions by gestures and limited vocabularies.

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  6. Language Abilities

  7. Social Development • Children have to learn what’s acceptable and unacceptable. • Both girls and boys have different “rules” such as boys; aggression but not fear. Girls; show the emotions. • Some kids like to play with others. • Some kids are selfish and won’t share with their toys with others. • Most 3-4 years old kids have imaginary playmates. It makes kids less aggressive and more cooperative than other kids. • Rich vocabulary, advanced for their age. • Having imaginary playmates help those kids who are the only child or don’t have friends.

  8. Emotional Development • Show pleasure when adults are nearby as they has developed connections with parents and others. • Know their own names with pride. • Observe others’ emotional reactions such as parents’ facial expressions. • Can get upset or emotions easily, but need parents to calm them down to feel better.

  9. Parenting Styles • Authoritarian Families - “Bosses” their beliefs are they don’t have to explain the reasons of their actions/demands. So, children don’t have rights to question their decisions. • Democratic or Authoritative Families - Discussions/negotiations. Parents will listen to their children; they have rights to make decisions. Of course, parents have rights to disapprove and they WILL explain why. • Permissive or Laissez Faire Families - No rules for children and ignore them. Basically, children will have to make decisions for themselves. • Uninvolved Parents - Those parents who are self-centered and forgot about their role.

  10. Sources • Page Not Found. (n.d.). Kidspot Australia. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://www.kidspot.com.au/Development-Development-Physical-development-in-babies-and-children+5367+553+article.htm • Seven Counties Services Inc.. (n.d.). Seven Counties Services Inc.. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://sevencounties.org/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=12754&cn=462 • How Planning and Reflection Develop Young Children's Thinking Skills. (n.d.). Developing & Enhancing Thinking Skills. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from https://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/200309/Planning&Reflection.pdf • Learning, E. (n.d.). Social and Emotional Growth. PBS. Retrieved April 16, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/parents/childdevelopmenttracker/one/socialandemotionalgrowth.html • Understanding psychology. (1992). Lake Forest, Ill.: Glencoe.

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