Hi and help please for: K3D316 'the importance of not judging children

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi everyone, new to this site so please forgive me if I get it all wrong. I must say, I'm very impressed with everything I've seen on here, it's really informative and there's some great ideas. Anyway, one question I need help with. I'm doing my CCLD Level 3, on Section 308.1, K3D316 (the importance of not judging children, etc.) Can anyone help? Had a total mental block as I've been working so hard this weekend trying to get my NVQ finished by end November (hopefully). Would really appreciate an answer from someone. Many thanks.

NicNac

This is what I put:
Judging a child negatively, using comments such as 'Well, that's what I would expect from you!' would affect their resilience and damage their self esteem. The child may not want to join for fear of such comments, they may feel alienated, different from their peers and unvalued.
At the other end of the scale, judging a child as clever or bright would have the same effect, it may put too much pressure on the child to achieve the adult's unrealistic expectations and may cause the child to fail to reach their potential at their own pace.
Discriminating from one child to another will contribute to a depletion of resilience and be harmful to the child's self esteem, instilling a self-fullfilling prophecy, for example, labelling a child as naughty may make some children end up believing they were born naughty and that there is no hope of them being good. If a child needs to be reprimanded, ensure the child understands that what the adult is unhappy with is their behaviour and not themselves.

A lot of waffle I know but hopefully that will be enough for that k/e. I haven't had Profession Discussion but that is what I intend to say, let you know if it gets signed off! Good luck! xx

Hi Nuttynik, thank you so much for your advice, was a great help and it got signed off - whoopeeeeeeeee!! Thanks again x

You're welcome! Glad it was signed off, I still haven't had my prof disc as I started to strip my front room walls for decorating and the plaster was dropping off all over the place! Got it tomorrow, now studying for notes on 310 to do at the same time, that will be 5 units signed off then! Can't wait til this is over! xx