The Influence of Older Childbearing on Children's Emotional Communication
Elderly childbearing refers to women's pregnancy and childbearing in the age range of 35 years and above. With the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards, more and more women choose to postpone childbearing. However, the elderly childbearing has a series of effects on children's emotional communication.
Physical health problems
Age will bring a series of health problems. For elderly mothers, pregnancy and delivery may face greater risks, including hypertension, diabetes, abortion, premature delivery, etc. These problems have a negative impact on children's emotional communication.
First, if mothers face physical health problems during pregnancy, they may not be able to fully engage in emotional interaction with their children. This may lead them to be unable to provide enough attention and care, thus affecting the emotional development of children.
Secondly, children may need more medical care after birth, which will lead to poor emotional communication between parents and children in the early stage. The child may need to stay in hospital for observation or treatment, resulting in the mother's inability to establish close emotional contact with the child in time.
Finally, the elderly mothers who have given birth may also lack physical strength and energy in the process of childcare. This will directly affect the emotional exchange and interaction between mothers and children.
Influence of mental state
Children born at an advanced age may face special psychological pressure from their parents. For older parents, they may worry about their own health problems and have more intense anxiety and worry. These negative emotions will affect their emotional interaction with children.
First of all, parents' anxiety and worry may lead to their excessive attention and control over their children. They may over protect their children, limit their actions and exploration, and hinder their independence and autonomy. This will affect the emotional communication between children and parents, and children may feel constrained and depressed.
Secondly, older parents may be unable to meet their children's needs due to their limited physiological characteristics and abilities. This will also lead to emotional imbalance between children and their parents, lack of security and trust.
Finally, older parents may be unable to effectively face their children's emotional and behavioral problems due to their own anxiety and pressure. This may lead to communication barriers between parents and children, and children may feel misunderstood and ignored.
Communication Mode and Language Development
Children's emotional communication and language development may also be affected by older childbearing.
First, children born at an advanced age may face different communication modes. Because their parents are older, they may have different educational concepts and communication methods. This may lead to differences in children's emotional expression and communication skills, and a certain lag compared with peers.
Secondly, language development may also be affected. Older parents may have insufficient language expression and communication skills, and they may not be able to provide sufficient language stimulation and rich language environment. This may restrict children's language development and affect their emotional communication with their parents.
Finally, children born at an advanced age may face challenges in social interaction. Because parents are older, their social circle may be relatively small, and children may have relatively few peers and social environments. This may affect children's social skills and ability to communicate with others.
Summary
Older childbearing has a variety of effects on children's emotional communication. First, physical health problems may hinder the emotional communication between mother and child. Secondly, parents' psychological state may affect their interaction and emotional communication with their children. In addition, there may be differences in communication modes and language development. Therefore, in order to ensure that children born at an advanced age can achieve healthy and good emotional development, parents need to pay attention to their own physical and mental health, provide a good communication environment and rich language stimulation, guide children to actively participate in social activities, and promote their emotional communication and social development.
