Explain 2.2 Child Temperament In Relation To Parenting And Child Development

2.2 Child Temperament in Relation to Parenting and Child Development
Temperament refers to the components of a person’s personality such as introversion or extroversion that is classified as innate rather than learned (“What is Temperament”). It’s the fixed part of a individual’s personality and describes how they react with the world most of the time (“Parenting with LOVE: Temperament”) and has been broken down into four temperament types classified by nine traits. Activity level, rhythmicity meaning routines, distractibility, approach or withdrawal responses, adaptability, attention span or persistence, intensity of reaction, sensitivity to textures, noises, flavours, and quality of mood whether a child is happy and positive most of the

The sanguine temperament seeks approval and praise, they are known as the most energetic and active people with attention seeking behaviours and are especially sensitive to any criticism. A choleric’s need for achievement and appreciation is what drives them. Often coming across as controlling, goal-oriented and domineering it is all part of their need to feel productive and recognized. Phlegmatics on the other hand value and have an emotional need for respect. Since they are the most easy-going, phlegmatics are often trying to be changed by choleric, melancholic, or sanguine temperament types and because phlegmatics are all about keeping the peace, they tend to give in to the other temperament’s strong will. What they perceive as lazy and unwilling, is just phlegmatics having their own set of priorities which contradicts those of the other three. The last temperament type are melancholics. Melancholics tend to be more detail oriented and have a deep need for order and are the most emotionally sensitive. They are the most prone to depression and are socially insecure. It is important for

Out of these seventy respondents, over fifty percent believe parenting is a skill that does not come naturally, two open response questions followed so answers were diverse. With the two questions determining what people think are the best and worst things to do as parents, although the answers were all different there were occurring ones. Under the worst things to do were all extremes, for example being too controlling and not controlling enough while under the best thing were being supportive, caring, communicative and respective. With three choices to the next question, it was almost perfectly split into thirds. Respondents were asked to determine if everyone who wishes to be a parent, have the right to be a parent, twenty eight percent said yes, thirty four percent said no, and thirty seven percent said maybe. The next question was very personal but had good results, respondents were asked if they consider themselves mentally healthy with seventy seven percent of them saying yes. The other twenty three percent were later asked a question about which mental illness they have been diagnosed with or identify with, the distribution can be seen in figure 1. With just over twelve percent of people saying that their parents did not feel approachable, another eighteen percent felt as though