Social policy includes many aspects, some of which are related to welfare, as well as many social responsibilities and rights that are considered the basis of the early childhood stage, as social policy aims to secure a kind of stimulating, safe and equal environment for children, especially in the first years of their lives, as these early stages greatly affect their growth, development and future capabilities. It aims to study the current facts related to a phenomenon, situation or group of individuals. This study relied on the social survey method by sample and used the questionnaire tool to identify the extent of the impact of social legislation to protect early childhood. A field study in the city of Baghdad, where the study sample amounted to (200) individuals, males and females. The results of the study showed that the highest percentage of the research community are females at 54.4%. The results of the study showed that providing health care to mothers before and after birth is the health system for child health by 60.4%. The results of the study indicate that the early childhood care policy contributed to reducing child mortality rates by 63.2%. The results of the study indicate that one of the most important ways is the contribution of the social care policy to correcting some wrong practices by holding educational courses for workers in health centers by 43.6%. The results of the study concluded that there are educational programs provided for early childhood with cognitive and cognitive stimulation by 58.4%. And the contribution of government efforts to provide development programs for the early childhood stage by encouraging enrollment in education by 55.2%. One of the most important difficulties facing the implementation of policies and strategies for sustainable development for early childhood is the absence of activation of the national strategy by 36%. Therefore, we recommend the establishment of a higher council for childhood that takes on the responsibility of drawing up policies related to children and following up on strategies and programs related to them.
BACKGROUND: The quality of parenting can affect the developmental outcomes of young children. This study aims to investigate the associations between parenting quality and the early childhood development of children under age 3 across four major rural subpopulations in China. METHODS: Using a stratified cluster sampling method, 760 children aged 6-36 months and their primary caregivers in four rural subpopulations from four provinces and a metropolis in China were surveyed. Child development was assessed by the Third Edition of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development. Parenting quality was measured using the Family Care Indicators. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-tests, multivariable regression analysis, and linear regression analysis. RESULTS: Across the four subpopulations, prevalences of delays of the sample children in four domains - cognition, language, social-emotional, and motor development are 52%, 45%, 52%, and 19%, respectively. The proportion of children with any type of delay is 82%, while over half (53%) have delays in at least two areas, and 27% have delays in three or more areas. Child's mother as the primary caregiver, maternal education levels, and family asset values are all positively associated with the quality of parenting. Notably, low levels of parenting quality in rural China are linked to high rates of developmental delays. CONCLUSIONS: This study demonstrates that the level of parenting quality is significantly associated with early childhood developmental outcomes. Results highlight the need for raising investments in family care to improve early childhood development in different rural subpopulations in China.
OBJECTIVE: Early childhood is a critical stage of rapid cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. The development during this period is crucial for the long-term health and well-being of children. This study investigates the influence of maternal parenting stress on early childhood development, with a specific focus on the mediating role of maternal depression and the moderating effect of family resilience. METHODS: A nine-month longitudinal study was conducted involving 558 children and their mothers. RESULTS: The study found that maternal parenting stress significantly negatively impacts early childhood development. Maternal depression acts as a mediator between maternal parenting stress and early childhood development. Furthermore, family resilience was found to significantly moderate both the initial and latter parts of this mediating relationship. CONCLUSION: The study highlights the protective role of family resilience in this mediating process, contributing to the expansion of the Family Adjustment and Adaptation Response Model and enriching family educational practices.
Artistic activities are a significant tool for fostering the development of young children, particularly in the emotional and social domains. Art provides a unique opportunity for children to engage in free self-expression, unconstrained by adult-imposed rules. Consequently, children's drawings serve as a "window" into their inner world, offering insights into their feelings, thoughts, and individual personalities. Furthermore, the colors selected by a child can reflect their emotional state and be utilized as a psychological instrument for effective learning and development. Therefore, art activities for children are not merely about producing a final product; they represent a comprehensive learning process that promotes holistic development, encompassing physical, cognitive, emotional, and social dimensions. This study’s methodology involved collecting and comparing of multiple child development theories, including Play-Based Learning Theory, Psychoanalytic Theory, and the Theory of Multiple Intelligences. This theoretical synthesis informed the design of the theme "The Colors of My Home" for an action research project. The data derived from the activities were analyzed, with the findings summarized and discussed academically. A key observation is that art, as a learning activity for young children, reflects their inner dimensions and serves as an effective integrative tool for holistic development. The results indicate that art not only enhances creativity but also provides a crucial foundation for balanced emotional, social, and cognitive learning during this most critical stage of life.
