Working with Young Children

Working with young children.

Being a parent involves juggling many balls at once, and none of these balls can hit the ground. In the United States, there is an increase of working mothers driven by politics and economic pressures, with a 75% of mothers with preschool children, and there is feedback that what benefits them most is paid parental leave and flexible work arrangements, and studies have shown that married mothers with children are the happiest demographic within women, and lastly mothers gain most help from family than other communities (Wang & Erickson, 2025). It takes a village to raise a child, and also to support the parents. But being a mother is what provides women with joy and satisfaction.

As a toddler develops into a preschooler, he or she will experience physical, cognitive, and language changes, which include brain development, fine and gross motor skills (Santrock, 2019). It is fascinating to see how quickly an infant can grow and develop into a young child, and into a teenager, and eventually an adult. Parents often comment that time flies when they take care of their children.

It is never easy to raise a child, and school teachers feel the same way. A child goes to school, but there are different approaches, such as the Reggio Emilia or the Montessori Approach (Santrock, 2019). Parents will have to be prudent and wise in choosing the correct school. The school that is chosen will be determined by many factors, such as finances or expectations. Some schools are more academically-driven, more play-based, or that teach values and cultures.

Regardless, being a parent is a joyful and rewarding experience, and they bring so much joy not just to parents but to teachers.

 

References

Santrock, J. W. (2019). Life-Span Development: Seventeenth Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.

Wang, W., & Erickson, J. (November, 2025). More Married Mothers of Young Children Are Working Full Time. Institute for Family Studies. Retrieved from https://ifstudies.org/report-brief/more-married-mothers-of-young-children-are-working-full-time

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