What changes in emotional reactions, social interactions and cognitive skills do you see from 2 to 11 years of age? In particular, discuss your child’s behavior in terms of Piaget’s preoperational and concrete operational stages of cognitive development as well as Erikson’s initiative versus guilt and industry versus inferiority stages of psychosocial developmentFinally, describe your parenting style, according to Baumrind’s theory of parenting styles, and how it contributes to your child’s current behavior.
