Children come into the world with certain basic emotional needs: the need to feel loved and the need for positive self-esteem. As a parent, it is your job to be aware of these needs, and communicate with your child in a way that will support your child's positive growth.
Children have a strong need for love, which begins at birth. The tiny infant feels fragile and is completely dependent upon her caretaker to survive. They feed her, comfort her, and make her feel valued. This loving care helps her to build trust in other people to love himself, and to feel safe in the world.
As children grow, they continue to ask for their parents' love and attention. When your 8 years old shows you his science project, he will need your positive feedback. If your 11 years old fails a math quiz, he will need your loving support to know that he is still valuable. When thinking about the emotional needs of a child, love and affection are the first things that come to mind. Of course, we love our children and we have an instinctive desire to protect them from harm or distress, but what else do they need from us as caregivers? How can we help our children develop strong emotional intelligence and self-awareness?
Everything is to be used as a starting point when considering the emotional need of the young people in your life.
Toddlers watch and listen to everything you do. They are like little scientists, watching and taking in, ready to copy. They can imitate behaviors days after an event, so you may one day see them hold a phone to their ear or pretend to read a book, even if you're not doing it at that moment. This means that they need a good example and positive behaviors to copy.
Praising good behavior is important across all ages, but praising creativity or decision making is a great way of fostering solid thinking skills in toddlers and young children
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