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Abstract
Parents play an influential role in children's emotional development. Numerous quantitative studies have examined the correlations between a single dimension of parents' emotion socialisation practices (e.g. parental emotion expression or attitudes) and children's emotional development. However, little attention has been paid to a holistic view of parents' role in children's emotional development. Drawing upon a cultural-historical theory, this study takes a holistic perspective for examining how parents create the conditions for children's emotional development in everyday family life. Data (n = 61 hours of video observation and interviewing) collected from four families of preschool children in Australia suggest that parents' perezhivanie supports the development of children's emotion regulation. It is argued that perezhivanie must be conceptualised as a collective unity of affect, intellect, and act that reflects both the subject and the environment in researching children's emotional development. Practical suggestions for supporting the pedagogical practices of families and for framing professional training programmes are also provided.
Acknowledgement
Special thanks to all families for their participation in the study and to Professor Marilyn Fleer and the Cultural-Historical Research Community for their support in the preparation of this manuscript.
Funding
This work was supported by a Monash Graduate Scholarship and a Monash International Postgraduate Research Scholarship.
Notes on contributor
Feiyan Chen is a Ph.D. researcher in Early Childhood Education at Monash University, Australia. Her research interests focus on young children's learning and development, with special attention on perezhivanie, emotions, subjectivity, and culture.