Do child psycologists ever grow up?
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All the answers so far are pretty gloomy but there is a grain of truth in them. For if a child psycholgist became an adult losing all contacts with childhood he will soon go out of practice.This he can hardly affford to do.It is professionally necessary for him to be in tune with the psychology of children. This can be done only if he remains in tune with children. Outwardly it may appear that the adult psychologist is indulging in child-like fancies.Unless he does or feigns to do he cannot obtain the confidence of the child patients. They would withdraw into themseles and just clamp us.Three obstinacies are beyond correction-child,woman and king. The kings are no more leaving only two in the field of which    child obstinaccy is a hard nut to crack except with a toy hammer. Unless the child psychologist keeps his knowledge of handling it throughout he may even strike his head and yet the child would not open up.So thank god and pray to him(if you are abeliever) that the child psychologist should continue to remain a child throughout his life Let the  dwarf remain a midget  throughout.. Then and then only he can talk in prattle with children which is the only language they understand, draw out their fears and remove them.
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most often times when a person is sexually or physically abused a fundamental level of psycological development is missed, not fully cycled through or a person simply stops developing at that point.  Leaving them not only emotionally damaged but psychologically damaged as well.  This damage leads to a damaged idea of self as well as not only an often jaded but confused view of the world around you.  For example if a person is abused when they are preteens then developmentally they can remain there and so when they are older their mind identifies with and is attracted to people of a similar developmental stage, hence preteens... and so on... it is amazingly sad how prevalent sexual abuse is.  I once took a self development class of 88 people and out of the whole room only three had not been sexually abused.  One thing that helped me was to sit and think about and look at the even from an outside point of view and see it for what it was, with out emotion and with out blame.  I came to realize that I knew, there were several points when I knew what was happening was wrong and that it was not what I wanted and that I continued putting myself in the situation out of the desire for affection and the relationship that led to my abuse.  I realized that I had such a hunger to be loved that I was willing to put myself in a bad situation in order to get it and that was where the blame came from, I blamed myself becuase I knew and I allowed it to happen anyway.  Once I was able to sit it for what it was for me, then it was different, but I had to learn, to accept and to move on after that.
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My theory is that they were forced to be "grown up" at a very young age.  Then, when the show was over, they didn't know how to deal with life.
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hullo Freud.\n\nOK time for u to read child psychiatry....\n\naccording to 'IL Soggy yes.
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No. Some of the best writers/scientists/psychologists I have read, all began thier education with an economics qualification. Even though thier skills later developed into nothing to do with this subject, they all seem to have this background. So unless its making you seriously depressed or something, stick with it.
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A lot of people think it is but it doesn't have to be.  To some extent persoality plays a part and so does your environment.  If you grow up with parents whom are depressed and have a negative perspective on life it is easy to grow up thinking about life in the same sort of ways.  On the other hand you could have very positive parents and family and still end up being depressed.  In psychology there is a disagreement between whether persoanlity is based more on how we are brought up (nuture) or our genetics etc (nature).  Personally  after completing my degree I believe its a combination of lots of different factors. (Friends, Family, School, Life Experiences, and events etc.)  oops sorry I'm rambling, hope this is helpful.
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Not by the strictest of criteria. \n\nScience requires observation, hypothesis and experiment.\nThe end result being well confirmed theory which provides a framework for useful predictions.\n\nPsychologists can't ethically experiment on people to any great degree. So basically it's just applying unconformable hypotheses on patients. It answers the urgent needs of troubled minds, so I can't really condemn it wholeheartedly. \n\nThere isn't a reasonable alternative just yet. Neuro-pharmacology seems like a mildly dangerous mass experiment to me, given the currently incomplete understanding of how the brain works. \n\nOn the bright side, I think neurobiology will absorb psychology inside the next 50 years. I don't think psychiatry is totally valueless, just a little overarching in it's authority. \n\nI'm sure more than a few psychiatric hypothesis will be confirmed in the near future, but until they can be it won't really be a science in the fullest sense.
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None, they both need to grow up.
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Hi there!\n\nWell, I would like to say that a child should be provided an environment where he can be himself and develop into a good personality. \n\nI hope I do not sound 'cliche'\n\nAs a young teacher, I feel that most of the children now-a days are prepared by the parents, teachers or rather society to play a role which they could not play or reach the place which they have never been! \n\nI am not against encouraging them to face future but rather than providing with materialistic things and making them more dependent and selfish we can give then 'Values' which seem to be deteriorating day by day!\n\nThey should be made aware about the real facts regarding people rather than bookish knowledge!\n\nThey should be taught to share, to take all things whether sad or happy moments in their stride and develop self confidence with self respect but not arrogance and rudeness!\n\nthey should not be taught by instruction but indirectly by being an example!\n\nSo, I hope I was able to justify the answer and make sense!\n\nWell much more can be written but it would be too long answer!
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No not at all..infact it is not advisable to choose at that level of maturity...since my grade 1 i wanted to be a doctor and i ended in a B-school so...thats how it works...
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The best info, to me, come from the french researcher Piaget.  He used is own children to study the development of a child, on many aspect (awareness, feeding, sensitivity, biological).  Here is a website with all the main researcher links. You cannot have a better answer.\nhttp://www2.yk.psu.edu/~mer7/theorists.htm
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It would be a developmental-behavioral pediatrician.
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I have taken training classes in Guiding and Teaching Kids with Challenging Behaviors, it was taught by a child psychologist there are also books on the market that are very helpful as well 2 in particular are "The Explosive Child" by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D and "The Difficult Child" by Stanley Turecki, MD.
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A lot of early childhood development is still going off of the workds of Piaget, Vigogosty, Freud, Skinner, and Maslow.  \n\nWhat specifically are you looking for?  This is a very broad question.
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yes, wither they like it or not, they are under a microscope... children are drawn to them and what they do and what they say will be acted out by a child ..they are getting paid big bucks and they should act like the professional that they are... to some they are put on a pedestal ........i don't agree because i honestly think they get paid way to much for what they do... but that is my opinion !!
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I dont believe so. Back when I was a child, we got the belt for doing something wrong. As years passed child abuse became a big issue. Laws were enacted to protect children from abuse but in reality the real child abusers still exist! We have now created a generation of unruly, out of control children. Some of the atrocities such as Columbine, teen suicide, parents murdered by their children,  ETC are a direct reflection on this! I watch this show on television where people bring someone in to teach them how to raise their children. Makes me laugh!!! The "spare the rod, spoil the child" philosophy isnt working people!!! I am not saying you should beat your child but I DO know that when your 3 or 4 year old child has done something wrong the old "drop the drawers and givem one good swat on the bare butt" philosophy worked for me.  I think I have only used this method twice but I have never had a problem with my child not respecting me. From that point on my son and I have had excellent verbal communications. I have never layed laws down and when he had questions he wasnt afraid to ask. My son is now 29 years old, has never done drugs, and has accompished much in his life. I am VERY PROUD of him! I remember when came home from school one day and asked if he should smoke marijuana because his friends wanted him to. I told him it was his choice but he had two avenues to take. I told him he could either grow up to be a leader or a follower. I also told him to think about whether he thought this person was his true friend. My son made his own mind up on the matter and chose wisely.
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People grow up and change.