This chapter is devoted to the many facets of early childhood emotional and social development. It begins with Erikson's view of personality change in the preschool years. Then considers children's concepts of themselves, their insights into social and moral worlds, their gender typing, and their increasing ability to manage their emotional and social behaviors.
1. For this chapter, one significant learning I wanted to mention is the the other side of morality: development of aggression. It begins in the late infancy, all children display aggression at times. As interactions with siblings and peers increase, so do aggressive outbursts. In this particular section, I wanted to talk about violent media and aggression. The textbook says, "In the United States, 57 percent of television programs between 6 am and 11 pm contain violent scenes, often portraying repeated aggressive acts that go unpunished."2. I believe that it is not a bad idea to let our young students/children watch television, but if the parents are not aware of what their children are watching outside of school, then something can go wrong with that. I wanted to talk about my experience growing up. I remember that my parents would let my brother and I watch whatever TV shows we wanted to watch. Our family runs with the more traditional side. In my culture, the Filipino culture, my parents were not strict on what we watched just as long as we were happy watching it. I feel as if my parents just let just watch whatever we wanted on TV because they didn't want us to make noise or they simply just wanted to distract us somehow. So I was pretty much allowed to watch anything I wanted at any day and any time of the day. I feel as if my brother and I experienced violence through the shows we were watching. Since we were young, we were easily influenced by the shows on TV; and my parents didn't understand that, us watching whatever we wanted, influenced us to act up and be aggressive with one another.
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