Describe strategies for emotional regulation used by toddlers and how and why children from different cultures differ in their displays of emotion
What will be an ideal response?
Between 6 and 12 months, toddlers’ strategies include sucking the thumb, turning away from an upsetting person or object, and seeking reassurance and contact from the primary caregivers.
Between 12 and 24 months, toddlers communicate their emotions to an adult by pointing and making a facial expression, by calling for a parent by name when scare, by self-distraction, and by seeking contact with an adult for reassurance.
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