What is social and emotional development?

Social and emotional development is the change over time in children’s ability to react to and interact with their social environment.

During adolescence, you will notice changes in the way your child interacts with family, friends and peers. Every child’s social and emotional development is different. Your child’s development is shaped by your child’s unique combination of genes, brain development, environment experiences with family and friends, community and culture.

Social changes and emotional changes show that your child is forming an independent identity and learning to be an adult.



SOCIAL CHANGES: For social changes, you might notice that your child is:
Searching for Identity: young people are busy working out who they are and where they fit in the world. This search can be influenced by gender, peer group, cultural background and family expectation.
Seeking more Independence: This is likely to influence the decisions your child makes and the relationships your child has with family and friends.
Looking for new Experience: The nature of teenagers are likely to seek out new experience and engage in more risk taking behavior. But they are still developing control over their impulses.
Thinking more about right and wrong: Your child will start developing a stronger individual set of values and morals. Teenagers also learn that they are responsible for their own actions, decisions and consequences. They question more things, your words and actions shape your child’s sense of “right” and “wrong”.

Read More here: http://www.generalhomecare.com.ng/2016/11/social-and-emotional-development.html