![Picture](/uploads/2/3/6/0/23605858/465774.jpg)
Dear Parents and caregivers,
As a teacher, it is my responsibility to join you to in helping your child build upon their identity, and sense of self which includes their self-concept, feelings of self esteem and self efficacy.
Here is some information I have gathered in order to support you in learning how you can help build your child’s sense of self.
Erik Erikson
According to Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, children from the ages of six to twelve are said to be in the industry vs inferiority stage (Cherry, n.d.).
In this stage children:
· Must dedicate themselves to education (Cherry, n.d.)
· Must learn new skills including basic social skills society requires of them (Cherry, n.d.)
· Must learn that there is pleasure not only in conceiving a plan but in carrying it out (Cherry, n.d.)
· Must learn the feeling of success, whether academic or social (Cherry, n.d.)
· Need to learn how to cope with new social (friends, extra curricular activities) and academic demands (school) (Cherry, n.d.)
This stage is vital in the development of self-confidence, according to Erik Erikson (Cherry, n.d.). If this stage is mastered it leads children to a sense of competence (Cherry, n.d.). Children begin to develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments and abilities through social interactions, they have the ability to cope with social and academic demands and feel they have the ability to be successful (Cherry, n.d.). Failure of mastering this stage results in feelings of inferiority, the feeling of being beneath another (Cherry, n.d.).
As a teacher, it is my responsibility to join you to in helping your child build upon their identity, and sense of self which includes their self-concept, feelings of self esteem and self efficacy.
Here is some information I have gathered in order to support you in learning how you can help build your child’s sense of self.
Erik Erikson
According to Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, children from the ages of six to twelve are said to be in the industry vs inferiority stage (Cherry, n.d.).
In this stage children:
· Must dedicate themselves to education (Cherry, n.d.)
· Must learn new skills including basic social skills society requires of them (Cherry, n.d.)
· Must learn that there is pleasure not only in conceiving a plan but in carrying it out (Cherry, n.d.)
· Must learn the feeling of success, whether academic or social (Cherry, n.d.)
· Need to learn how to cope with new social (friends, extra curricular activities) and academic demands (school) (Cherry, n.d.)
This stage is vital in the development of self-confidence, according to Erik Erikson (Cherry, n.d.). If this stage is mastered it leads children to a sense of competence (Cherry, n.d.). Children begin to develop a sense of pride in their accomplishments and abilities through social interactions, they have the ability to cope with social and academic demands and feel they have the ability to be successful (Cherry, n.d.). Failure of mastering this stage results in feelings of inferiority, the feeling of being beneath another (Cherry, n.d.).