{"id":4900,"date":"2019-10-08T06:49:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/?p=4900"},"modified":"2021-01-04T14:01:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T22:01:59","slug":"theory-of-mind-the-foundation-of-relating-to-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2019\/10\/08\/theory-of-mind-the-foundation-of-relating-to-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Theory of Mind: The Foundation of Relating to Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4899 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20266a-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Theory of Mind\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20266a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20266a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/babysparks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/20266a.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Babies <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/12\/18\/evolution-receptive-language-months-0-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actively take in<\/a> everything from the world around them. The colors, shapes, smells, textures \u2013 it\u2019s all new and exciting to developing brains. However, your baby doesn\u2019t yet understand that the world can appear and feel differently to you or that you\u2019ll have thoughts and emotions different from hers.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because your baby hasn\u2019t yet developed Theory of Mind (ToM). ToM is a cognitive ability that helps children understand that other people\u2019s mental processes are different than theirs. In other words, just because she knows why she laughed at the cat running across the room doesn\u2019t mean everyone else in the room does.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b><i>Highlights:\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theory of Mind (ToM) is a cognitive ability that helps children understand their thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are different from others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ToM is important because it\u2019s foundational for developing skills such as perspective-taking and empathy.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When ToM develops, your child will begin to understand that others\u2019 outward expressions may not match their inner feelings, their actions have emotional consequences, and a person can have thoughts that are different from theirs based on that person\u2019s own mental state.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theory of mind begins to develop in infancy when they see you doing things separately from them, and throughout toddlerhood when they begin to grasp how your emotions are different from theirs. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>ToM emerges between ages four and five, but your baby\u2019s experiences in her world allow her to continuously develop this skill.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Is Theory of Mind Important?<\/h2>\n<p>Theory of Mind is a necessary foundational skill for your baby to understand that her thoughts, feelings, and beliefs are different than those of her siblings, friends, and caregivers. It is necessary for her to be able to develop skills such as perspective taking (putting herself in someone else\u2019s shoes) and <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2016\/07\/06\/become-your-childs-emotion-coach-make-empathy-a-priority\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">empathy<\/a>. When ToM develops, your baby will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand that what she sees helps her know what actually happens.<\/li>\n<li>Begin to understand that others&#8217; outward expressions may not match their inner feelings (someone might look happy but feel disappointed on the inside, for example).<\/li>\n<li>See that her actions may have emotional consequences for others.<\/li>\n<li>Understand that people can have thoughts that are different than hers based on their own mental state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ToM development continues throughout childhood and adolescence, eventually leading to a child\u2019s ability to understand more complex and abstract concepts in reading and language, like metaphors and symbolism, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24661446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">better social skills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>The Building Blocks of Theory of Mind<\/h2>\n<p>From the moment she opens her eyes, your baby\u2019s brain is working to navigate her world and make sense of it. Theory of Mind begins to develop as soon as your little one starts forming her own thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a glimpse into how ToM starts to work in infancy and toddlerhood:<\/p>\n<p><strong>ToM development in infancy <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ll notice the ToM wheels churning in your baby\u2019s brain when she follows your gaze as you look at something or <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2019\/09\/20\/seeing-beyond-the-nose-on-your-face-a-snapshot-of-your-1-month-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">follows your hand<\/a> as you reach for her blanket. With every follow, her cognition is gearing up to understand that you do things separately from her and have different wants, needs, and thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>You can help your baby understand your <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/10\/12\/the-evolution-of-emotions-part-1-your-babys-first-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">emotions<\/a> by making sure your face is visible to her and being animated. If you\u2019re holding her and accidentally drop her bottle so that her formula spills out, she\u2019ll probably laugh, but you might show her a surprised face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ToM development in toddlerhood<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your toddler is starting to grasp thoughts and emotions and how they work. For example, she might use a pillow as a \u201ctable\u201d for her stuffed animals to sit near for dinner. She knows it\u2019s a pillow, not a table, but <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2017\/04\/28\/symbolic-play-imagination-comes-to-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">she\u2019s able to think of it as something else<\/a>. Similarly, she may look confused when you look mad about something she thinks is funny, like poking her brother.<\/p>\n<p>You can help her further her thoughts through play. Role-playing is an excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2019\/05\/20\/joint-attention-why-tuning-in-to-your-child-is-so-important\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">joint attention<\/a> opportunity that lets your toddler picture herself as someone else and how they might react to something. When role-playing (while doing the \u201cPretend Games\u201d activities in our BabySparks development program, for example), talk about what\u2019s happening and how you both feel. Be sure to use <a href=\"https:\/\/babysparks.com\/2019\/10\/02\/more-feelings-more-words-the-importance-of-feelings-words\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feelings words<\/a>, like \u201cWow, your dog looks confused and scared! Let\u2019s see if I can make her feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Theory of Mind is a skill that takes time to develop, it begins to take shape as soon as your baby forms her first thoughts.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Babies actively take in everything from the world around them. The colors, shapes, smells, textures \u2013 it\u2019s all new and exciting to developing brains. 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