Emotional Development.

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Emotional development the development of a child’s emotions.  Children need to learn how to control their emotions in order to be acceptable within the community that they live. Emotional development is linked with other areas, but particularly social development.

Positive and negative emotions

 Every one experiences both positive and negative emotions and these feelings can often get mixed up. Positive emotions e.g. happiness, joy, pleasure, love and excitement, need to be encouraged. Negative emotions, e.g. anger, hate, guilt, jealousy and impatience should be controlled. All these emotions are going to be felt at some time and the child needs to learn how to control these feelings.

 Parents or carers should be aware that children should be allowed to express these emotions through play so that they can experience positive and negative feelings.

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 Parents or carers should provide opportunities for their child to play in this way, as it will encourage him or her independence.

The child’s personality

 The child’s personality develops gradually over a long period of time-up to five years. Babies and young children under the age of two years think that they are the most important person, and that everything and everybody revolves around them

 After the age of two years, children begin to respond to those around them. They start to care for younger children and show some understanding towards the need of others.

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