Early Childhood Initiative Foundation: Article Analysis

The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation talks about the importance of a, “Good beginning.” In there article Teach more/Love more they emphasize the significance of proper social and emotional competence for kids as they approach school age. There research showed that social and emotional competence are rooted in, “Secure relationships with attachment to parent(s) or primary caregiver(s) during infancy and the toddler years.” Children who have competent social skills are more confident, friendly, and have better peer relationships. They also have better concentration and persist longer at challenging tasks such as school. On the other hand they said that children who begin kindergarten without adequate social and emotional capability will
One of her findings that is appropriate to this weeks discussion question is, a high precent of babies will use their mother as a safe base to explore their environment i.e. kindergarten. That being said, this could show the important for mothers and fathers to be apart in some sharpe of form of their children’s schooling. Infants and children that are securely attached, will also be much more easily soothed by there parent. It makes children feel safer and more confident knowing that their parent or attachment figure will always be there for them. Knowing that their parents are there for them will put the child at more ease when in kindergarten, making them more comfortable and learning easier for them.
Ainsworth’s research went further to say that securely attached children will grow up with a more positive outlook of themselves and see other as being good and helpful. She said that, “Avoidant children think themselves unworthy and unacceptable, caused by a rejecting primary caregiver (Larose, &Bernier, 2001). Accordingly, insured attachment styles are associate with an increased risk of social and emotional behavioral