Basic children’s needs

Today I will tell you about the basic needs of children. There are many of them, they can be called differently, but this is exactly what children really need and what they cannot get from the world without your participation. A child is a tenacious creature, but with age, unsatisfied psychological needs leave holes in his psyche and, in particular, harm your relationships.

Read what I write about each of the ages, starting from infancy and reaching the age of your child. Because the principle “everything before that is plus…” works here. Of course, the needs of younger people change, but are essentially the same. For example, a junior schoolchild no longer needs to stuff a Lego cube into his mouth, but it is still important for him to build a house.

Baby’s needs
🔸 Food and sleep
🔸 Comfortable temperature
🔸 Clean skin
🔸 Body contact with another person
🔸 Emotional contact, and later verbal contact with a constant close adult — the mother. This is an emotional response to crying, smiling, in play.
🔸 Developmental environment — the ability to safely crawl, touch, lick

Toddler needs (1–3.5)
To what is added above
🔸 Containment — accepting the child’s emotions and allowing them to be, naming the experiences. At a younger age, this need is realized through an emotional response
🔸 Body contact with respect for boundaries (“can I hug you?”)
🔸 Free…