Study On The Social Development Level And Influencing Factors Of Left-behind Rural Children

With the rapid development of the economy,many young parents who have migrated to work have been forced to leave their children in rural areas to be cared for by their grandparents,resulting in the group of left-behind children.Especially after the epidemic,the continuous release of national economic stimulus policies,most rural young people go out to work,and the left-behind children in these families lack the company of their parents for a long time,resulting in a lack of interpersonal communication skills and social capability,for this special group needs to be paid enough attention from all walks of life.In the psychological development of individuals,social development occupies an extremely important position,and the social development of early childhood has a strong predictive effect on the future development of individuals.Left-behind children in rural areas live in special family relationships due to their early separation from their parents,and this life experience is bound to affect their social development.Among them,3-6 years old is a critical period for children’s social development,and children’s social development in this period has an important impact on their own growth and social adaptation.Therefore,this study focuses on the social development level and influence of left-behind children in rural areas.This study takes 92 left-behind children from two kindergartens in G Town,D County as the research objects,using literature methods,questionnaire survey methods,and other research methods.Firstly,children’s social development level is tested,and then parents are surveyed from the five dimensions of social development,interpersonal communication,moral character,self-awareness,emotion and social adaptation.92 valid questionnaires collected are input into SPSS26.0 for analysis,and the overall level of children’s social development and development level of each dimension are obtained.Then from the perspective of children themselves,families,kindergartens and society to analyze the factors that affect children’s social development level.The survey results show that the social development of rural left-behind children in G town is at a medium level,and there is an imbalance between various dimensions of development.In the study,the rural left-behind children have better development in interpersonal communication,moral quality and self-awareness.Through the data and interview results,it is concluded that the factors affecting the social development level of rural left-behind children include children themselves,families,kindergartens,society and other aspects.In the aspect of children themselves,different gender and age affect children’s interpersonal skills,good peer relations promote children’s social development;In terms of family,it discusses the influence factors of six family backgrounds:whether the only child is the only child,parents of different ages,parents of different degrees,different career values,different situation of parents’ migrant work,and different parents’ support counselors.In the aspect of kindergarten,it analyzes the influence of managers’ educational concept,the influence of teachers’ professional quality and the influence of home cooperation.In the aspect of society,this paper analyzes the influence of government on the social development of rural left-behind children,the influence of all social organizations on the social development and the influence of government community support of rural left-behind children.Finally,according to the social development status of rural left-behind children,the paper puts forward suggestions from four aspects: children level,family level,kindergarten level and social level.At the level of children put forward to“Stay” as self-growth,self-training opportunities;At the kindergarten level,the paper puts forward some suggestions,such as social development education,targeted education for left-behind children in rural areas and improvement of teachers’ professional quality At the family level,the author puts forward some suggestions,such as the irreplaceable role of parents,changing the educational concept of carers themselves,and molding“Staying behind” into a feature of education and life.At the social level,suggestions are put forward to pay more attention to rural left-behind children,provide more employment opportunities for migrant workers and gather the strength of social organizations to help rural left-behind children.