How Temperament Affects The Lives Of Children

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Temperament is important in early childhood. It can affect children’s experiences of the world and their learning. It can also shape the way children interpret experiences, compare themselves to others, and the manner in which others perceive and respond to them. Temperament guides the choices children make and modify the ways children manipulate their environment. Infants and young children in different cultural groups experience different formative experiences that shape temperament in different directions. This explains why the children in same parts of the world had similar temperaments than of those living away from them. Temperament can impact the lives of children because it influences personality and directions for development. Because
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