Adult Child Relationships
What is essential for children's optimal development?
Security and a stable relationship with caring adults
What are peers?
A group of people of approximately the same age, status, and interests
What is a friendship?
A state of mutual trust and support between allied nations.
What is a normal experience children have with making friends?
Most children eventually experience the sorrow of being rejected by someone they wish would be their friend
What are some relationships children have when they are younger?
Adults, Friends, Peers, Family Friends, Teachers
What is expected with an adult-child relationship?
The adult is an expert and leader and the child is a learner and a follower
What happens with children through peer interactions?
Peers add to children’s self-identity and help children develop a sense of where they fit in the social world of the classroom, the choir, or the T-ball team
What to friendships help?
Friendships help children's self-esteem and self-confidence
Why do children grow up feel lonely growing up
Because they don't have friends
Why are relationships important for children?
It helps them define who they are and helps them with social skills
Although adult–child relationships serve critical functions in children’s lives and may be marked by?
Love and respect, adults and children do not have equal power
What are children learning about current child culture from one another?
What games to play, what snacks to crave, what superstitions to hold, what jokes to tell, what movies to see, what heroes to admire
Why are friendships important?
Friends have fun together and enjoy one another’s company, most importantly friends supply affection and comfort.
What are some severe symptoms of not having friends as a child?
Are more likely to suffer lifelong problems such as depression, substance abuse, conduct problems, mental illnesses, heart disease, and hypertension in adulthood, Later in life, they are also more likely to become juvenile delinquents, drop out of school, and commit suicide
What is the difference between a relationship with a friend vs. a peer?
Their closeness
What are some relationships children can have at school?
A parent and child, coach and player, or teacher and student
By interacting with their peers what will happen?
Children will practice regulating their emotions, learning when to show their feelings and what feelings to reveal, and regulating their behaviors, learning what actions to display and which ones to inhibit
What do friendships help practice?
Social problem-solving skills such as communicating, managing conflict, and creating and maintaining trust in spite of periodic differences of opinion
What are some normal symptoms of not having friends as a child?
Be unhappy, Be lonely, Experience depression and anxiety, Display poor social skills, Lack self-confidence, Perform poorly in school, Have poor self-esteem, Drop out of school, Have mental health problems in adulthood
What are somethings children without friends could experience?
Depression and no social skills
Jillian loves Ms. Cheryl, the lunchroom aide. She likes to talk with her and sing the songs she has learned in her classroom. Although Jillian may call Ms. Cheryl her friend, why is this not considered a friendship?
They do not play equivalent roles in their interactions. Ms. Cheryl must determine the rules and has the final say in most of what she and Jillian do together.
Jillian’s talent for making silly faces or Dakota’s ability to build ramps and jump bikes. What is this an example of?
Children recognizing that other children need help with skills
Although Jillian has friendly interactions with her teacher, her dentist, her soccer coach, her babysitter, and her classmates Maria and Dakota, why does she call Juanita her friend?
She only experiences Juanita as a true friend.
A child is being bullied by their peers and has not been able to make friends, what is going to happen psychologically when they grow up?
They will most likely struggle to make friends in the future and suffer from depression and anxiety
Why are not all peer relations considered friendships?
They could not hang out anywhere else except for in school