Comportamiento y sobreprotección en el desarrollo social y autonomía en los niños de educación inicial.

Abstract

The overprotection considerably affects children’s social and emotional development this is because it restricts their communication and expression abilities towards people around them. Family is the first educational institution in charge of teach values, behaviour rules and positive encouragement for their growth, on the other hand, teachers can point out different kinds of upbringing styles or parents’ behaviour which some children pick up from home, it is there where teachers must apply pedagogical strategies to be able to include the child and help him to take part in the activities. Our research Comportamiento y sobreprotección en el desarrollo social y autonomía en los niños de educación inicial / Behaviour and overprotection in the early education children’s social development and independence, aims to, establish the relation between the overprotection and behaviour of children in early education in the Bolivia Benítez primary school. This project was done during the COVID-19 sanitary emergency, which is why the research population are seven early education teachers, with a sample of two teachers and six children. To gather the information, the interviewing technique and non-participative observation guide were used, this last was used in both teachers and parents. The design of this research is descriptive and correlational with a quantitative approach and a transversal level. With the application of the research instruments mentioned before, we had as a result the relation that exists between the children’s overprotection and behaviour. Another result was that the teachers are not aware of this matter, therefore they are not in the capacity to guarantee the children’s full development. It was also stated that the families’ upbringing styles affect the child’s social development and also their independence.