Insufficient parental positive responses and shared readings affect a child's emotional development

The “Kids in Taiwan: National Longitudinal Study of Child Development and Care” (KIT), researched by Professor Chien-Ju Chang from the Department of human development & family studies at the National Taiwan Normal University, found that during early childhood where it is the sensitive period of the development of emotional literacy, the related emotion skills are closely associated with the family environment. 

The research shows that young children’s emotional ability is not entirely innate and pre-built, so it heavily relies on the learning and living environment that the parents created. If parents can give children more positive feedback, a diverse learning environment, parent-child shared reading time, and more, while at the same time evenly spreading the time the dad and mom have with their child, it will positively help the child’s emotional ability growth.