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Emotional development

There are common emotions that children manifest at an early age. These are the
fear, anger, love , joy.
Anger -arises when children is hampered
Fear- is elicited when there is loud noise stranger or animals
Love- is stimulated when the child is kissed hugged or cared for
Auto erotic stage- at every life, infant finds love object in his body and body process
Narcissistic stage- having an excessive or erotic interest in oneself and one's physical
appearance
Parental stage at this stage the child has strong attachment to his parent .since the mother
concerned with the child necessity and comfort, she becomes the first objet attachment.

Sexual latency stage- there is no prominent affection during this stage, boys and girls are hostile
each other.
Homosexual stage during pre- adolescence, boys and girls show affection for their own sex
and feel happy in their same sex.
Heterosexual stage- it is the stage when affection for opposite sex develops. Boys and girls
show their interest of each other

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