Teaching a baby the language of emotions: a father's experience

Reissland, N.

Abstract

Teaching a baby the language of emotions Nadja Reissland This article describes how parents foster emotional development in their children through the words they speak during daily conversations. The author presents a case study of a father and his infant daughter and the developmental progression of talk. In the first 6 months of life, talk revolved around the infant's feelings, and later in the first year talk turned more to objects. The second year of life, after the child learned a few words, revealed a dramatic change in emotion socialization with conversation that both builds the child's vocabulary related to emotions and facilitates her cognitive understanding of emotions.

Citation

Reissland, N. (2006). Teaching a baby the language of emotions: a father's experience

• Other Type: Other
• Publication Date: 2006
• Pages: 42-47
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1647062
• Additional Information: Volume: 27