Saturday, April 26, 2014

"When I Think of Child Development"

"Since the earliest period of our life was preverbal, everything depended on emotional interaction. Without someone to reflect our emotions, we had no way of knowing who we are." - John Bradshaw

When I see this quote I cannot help to think about what I have learned in these past weeks in my class. Emotional connections and interactions can shape who we are and how we see the world. From very early on in our lives we look to emotions and interactions with first our caregivers and then others. I now know just how important emotional interactions between children and caregivers really are.

2 comments:

  1. Great quote ; I feel like I have learned so much these past weeks as well. I want to wish you good luck in your endeavors at Walden. I hope we will share a class together in the future.

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  2. Hi Heather,
    I would have to agree with you about that quote summing up our class. Caregivers are important in a child's development and making those emotional connections will last a lifetime.

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