Monday, October 20, 2008

What are the social needs of a child


What are the social needs of a child?
I really need to know the physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs of a child for my health and social homework. Help please?
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They need to be allowed freedom of movement, like crawling without being pushed into walking. This helps develop the brain. They need various environments so they can get used to the planet,and their place in it. They need to be spoken to and read to, but spoken in normal speech not baby talk. They need to have many experiences of the community, plays, exhibits, parks. They need at the early stage to be around child en. They don't necessarily interact, but mutually play. Then, as they start to interact, they need instruction on social skills. They need all their shots, dental work, physicals, eye exams, and any problems such as slow growth, slowness of speaking, outward legs, curvature of the spine, and any symptoms of non bonding checked and corrected. They need physical love, but believe me, some are born not wanting to be fussed over, and that is that. They need proper nourishment, so fresh foods, their stomachs can tolerate. Then, when a day care is picked, it should provide social interaction training. I wish you could meet the well bred children in my building who are taught to interact with adults. They greet me, ask how I am, say it was nice speaking to you. They are of Indian (subcontinent) ancestry, and how their parents have created these gentle yet brilliant miracles should be studied further. I don't wish to research internet on your behalf, so I suggest you go to the library. Internet becoming more advertising oriented;thus, too many pop ups. So, there are many books, Piaget, Maria Montessori, Dr. Spock (not from Star Trek), etc. I did not major in early childhood education. However, if the home is undergoing trauma, then the children do have problems. Also, no one knows just what factor might change the balance of the above in your question for the child. he might hear loud noises, and that would frighten him. He might be unhealthy due to poor eating habits. His mother may be suffering post partum depression. On the other hand, he might be born with a certain nature, like indepence. My own, a preemie, held his own bottle by four months, and refused help. Walked by one year, talked by one year, was taken to work, taken on field trips, museums, read through adult picture books, learned Greek and Norse mythology, learned all the countries on earth, their governements and capitals before age nine, was classified as LD and is now a lawyer. No, this is not a simple question. So, hit the books. We can't do your homework for you. Organize your thoughts, cite your sources and try to limit the topic to a specific age.



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