The childhood stage is the basic basis for the future life of the individual as the seeds if the appropriate environment of soil, light, irrigation and fertilizer produced the best fruits and flowers, as well as childhood, if the care and attention produced a positive productive person carries good morals and helps in building the community, so there are special areas Studying childhood and how to deal with children to produce a healthy generation.
Childhood extends from birth until the age of 12, and especially in puberty. Therefore, there may be some differences between the children’s age, but we can divide childhood into several sections according to the physical and linguistic development of the child.
Stages of child development
- The first stage: It extends from birth to two years. This period is characterized by the mother’s dependence on the mother in everything, the inability to speak fluently about his wishes, and the feeling of alienation and total uneasiness toward the world. He tries to rely on himself, unable to do things alone.
- The second phase: The child’s attempt to rely on himself and his ability to talk about what he wants and feel independent and not be obedient trying to issue orders but trying to impose his opinion and wishes, and parents to pay attention to this stage is necessary for the development of skills The child should be educated at the age of the child, and he should be taught about the system, the love of giving, and the commitment to the orders that the parents ask him with all kindness and love. So he will try to experience everything and this is good to increase his knowledge of life but must be monitored well so as not to hurt himself, and at the age of four years can be introduced to kindergartens in order to accustom him to learning and study in preparation for the next stage.
- Stage 3: From the age of five to the age of eight. This stage is characterized by the ability of the child to rely on himself in most things. The learning stage begins in the school. At the age of five, he enters the kindergartens officially and begins the intensive learning process so that he can read to be ready. For the school stage that begins with its sixth year and begins to take lessons more seriously than before.
- The fourth phase extends from the beginning of the ninth year of the child’s age to adulthood. There are those who integrate this stage with the previous stage; because it is an extension of the previous stage but with an increase in the volume of responsibility for the child and increasing pressure on him in the study. , Which is one of the most difficult stages of the individual so when he is raised from childhood and teaching the correct behaviors will pass this stage without problems.