Emotional Development: The Early Stages Of Child Development

Children began to grow and develop at a fast pace during their first years on earth. When the child gets older they go through a process labeled as child development. Child development is the process to the understanding of the aspects of human development from birth to adolescence. The developmental process should make the child grow, from dependency to increase independence. The early stages of development are the most important because the child is learning new things about themselves such as emotions, social skills and educational needs. Every child goes through the phase of emotional development some children go through the process sooner than others. Emotional development is the beginning of a child's experience, expression,
understanding, and regulation of emotions from birth through late adolescence. In newborns, the first indication of the emotional development phase is usually a smile; parents should start to see that happening as early as 4 weeks. Newborns cry in order to express their emotions of hungriness, distress and annoyance. The parents are a huge part in making sure the child gets a positive emotional experience. With the brain maturation, does it have an affect on the child’s emotional development? I believe so, because if the child is neglected at an early age they will feel sadden and they will remember and it will play a part in the emotional development process. For example if a child is crying and their parents don’t respond to them they will feel neglected, this will have affect on their social skills as well.