Sensitive parenting is the most important factor in a child’s psychological development Parents are the first and perhaps most profound influence on their children ’s lives. Considering different aspects of psychological development this essay is going through some evidence to see what the researchers mean by sensitive parenting: Bowlby’s attachment theory‚ The Strange Situation‚ Zimmerman‚ Hamilton‚ Baumrind and others. A sensitive person is somebody who can “quick detect or respond to slight
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T. (1988) ‘Reading B: Beyond Modularity’‚ in Oates and Grayson (2004) p. 158-161. Stiles‚ L. and Thal‚ D. (1993)‚ cited in Mareschal et al (2004) p.142. The Open University (2006) ‘Video Band 6: Finding a Voice: Alex and Leigh‚’ Media Kit Part 3‚ ED209 Child Development DVD-ROM‚ Milton Keynes‚ The Open University.
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To what extent do the ‘grand theories’ discussed in Book 1‚ Chapter 2 take account of the role of social experiences in child development? Ask any parent about their child’s development‚ and they’ll often talk about speech and language development‚ gross motor skills or even physical growth. But a child’s social development—her ability to interact with other children and adults—is a critical piece of the development puzzle. Children’s Development is a social and cultural as well as a biological
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