This study was conducted to determine the effects of complex family dynamics on early childhood students' development. This study addresses the cognitive, social, emotional, moral, and coping mechanisms early childhood students adopt. A descriptive case study design and purposive sampling were utilized. Five respondents, from early childhood education nursery and kindergarten students, were interviewed face-to-face while observing proper health protocol. Utilizing Resiliency Theory and Carl Rogers' Self-Actualization framework, the study employed a descriptive case study design with structured interviews. Findings reveal challenges such as emotional neglect, isolation, and anxiety, counterbalanced by nurturing caregiver relationships and effective coping mechanisms. The majority of the students experience a lack of parental support and guidance due to diverse, complex family dynamics like blended families, single parenting, and families affected by divorce or separation. In addition, most of the students experience emotional difficulty, anxiety, loneliness, and isolation. Also, many of them need help socializing and following rules and regulations. Recommendations to improve these experiences include workshops and resources designed to foster parental involvement in their children’s education and emotional well-being and establishing mental health services in schools to offer counseling and support for children facing family-related challenges.
We used a unique panel dataset of 1682 children from villages in Northwest China. Our objective was to estimate the impact of parenting practices and family adjustment on early childhood development among infants aged 5 to 24 months. Within this cohort, an alarming 53.58% of children exhibited susceptibility to cognitive development delays. Additionally, 60.02%, 36.24%, and 40.11% were at risk of language, motor, and social-emotional delays, respectively. Moreover, parental consistency, coercive parenting and the parental adjustment of caregivers were relatively poor. Multivariate analysis revealed that total parenting practices and family adjustment had significant positive effects on all dimensions of early childhood development, including the cognitive, language, motor, and social-emotional dimensions; parenting practices had the strongest relationship with all dimensions of child development; and family adjustment had a significant positive predictive function only for social-emotional development.
A sizable number of children in low- and middle-income countries experience separation from their parents due to labor migration. While scholarship has examined parental migration effects during school years and adolescence, few studies have examined the effect of migration on developmental outcomes in early childhood, a critical period characterized by a high degree of developmental plasticity and sensitivity. In addition, almost all previous work has relied on cross-sectional data, treating migration-induced family living arrangements as a static, time-invariant measure. However, parental migration is often temporary and circular, exposing children to multiple transitions that vary in timing and duration. To address these two limitations in the literature, the present study follows a panel of more than 4,000 young children in the China Family Panel Survey from 2010 to 2018 and examines early childhood outcomes using a counterfactual causal-inference framework with time-varying exposure. My results show that the effect of parental migration on children's outcomes depends on whether one versus both parents migrated and at what child age the parental migration happened. Specifically, one-parent out-migration is less detrimental to child development than both-parent out-migration. Parental migration impacts specific developmental domains depending on children's sensitive periods of development, with early absence being most consequential for physical growth and later migration being most consequential for noncognitive skills. The study offers a causal framework to better understand migration as a time-varying process, contributes to family demography by theorizing parental migration as a unique source of family complexity, and deepens our understanding of the toll that parental absence takes on human capital.
In this day and age there are many problems with children. how not at a very early age and need good development and in the content of things that are posistif actually damaged. The rights of the child are usurped by irresponsible people. For example, such as sexual violence that can cause child development so unclear. Sexual violence itself is increasing significantly and the rate of sexual violence in Indonesian children almost every year rises. This is due to lack of attention and less serious attention. So that the most common negative effect felt by the victim is psychological damage. So that the occurrence of psychological damage can cause negative effects of long-term for children.
Psychology Bureau of Universitas Setia Budi (BP-USB) has a role in the life of the Surakarta city community as an officer carrying out child development checks using the KPSP form. Based on the results of interviews, BP-USB has obstacles in the process of examining the early childhood development, that the ineffectiveness of the inspection in terms of aspects: cost, energy and time. This study aims to build an early childhood development inspection based on android system using an expert system with the Forward Chaining Method based on KPSP to increase the effectiveness of examination time. The final results showed that the early childhood development expert system was able to shorten the examination time significantly. The effectiveness of examination time increased by 65%. Keywords: developmental pre-screening questionnaire, KPSP, expert system, forward chaining
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Play therapy is an approach that has been proven effective in helping children overcome emotional, social, and behavioural challenges. This article examines the integration of play therapy in the context of Islamic counselling to support early childhood development. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method with literature analysis and interviews with Islamic counselling practitioners. The study results indicate that play therapy can be harmoniously adapted to Islamic values through a compassion-based approach, parental involvement, and applying spiritual principles appropriate to child development.Techniques such as Islamic storytelling, educational games, and creativity-based activities are integrated to build children's cognitive, emotional, and spiritual skills. This approach helps children overcome problems and form Islamic character early on. The implications of this study emphasise the importance of special training for counsellors in implementing Islamic-based play therapy, as well as collaboration between families and educational institutions to maximise results. This article makes an important contribution to developing innovative Islamic counselling methods relevant to the needs of child development in the modern era.
