A Study on the Current Situation and Educational Strategies of Parents' Emotional Coping Styles of 3-6 Year Old Children

Abstract

The pre-school stage is a critical period for young children's emotional development. During this stage, children gradually learn to express their emotions, understand the emotions of others, and acquire the ability toregulate their emotions appropriately. As the first mentors in a child's life, the importance of what parents do to cope with their toddler's mood swings is a form of potential emotional education.

In this study, questionnaires and interviews were used to investigate parents' coping styles in dealing with the five emotions of excitement, pride, sadness, fear, and anger in 3-6 year old toddlers and to explore corresponding educational strategies. The results of the study show that young children's emotions are usually in a variety of situations and have many triggering factors. Moreover, parents usually tend to adopt more supportive coping methods in their lives.