Children’s temperament characteristics and parenting styles

Temperament is a genetically related inborn stable psychological trait of personality. Newborns exhibit different temperaments from the moment of birth and have considerable stability. There are generally five types: easy-going (easy to raise), troublesome (difficult to raise), slow to start, intermediate easy-going, and intermediate troublesome. In infancy, the easy-going type has a regular life, reacts gently to new stimuli, smiles a lot when seeing a stranger, wakes up happily, does not cry, and can accept new things; the troubled type has an irregular life, adults cannot grasp their hunger and bowel patterns, reacts negatively to new stimuli, withdraws, avoids, cannot adapt or adapts slowly to changes in the environment, has strong and often negative emotional reactions, wakes up and cries before Children with the slow-acting type do not react strongly to new stimuli and often react negatively (e.g., avoidance) and can only adapt slowly after repeated exposure. However, there is no good or bad temperament, and any temperament type has its positive and negative aspects, and there are corresponding educational methods. The positive side of easy-going children is easy-going, adaptable and cheerful, while the negative side is rash actions and emotional instability. Therefore, this type of child should be given more tasks to cultivate the spirit of practicality, dedication and overcoming difficulties. However, it is important to note that although they adapt quickly and are easy to care for when they are ill, their illnesses tend to develop insidiously and are easy to underestimate clinically. Troubled children have the advantages of being sensitive, emotional and calm, and the disadvantages of being capricious, maladjusted and temperamental. These children are difficult to nurture, especially after the age of 2. Their temperament is most influenced by their mothers, and if their mothers stop their bad behavior by warning and stopping them, and if their attitudes are tough, the child’s resistance will increase and the bad behavior will be reinforced; but if they do not intervene, they will also encourage the formation of their bad temper. Therefore, these children need more encouragement and guidance to develop their ability to restrain themselves, adapt quickly to their environment, and exercise their smooth and calm handling. The strengths of slow-acting children are deep emotions and practical work, while the weaknesses are indifference, lack of self-confidence and isolation. Therefore, education should be careful to give them time to fully consider and react to problems, and not to be rushed. Here it is necessary to remind parents that it is difficult to change the temperament of their children through education, the best way is to build on their strengths and avoid their weaknesses, to help their children overcome the negative elements of their temperament and develop their strengths.