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Human Growth and

Development
Emotional Growth
Emotional Growth
Emotional development is a process that
involves learning to perceive, assess,
and manage emotions. It's influenced by
physical and mental changes, as well as
context and environment. Here are
some emotional changes that can occur
during growth and development:
Infancy: Infants smile at birth, and by six
weeks, they can express interest and smile
socially. By four to five months, they smile at
familiar faces and other infants.
1–2 years: Children can recognize when
others are sad.
3–5 years: Children can share toys with
others.
5–7 years: Children can exhibit self-
conscious emotions like embarrassment.
10–13 years: Children can exhibit true emotions
with friends and controlled emotions with others.

Adolescence: Adolescents become more aware


of their own feelings and the feelings of others.
They may experience strong feelings and intense
emotions, and their moods might seem
unpredictable. They may also feel self-conscious
about their physical appearance and compare
themselves to their peers.
Puberty: Adolescents may experience
emotional changes and stress as they come to
terms with their changing bodies. They may also
experience changes in mood, energy, and sleep
patterns.
Emotional changes in adolescence
Moods and feelings
Your child might show strong feelings and
intense emotions, and their moods might
seem unpredictable.
These emotional ups and downs
happen partly because your child is
still
learning how to control and express
emotions
in a grown-up way.
Sensitivity to others
As your child gets older, they’ll get
better at reading and understanding
other people’s emotions.
But while your child is developing
these skills, they can sometimes
misread facial expressions or body
language. This means they might need
help working out what others are
feeling.
Self-consciousness
Teenage self-esteem is often affected by
how teenagers think they look. As your
child develops, they might feel
self-conscious about their physical appear
ance
. Your child might also compare their body
with those of friends and peers.
Decision-making
Your child might go through a stage
where they seem to act without thinking
a lot of the time. Your child’s decision-
making skills are still developing, and
they’re still learning that actions have
consequences and even risks
sometimes.
Changes in relationships in
adolescence
One of the big changes you might notice
is that your child wants to spend more time
with friends and peers and less time with
family.
At the same time, it might seem like you
and your child are having more
arguments. This is
normal, as children seek more
On top of this, your child might upset
people without meaning to, just because
they don’t always understand how their
words
and actions affect other people.
It might help to know that conflict
tends to peak in early adolescence and
that these changes show that your child is
developing into their own person.
Even if you feel like you’re arguing with
your child a lot now, it isn’t likely to affect
your relationship with your child in the
longer term. But learning how to
help your child calm down and how to
manage conflict can help you through this
stage in your relationship.

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