Essays on Childhood

The video deficit effect (VDE) is a phenomenon where, “Children solve tasks reliably better and at an earlier age when instructed by a live person, as opposed to being instructed by video”(p. 2). With the large amount of media infants and toddlers consume everyday, it...

I am currently in my second year working in the Early Childhood industry. I was at Pats’ Schoolhouse for 13 months as a trainee teacher and currently am a full fledge teacher at Learning Vision. I am currently working with the toddler group, aged 19...

The ability to express one’s internal states is arguably one of the greatest gifts of being human. Not only is it a great gift, it is also fundamental to critical developmental processes which occur throughout early childhood and serve the critical function of helping to...

From a very young age, military children go through situations that put a great amount of stress on them. When I realized my life was different from all the other kids around me, my mindset was impacted forever. As a child, it was difficult to...

Due to the importance of early childhood education, Australia and Finland have several regulations that ensure quality in the development of children’s skills (OECD, 2017). The main similarity that both countries share is the importance of play in the curriculum. In the case of Finland,...

According to WHO Kenya is one of the third world countries that record a devastatingly high child mortality rate resulting from easily treatable and curable illnesses. This can be attributed to the fact that in children especially under the age of five, often times an...

There exists a large body of research dedicated to the importance of close relationships for children’s social, cognitive, and emotional development. In particular, observational research on instances of mental-state talk between siblings and friends has demonstrated the advantages of referencing one’s internal states for theory...