Abstract
Disliked children may experience unhappiness, loneliness, and considerable frustration during their early involvement in preschool centers and the early years of school. Teachers of young children, realizing the effects of being disliked on self-esteen and academic, social, and personal growth, must work toward either changing the causes of the problem or attempting to change peer and teacher behaviour toward the disliked child.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Asher, S. Some Kinds Are Nobody's Best Friend.Today's Education 71, 1982, pp. 22–29.
Bonney, M. Assessment of Efforts to Aid Socially Isolated Elementary Pupils.The Journal of Educational Research 64, 1971, pp. 359–364.
Byrnes, D. Forgotten Children in Classrooms: Development and Characteristics.The Elementary School Journal 84, 1984, pp. 287–291.
Elkind, D.The Hurried Child. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1981.
Fordyce, W. K. A Worm in the Teacher's Apple (Coping with Dislike for a Child).Childhood Education 58, 1982, pp. 287–291.
Gronlund, N.Sociometry in the Classroom. New York: Harper, 1959.
Oden, S. and Asher, S. Coaching Children in Social Skills for Friendship Making.Child Development 48, 1977, pp. 495–506.
Additional information
M. Lee Manning is Assistant Professor of Elementary Education of Columbia College in South Carolina.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Manning, M.L. The child nobody likes. Early Childhood Educ J 12, 16–17 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01619850
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01619850