#68 - Unlocking the Invisible: Navigating Mental States in Early Childhood with Professor Virginia Tompkins

A Dad's Path

Will Braunstein

Parenting, Kids & Family

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of A Dad's Path Podcast, host Will Braunstein sits down with Virginia Tompkins, a professor of psychology at The Ohio State University, to discuss the importance of social cognitive development in early childhood.

They discuss the progression of mental states that children can understand over the years and how it's difficult for young children because those mental states are often invisible or unseen. They also touch on the importance of parental involvement in theory of mind development and how asking more questions can help children grow and develop.

Finally, they explore the impact of parental stress on children's development, including the importance of self-care for parents and the effects of household stress on children.

Highlights of our conversation include:

Difficulties with invisible or unseen mental states
The relationship between language skills, story comprehension skills, and theory of mind skills
Capitalizing on your child's interests to keep them motivated
The difference between modeling and teaching
Impact of parental or household stress on children's development
Parenting as a united front

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to a Dad's Path Podcast, where real Dad's solving everyday problems.
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0:18.0	Our goal is to help you make fatherhood count.
0:20.3	Dad off!
0:31.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of a Dad's Path Podcast.
0:36.4	I'm Will Braunstein.
0:37.4	Today I'm here with Virginia Tompkins.
0:39.7	She's a professor of psychology at the Ohio State University.
0:43.2	Dr. Tompkins research focuses on social, cognitive development and early childhood.
0:47.7	She's also particularly interested in language, literacy, and theory of mind development.
0:52.1	She's also interested in how these domains of development are related to social interaction
0:55.6	with parents and teachers, and that's an area we're going to spend a lot of time on, obviously,
0:59.1	the parental aspect, but thank you for joining us.
1:01.9	Welcome for Virginia.
1:02.9	Thank you.
1:03.9	Thanks for having me.
1:04.9	As I went through some of your research and some of the areas you study, theory of mind
1:09.8	sort of stuck out to me because I don't know if I fully understand what that is.
1:13.3	Do you mind going through kind of what is theory of mind and how does that relate to kids?
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