Acceptable Behaviour Essay

Children in early year’s settings can struggle to control their emotions, which can often lead to negative behaviour such as, hitting, biting or tantrums etc. Firstly, consistency is needed to support behaviour as otherwise children will be given mixed responses, leading to them being unsure of what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour. Acceptable behaviour can range from many things from children sharing with others to them listening to adults and responding in the correct way. However, unacceptable behaviour can create an unsettled environment and that can include children: hitting others, biting, kicking and not listening to adults etc. Once a certain strategy is chosen to be used towards a child then it needs to be used by all adults in the same way to promote consistency to help children understand what acceptable and
Also, working with parents is a key aspect in keeping consistency in behaviour as if the parents don’t correct unacceptable behaviour at home, then children will think they can do the same at Nursery. Therefore, practitioners can express and share their behaviour expectations with parents to guide them on what is acceptable behaviour for their child so it can then lead to a positive outcome. On the other hand, adults need to ensure they monitor children’s reactions to the adult’s response to behaviour as this can help you figure out if the child understands what is being said. For example, if you tell a child ‘no’ to doing something and they cry it shows they understand they are doing something wrong. Finally, linking to John Bowlby’s attachment theory it shows that children will attach to consistent adults so therefore if familiar adults such as, a parent or the child’s key worker corrects negative behaviour they are more likely to listen and