Socio-affective development - Feelings

The affection is understood as different moods, pleasant or unpleasant, which children have. We have to distinguish between feelings ( longer and less intese) and emotions ( short and very intense).

Between birth and 3 years old there are more emotions than feelings. However, when the child is growing, the feelings increase and emotions decrease at the same time that children is going to learn how to control it.

The affective states on children are less nuanced than the adults. In general for children are so extreme: great sorrow, great joys.



The education have to take into account all the learnings but we can not forget the importance of emotional well-being and development of self-esteem.