Childhood

3.1 describe the different transitions children and young people may experience.

Moving away
This could make the child or young person frustrated because they are being turn away from their favourite place or even their friends, when a child or young person moves away he or she may feel lost or scared. Lonely or even anxious this could possible end in depression and the child or young person’s behaviour in nursery or school.

Friends moving away
This could make the child or young person feel upset, lost and nervous because he or she will now has to make new friends which may not be easy for some children and young people, if a child’s friend does move away its good to encourage them to join school clubs this will forces them to interact with other children.

Puberty
This could make the child or young person feel confused because they can’t control what is happening to them, the changes the teenager or child will be going through may make them feel insecure and can result in a loss of confidence. Puberty could also make the child become dismissive or make the teenager or child become argumentative with parents or carers.

Starting a new school when a child or young person moves school, they may start to feel sad, upset by thinking that they are leaving all their friends behind and may not see them every day anymore. Moving school could make a child or young person feel nervous because he or she has to make new friends and could make the child feel anxious because they don’t know what will happen. This could also make the child become shy or dismissive. They may start to leave school early try and stay home when it is school time in the morning.

New siblings
When a Child or young person parents have a new baby, it could leave the older child feeling like they are not the baby anymore in that stage they may feel jealous or even upset because he/she may not be getting as much attention as before, this could make the child start to request more