{"id":60,"date":"2013-01-13T03:49:26","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T03:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:59:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T15:59:36","slug":"cc06-aggression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/cc06-aggression\/","title":{"rendered":"CC 2.3 Emotional learning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you ask most parents what they want for their children in life, their answer is that they mainly want their children to be happy. But how does this happen? Can we teach happiness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch the next video to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-watch-expand-thumbnail-ZacCLt wp-block-lazyblock-watch-expand-thumbnail\"><div class=\"watch-expand expand-container context-container\">\n   <div class=\"watch tap-to-expand tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"video-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/files\/2022\/07\/327143468.jpg\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">VIEW<\/span><span class=\"tap-description\">Children learn to be happy (1:36)<\/span>      \n         \n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"output-content collapse\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n      <div class=\"vimeo-container\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/327143468?api=1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-reflect-1wNHjT wp-block-lazyblock-reflect\"><div class=\"reflect\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What role do parents play in helping their children learn to be happy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How might you, in your work with children, support parents in helping their children learn to be happy?<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happiness is one of a wide spectrum of emotions that develop in early childhood. Children begin with a few simple emotions (happiness, sadness, anger) but, especially as they develop social cognition, gradually display other more complex emotions (jealousy, shame, satisfaction). In the next video, notice how the parent labels and supports her baby&#8217;s emotional responses.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-watch-expand-thumbnail-ZGd2rj wp-block-lazyblock-watch-expand-thumbnail\"><div class=\"watch-expand expand-container context-container\">\n   <div class=\"watch tap-to-expand tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"video-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/secd-intro\/files\/2023\/10\/respectingBabysEmotions.jpg\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">VIEW<\/span><span class=\"tap-description\">Respecting baby&#8217;s emotions (1:25)<\/span>      \n         \n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"output-content collapse\" style=\"height: auto;\">\n      <div class=\"vimeo-container\"><iframe frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/874199755?api=1    \"><\/iframe><\/div>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following reading, from the <em>Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development,<\/em> provides an overview of emotional development in early childhood and discusses how children develop emotional competence. Try the interact that follows to review some concepts from the reading.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-read-Z2dA1XP wp-block-lazyblock-read\"><div class=\"read context-container\">\n   <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.child-encyclopedia.com\/emotions\/according-experts\/emotional-intelligence-first-five-years-life\" class=\"tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">READ<\/span><span class=\"tap-description\">Emotional intelligence in the first five years of life<\/span><\/span>      \n      <\/div>\n   <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-interact-2hU5AJ wp-block-lazyblock-interact\"><div class=\"interact-link context-container\">\n  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hscsr.rrc.ca\/secd\/interactions\/emotionalCompetenceReview\/emotionalCompetenceReview.html\" class=\"tap-container interact\">\n    <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"tap-content\">\n      <span class=\"tap-label\">INTERACT<\/span>\n      <span class=\"tap-description\">Emotional competence &#8211; Review<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aggression<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/third-edition\/files\/2012\/06\/Child-aggression-photo-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7332\" title=\"Child aggression photo\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are all children aggressive? What is the best way to handle childhood aggression? All children demonstrate some aggression early in life, especially as toddlers. Learning to channel aggression in socially acceptable ways is key to developing social competence, including positive peer interactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this section, you will discover that some commonly held beliefs about childhood aggression are being challenged. For example, you will learn that aggressive behaviours, rather than being something that children learn as they get older, is something that is evident in babies, peaks in toddlerhood and that children unlearn as they grow older. Similarly, you will also learn how play fighting, often shunned as encouraging violence, is actually a useful tool for children to learn to control real aggression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Richard Tremblay, a\u00a0child psychologist at the University of Montreal,\u00a0has been studying the development and path of aggression from early childhood to adolescence and beyond for many years. Listen as Tremblay begins this discussion of childhood aggression by describing the Montreal Longitudinal Study.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript-1tct7r wp-block-lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript\"><div class=\"watch-expand expand-container context-container\">\n   <div class=\"watch tap-to-expand tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">VIEW<\/span>\n         <span class=\"tap-description\">Tremblay &#8211; Montreal longitudinal experimental study (3:51)<\/span>\n        \n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"output-content collapse\" style=\"height: 0px;\">\n      <div class=\"vimeo-container\">\n         <iframe webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/90182759?api=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n      <\/div><br>\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/transcript\/transcript-tremblay-montreal-longitudinal-experimental-study-study-of-aggression\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tremblay &#8211; Montreal longitudinal experimental study &#8211; Text Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript-Z1rlcLi wp-block-lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript\"><div class=\"watch-expand expand-container context-container\">\n   <div class=\"watch tap-to-expand tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">VIEW<\/span>\n         <span class=\"tap-description\">Tremblay &#8211; early onset of aggression; aggression and preschool period (3:20)<\/span>\n        \n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"output-content collapse\" style=\"height: 0px;\">\n      <div class=\"vimeo-container\">\n         <iframe webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/90182903?api=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n      <\/div><br>\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/transcript\/transcript-tremblay-early-onset-of-aggression-aggression-and-preschool-period\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tremblay &#8211; early onset of aggression; aggression and preschool period &#8211; Text Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div>\n<p>Now Tremblay highlights an intervention that was implemented with boys who showed high risk behaviors.