Childhood: Discussion Guidelines

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=140 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04100a20ezthtv.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kings Psychology Network"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     |  </B><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Papyrus" ><I><B>   </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Papyrus" ><I><B>King's Psychology Network</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons, Case Studies Handouts"><U>Lessons, Case Studies & Handouts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Handouts"><U> Handouts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Debate Guidelines"><U>Debate Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Examination 1Psy 230 "><U>Examination 1-Psy 230 </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jean Piaget"><U>Jean Piaget</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genetics, Conception Prenatal Developme"><U>Genetics, Conception & Prenatal Development: Discussion Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id187.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prenatal Development: Fetal Brain Develo"><U>Prenatal Development: Fetal Brain Development</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Infancy Toddlerhood: Discussion Guidel"><U>Infancy & Toddlerhood:  Discussion Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maternal Employment Infant Development"><U>Maternal Employment &  Infant Development</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Toddler Friend Cael"><U>My Toddler Friend Cael</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ChildhoodHistorical Perspectives"><U>Childhood-Historical Perspectives</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childhood Play"><U>Childhood Play</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id176.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childhood Video Games"><U>Childhood & Video Games</U></A>   |   <B>Childhood: Discussion Guidelines</B>   |   <A HREF="id218.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indigo Children Adults"><U>Indigo Children & Adults</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id183.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AdolescenceOverview, History, Theories"><U>Adolescence-Overview, History, Theories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id185.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adolescence: Can We Do Without It?"><U>Adolescence: Can We Do Without It?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Young Man Luther"><U>Young Man Luther</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mature Adulthood: My Friend Phyllis"><U>Mature Adulthood: My Friend Phyllis</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mature Adulthood: My Friend Bob"><U>Mature Adulthood: My Friend Bob</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Centenarians"><U>Centenarians</U></A></div> <div> <B>Childhood: Discussion Guidelines</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id313.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course SyllabusPSY 430UB"><U><I>Course Syllabus-Psy 430</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course SyllabusPSY 230"><U><I>Course Syllabus-PSY 230</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons, Case Studies Handouts"><U><I>Lessons, Case Studies & Handouts</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Learning Links"><U><I>Related Learning Links</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Readings"><U><I>Related Readings</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion ForumPsy 230"><U><I>Discussion Forum</I></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION</B></div> <div> <B> OF EARLY AND MIDDLE CHILDHOOD</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> How is your child growing and developing during this period called “early childhood.” What changes in </div> <div> middle childhood?</div> <bR> <div> What’s happening in the child’s brain relative to development?  Is the brain finished growing?</div> <bR> <div> How does emotional well-being in childhood influence physical development?</div> <bR> <div> What do you need to know about nutrition and your child? What are you feeding your child? </div> <div> If you are raising your child as a vegetarian, from what specialists are you getting advice?  Are you still</div> <div> breastfeeding?</div> <bR> <div> Are you giving your children vitamin supplements?  If so, which vitamins?</div> <bR> <div> What childhood illnesses do you need to watch out for? Is your child’s immune system mature yet?</div> <bR> <div> How often do you need to get medical and dental checkups?  What about vaccines?</div> <bR> <div> What are some common illnesses during early childhood, if any?  What particular accidents should you be </div> <div> cautious about?</div> <bR> <div> What are the main motor achievements during early childhood?  What are you doing to encourage motor</div> <div> development in your child?</div> <bR> <div> Where are children in their cognitive development – based on Piaget and Vygotsky?  How would</div> <div>  you assess their cognitive development. Are there any immature or not so developed aspects of young </div> <div> children’s thinking?</div> <bR> <div> If you wanted to measure your child’s IQ, how would you do this?  Will you have an IQ test administered? </div> <div> If so, which one?</div> <bR> <div> How will you encourage and help your child develop creativity?</div> <bR> <div> How does language improve, and what happens when its development is delayed?  </div> <div> What will you do to encourage and improve your child’s language development?</div> <bR> <div> Will your child be in an early childhood education program?  Which one?  How will you</div> <div> help your child make the transition to kindergarten?</div> <bR> <div> What about memory?  How does it expand in early childhood?  How will you teach your </div> <div> child the phone number and address, parents’ names, etc?</div> <bR> <div> What are the sleep and dream  patterns among children in this developmental period?</div> <bR> <div> How will you look out for child abuse?</div> <bR> <div> Where is your child going to school?  Public or Private?  What kind of educational program and why?</div> <bR> <div> Is your child a bed -wetter?  What do you plan to do about it?</div> <bR> <div> What are the environmental risks to children that you need to monitor and pay close attention to?</div> <bR> <div> How does the self-concept develop in early childhood and how will you help the child develop a</div> <div> sense of self and of competency?</div> <bR> <div> How will you help your child understand their gender?</div> <bR> <div> Describe your child’s personality and what aspects of your parenting helped to mold your </div> <div> child’s personality?</div> <bR> <div> What positive behaviors do you want your child to display?  Why?  </div> <bR> <div> What will be your childrearing practices?</div> <bR> <div> Will you use punishment?  If yes, what type - please describe.  How will you punish?  </div> <div>  If you will not use punishment, what methods will you use to discourage undesirable behavior?</div> <bR> <div> What is the role of play in childhood?  How does play contribute to and reflect on development? </div> <div> How will you structure play for your child?  Can you provide some examples ?</div> <bR> <div> What type of toys will you purchase for your child?  How safe are your child’s toys? </div> <div> How educational are your child’s toys?</div> <bR> <div> How will you help your child develop initiative, as outlined in Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development?</div> <bR> <div> To what extent would you like your children to adopt your values and behavioral standards?  </div> <div> you give examples?</div> <bR> <div> What will be your parenting style?  How will you help your child learn the world? </div> <div>  What world view will you give your child?</div> <bR> <div> Redfield provides an excellent point about the importance of parents remaining centered when </div> <div> disciplining their child.  He believes parents must guard against th more subtle forms of abuse –</div> <div> draining a child’s energy just by the way you interact with the child.  How will you interact and </div> <div> respond to your child?  Redfield says that “children must be stopped when they are mistreating</div> <div> others or ignoring the realties of the world.  The parent must teach children with a kind of tough love.</div> <div> Learning how to live with others - becoming socialized - is what our children come to us for, and to </div> <div> fail in these lessons is to let them down.  We must find a way to teach our children consequences without</div> <div> oppressing them in the process.” How will you do this?</div> <bR> <div> Why do you think your child chose you as their parents?</div> <bR> <div> Will you teach your child to be altruistic – such as offer help to strangers?</div> <bR> <div> Will you allow your child to be fearful?  Aggressive?</div> <bR> <div> Is your child an only child?  If your child has siblings, how are you teaching the child to interact with siblings?</div> <bR> <div> Where is the child in its development of moral reasoning?</div> <bR> <div> How will you prepare your child for first grade and the rest of elementary school?</div> <bR> <div> What will you do to create an enriched environment to support the child’s educational needs and </div> <div> to insure academic achievement?</div> <bR> <div> Is you relationship changing with the child during the school-age years?</div> <bR> <div> What do you see as the important role of fathers during early and middle childhood?</div> <bR> <div> Is mother and father still together as a couple?  If so, how are you interacting with each other</div> <div>  in front of your child?</div> <bR> <div> How will you expect your child to interact with other family members such as aunts, uncles,</div> <div> grandparents, etc.   What will you expect them to do to support your child’ s development?</div> <bR> <div> How much television will your child watch?  What other supportive things will you provide for your </div> <div> children to substitute for television?</div> <bR> <div> Is your child experiencing any emotional or behavior problems?  How will you resolve them?</div> <bR> <div> What will you do to support an exceptional child - such as a gifted, creative or talented child?  What will</div> <div>  you do to support a child with learning disabilities or some other handicap?</div> <bR> <div> What about spiritual development for your child and family?  Will you promote this?  Is so how?</div> <bR> <div> Compare and contrast these areas in early childhood with changes in development during middle </div> <div> childhood.  Who will your child be at the end of middle childhood?  Describe him or her.  What factors,</div> <div> including your parenting and the child’s interactions with others, contributed to who your child has become?</div> <div> Are you happy with this child as a person at this point?</div> <bR> <div> What goals are you and the child setting for the future?</div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>