{"id":1004,"date":"2013-06-24T08:59:48","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/?p=1004"},"modified":"2013-12-16T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2013-12-16T17:36:42","slug":"the-roy-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/24\/the-roy-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"The Roy Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many theories on human and child development which were developed after years and years of research and studying. \u00a0I have my own theory on the phases and stages children go through as they grow. \u00a0Mine is in no way scientific but based purely on my own observations of the many young children I\u2019ve cared for over the years. \u00a0So here it is, the Roy Stages of Young Children’s Behavioral Development<\/em>:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>\"1005585_4887828323091_1155410497_n\"\"1000889_4887826803053_478257999_n\"The Newbie<\/b> (approx. birth to 6 months): This stage includes all babies fresh out of the belly. \u00a0Newbies tend to be very needy, spending the majority of their time eating, sleeping, peeing, pooping, and yes, crying or fussing. \u00a0At the beginning of this stage the newbie doesn’t do much\u00a0(other than the before mentioned) but as they near the end of this stage, they begin exploring their world and developing the ability to entertain themselves. \u00a0During this stage the child goes through periods of extreme happiness and extreme fussiness, sometimes both within minutes.<\/p>\n

\"DSC02635\"<\/a>The Sitter<\/b> (approx. 6 to 10 months): During this stage the child is able to sit unassisted but is not yet mobile. \u00a0While the child at this stage still spends a lot of time sleeping, eating, pooping and peeing, At this point the child usually becomes much happier as they are now able to better entertain themselves through the regular use of both hands. \u00a0They spend a lot of time building their fine motor skills as they play and usually begin self-feeding and require less constant attention.<\/p>\n

\"download\"<\/a>The Mover<\/b> (approx. 10 to 15 months): This stage includes the time when a child learns to scoot, crawl, climb, walk and run. \u00a0The child will still spend a majority of its time eating, sleeping, pooping and peeing and may have times or renewed fussiness as they develop these important and tiring new gross motor skills. \u00a0During this stage the child will continue exploring his\/her environment by getting into anything and everything they can and will once again require a lot of attention to ensure their safety.<\/p>\n

\"download<\/a>The Talker<\/b> (approx. 15 months to 2 years): \u00a0During this stage the child starts to communicate his\/her needs in verbal and\/or non-verbal ways which might include using gesturing, taught sign language, whining or screaming. \u00a0They become more independent as they are better able to engage is self-help tasks like eating. \u00a0The child learns they can more easily communicate their needs and may become happier when their needs are readily met or more frustrated when they learn they will not get everything they want when they want (or both).<\/p>\n

\"download<\/a>The Helper<\/b> (approx. 2 years to 2 \u00bd years): \u00a0The child in this stage is extremely helpful. \u00a0They enjoy trying new things and are eager to assist with most any task when asked. \u00a0They continue to become more independent in completing self-help tasks such as eating, drinking and communicating toileting related needs. \u00a0Children are usually very happy during this stage as they are so centered on the happiness of those around them.<\/p>\n

\"SONY<\/a>The Aloner<\/b> (approx. 2 \u00bd to 3 years):\u00a0 At this stage the child no longer aims to please their caregivers but would rather do things their way on their schedule and are no longer really helpful nor do they want help.\u00a0 They are very ego-centric, wanting things done their way and on their schedule.\u00a0 Though at this stage children also usually become better at entertaining themselves, often wandering off on their own to play (just beware of the quiet, usually it means they\u2019re up to no good!)\u00a0 During this stage is when most children potty-train and can become very demanding, bossy and sometimes no fun to be around.<\/p>\n

The Dictator<\/b> (approx. 3 to 4 years):\u00a0 During this stage, the child continues to build their independence.\u00a0 They continue wanting things done their way and believe they are king\/queen of the universe.\u00a0 They begin bossing others around, expecting everyone to do what they want.\u00a0 This can be a frustrating time for the child as they learn they, in fact, are not in charge of the world and are regularly shut down by the real dictator (i.e. Mommy).<\/p>\n

The Know-It-All<\/b> (approx. 4 to 5 years):\u00a0 This is when children often start pre-school and being really absorbing large amounts of information.\u00a0 This new skill of learning often makes the child feel like they already know everything and others around them know nothing.\u00a0 They listen to everything and believe everything they hear.\u00a0 They process what they see or hear within the context of their previous experiences and may come to misinformed conclusions and it can be hard to convince the child of the truth as they live with very black\/white opinions.\u00a0 During this stage the child is very curious but can also be extremely argumentative<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have enough experience to classify children past 5 years as Honeybun\u00a0is just reaching this stage and I never worked intensively with children older than 5 though if Honeybun’s\u00a0trend continues 5 to 6 years may be \u201cThe Pleaser\u201d as she is starting to revert back to tendencies of \u201cThe Helper\u201d and is working very hard to please and gets very upset when we are upset with her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are many theories on human and child development which were developed after years and years of research and studying. \u00a0I have my own theory on the phases and stages children go through as they grow. \u00a0Mine is in no way scientific but based purely on my own observations of the many young children I\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baby-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1114,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beyondmommying.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}