Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

One positive example of the effects of research on children and/ or families is that research can save the lives of other children. For example, cures for various diseases can help families who are facing the disease get cured. Another example is that some family and children who go through research can help with many different experiments not just those dealing with diseases. Another example is how children are used when it comes to how they interact with other children and how children perceive different things such as when they are in the preoperational stage.  From my personal I watched my little sister and brother say that one of them had more drink in their cup then the other one because one glass was tall and the other glass was short but in actuality the cups held the same amount of liquid in them. At the age that they were at the time they did not know the difference between  the two different cups because their mind did not understand just yet on how to perceive the two glasses.

Your Personal Research Journey

During my simulation the topic that I chose last week to know more about was do’s and don’ts in the early childhood field. The subtopics that I want to know more about in early childhood programs are what to do when children are misbehaving, what to do when children have separation anxiety, and what to do when children don’t understand what is being said to them as far as how to discipline them. I choose these topics because I work with a lot of children and I know that I can’t discipline them the way that their parents discipline them. The other subtopic that I chose was what to do when children have separation anxiety because sometimes there are children who cry a lot after being away from their parents or other guardians. My topics are pretty broad so I would like to know if any one of my colleagues can help me narrow my topics a bit. I am not sure what other topics I could talk about to narrow my topics down a bit.