Question

Lisa tends to get very stressed when her routines are changed, a stranger comes to the door, or she is asked to try something she has never tried before. Help her parents, Howard and Rita, understand her temperament and what it may mean for her personality when she becomes older. What do you recommend so that the infant can develop healthy self-esteem and appropriate attachment with her parents.

What advice would you give to prospective parents about maternal employment and childcare arrangements for infants? How will (or do) your own childcare arrangements differ from those of your parents? Discuss the different experiences you have had.

Answer 1

Lisa's parents could be prompt and attentive to her needs without leaving her on her own most of the time because leaving her on her own would leave her with single schedule and that's why she is not comfortable with the change in the schedules. Because her parents are not spending enough time with her, she refuses to trust others too. They could encourage her to be on her own while at the same time guiding wherever necessary and appreciate and accepts her mistakes and this would boost her confidence. They need to provide unconditional love with enough expectations that would guide the child.

One of the most important things that helps a child develop as an independent and confident individual. The child needs to develop trust which could be possible only when the parents spend time with the child, appreciate the activities, guide the child, encourage its creativity and attends it when it is in trouble. The child needs to go through the trust phase, autonomy phase and industrious phase successfully in order to move to the other later stages successfully. In my experience, only loving and caring parents were the ones that help the child develop into a complete and confident individual.