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript-Z25WoGd wp-block-lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript\"><div class=\"watch-expand expand-container context-container\">\n   <div class=\"watch tap-to-expand tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">VIEW<\/span>\n         <span class=\"tap-description\">Tremblay &#8211; intervention (2:29)<\/span>\n        \n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"output-content collapse\" style=\"height: 0px;\">\n      <div class=\"vimeo-container\">\n         <iframe webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/90182769?api=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n      <\/div><br>\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/transcript\/transcript-tremblay-intervention\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tremblay &#8211; intervention &#8211; Text Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div>\n<p>Parents and caregivers often agonize over the violent play that children seem so naturally attracted to. It is common for adults to redirect or outright ban this type of play. As it turns out, however, there are valuable lessons to be learned from play-fighting also commonly referred to as rough-and-tumble-play.<\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript-ZjQyVt wp-block-lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript\"><div class=\"watch-expand expand-container context-container\">\n   <div class=\"watch tap-to-expand tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">VIEW<\/span>\n         <span class=\"tap-description\">Tremblay &#8211; play fighting; rough and tumble (2:10)<\/span>\n        \n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"output-content collapse\" style=\"height: 0px;\">\n      <div class=\"vimeo-container\">\n         <iframe webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/90184298?api=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n      <\/div><br>\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/transcript\/transcript-tremblay-play-fighting-rough-and-tumble\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tremblay &#8211; play fighting; rough and tumble &#8211; Text Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the next video, Marc Battle and Melinda Walden &#8211; both Early Childhood Education instructors at Red River College &#8211; discuss rough and tumble play among school-age children.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript-Z5PEtJ wp-block-lazyblock-watch-expand-transcript\"><div class=\"watch-expand expand-container context-container\">\n   <div class=\"watch tap-to-expand tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">VIEW<\/span>\n         <span class=\"tap-description\">Battle and Walden &#8211; rough and tumble play (1:33)<\/span>\n        \n      <\/div>\n   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"output-content collapse\" style=\"height: 0px;\">\n      <div class=\"vimeo-container\">\n         <iframe webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/124549072?api=1\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n      <\/div><br>\n      <p><a href=\"https:\/\/content.scienceofecd.com\/transcript\/transcript-battle-and-walden-rough-and-tumble-play\/\" target=\"_blank\">Battle and Walden &#8211; rough and tumble play &#8211; Text Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n   <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-reflect-Z2lbSSE wp-block-lazyblock-reflect\"><div class=\"reflect\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have you observed children showing an interest in play-fighting and rough and tumble play when it was not allowed? How did the children react?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How would you explain the benefit of rough and tumble play to parents and other caregivers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Can you think of some simple rules that could be put into place to allow this type of play when children are showing an interest in it?<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following report by Tremblay, Gervais and Peticlerc (2008) is a comprehensive look at the research on aggression among young children. It includes a discussion of what can be done by parents, educators and society.&nbsp;Skim through this entire report, but be sure to read the Introduction, pages 2-3, and Care that Fosters Development of Peaceful Interaction, pages 17-19.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-read-4Cc5c wp-block-lazyblock-read\"><div class=\"read context-container\">\n   <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.child-encyclopedia.com\/sites\/default\/files\/docs\/suggestions\/tremblay_aggressionreport_ang.pdf\" class=\"tap-container\">\n      <div class=\"tap-icon\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"tap-content\">\n         <span class=\"tap-label\">READ<\/span><span class=\"tap-description\">Early Learning Prevents Youth Violence<\/span><\/span>      \n      <\/div>\n   <\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-reflect-Z2U6Vr wp-block-lazyblock-reflect\"><div class=\"reflect\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are asked to summarize the tips on &#8220;intervening to support peaceful behaviour and discourage physical aggression&#8221; (pages 17-19 in the report) and present to your coworkers. What five points would you share?<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Understanding that all children demonstrate aggression in the early years highlights the importance of our role as adults in guiding children to learn socially acceptable ways of interacting specifically when dealing with frustration or conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ask most parents what they want for their children in life, their answer is that they mainly want their children to be happy. But how does this happen? Can we teach happiness? Watch the next video to learn more. Happiness is one of a wide spectrum of emotions that develop in early childhood. 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