“Daily Supports”

Positive relationships on a daily basis; people can provide the loving support needed to get throughout the day.  Having a positive relationship is necessary to encourage a young child social-emotional development wellness.  It is through positive relationships young children develop learning and overcoming challenging skills.  In addition, nurturing relationships are vital to promoting children's healthy social-emotional development.  The first three years of a child’s life is very beneficial of a baby’s development, such as brain, social and emotional skills, in fact, it can support language and literacy development starting from birth. 

Emotional wellness involves being attentive to your thoughts, feelings and actions.  It also includes the ability to have an optimistic attitude toward life despite daily disappointments.  Just as positive emotions can create a sense of well-being, negative emotions can be stressful (http://kidshealth.org/).  As professionals, it is vital to create an emotional safe learning environment where children and their families develop confidence and grow emotionally.

“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.”

Thomas Merton

Reference

About Stressful Feelings - Information about health, growth ... (n.d.). Retrieved from            http://teenshealth.org/teen/stress_coping_center/stressful_feelings/stressful_feelings.html