Health, well-being and stages of development of children and adolescents

• Author: Enkeleda Stefa
• Position: European University of Tirana
• Pages: 98-104

Vol. 1 No. 2

June, 2017

European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences

IIPCCL Publishing, Graz-Austria

ISSN 2519-1284

Acces online at www.iipccl.org

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Health, well-being and stages of development of children and adolescents

Enkeleda Stefa

European University of Tirana

Abstract

This paper highlights the importance of timing of intervention in educating children

towards well-being. The fi rst stages of life have a fundamental importance for a later healthy

development. The timing of the intervention of promoting good health is an important

investment for the future of the individual and the society in which he is part. The positioning of

children towards a positive early life has shown that it contributes to the growth of later school

success. Early childhood is the time when the foundation for a good intellectual and emotional

development is further underway. Children pass through di erent stages of development,

which require the accomplishment of some tasks. They are o en helped by parents, teachers,

and peer relationship to accomplish them. In adolescence, they faces a number of problems,

concerned with physical change, anxiety about heterosexual relationships, fear of being

rejected in a peer group, confl ict with parents, choice of di erent systems values, orientation

towards a professional fi eld or another. Relationships between adults and children play

a fundamental role in the development of personality and schooling skills in pre-school,

elementary, primary and secondary schools. School is the place where the skills to socialize

and develop psychologically, gained since childhood, are highlighted.

Keywords: well-being, development stages, children, adolescents, education.

Introduction

The fi rst stages of life have a fundamental importance for a later healthy development.

Given this fact, many researchers of well-being emphasize the timing of the

intervention of promoting good health as an important investment for the future of

the individual and the society in which he is part. According to Ben-Arieh and Goerge

(2006), children well-being is also assessed as a factor indicating the health level and

the future of a society. They even suggest that well-being indicators are an important

strategy for monitoring the success of a society. The positioning of children towards a

positive early life has shown that it contributes to the growth of later school success.

But if we talk about the well-being of children and adolescents then we need to look

at it from the birth and the fi rst months of the children’s life. According to Brazelton

& Greenspan (2000), researchers of children's basic needs, their education begins

in the fi rst months of life and continues during their growth. So we can not claim

to start educating children at preschool and at school. Early childhood is the time

when the foundation for a good intellectual and emotional development is further

underway. Even at a later age we may have such a development but will need a

greater investment and the chances to succeed are smaller. Faith, sympathy and

compassion are the feelings that children develop from early childhood if they are

educated with care and love. The interaction they show with other children helps