This article discusses the problem of the crisis of child development. According to the author, the child’s psyche goes through certain stages in the development process, which are called critical periods. In these age periods, contradictions arise in the internal state of the child, his relationships with parents and society change. Overcoming the crisis, the child goes to a new stage of mental development, and depending on how the child overcomes difficult periods, the formation of his character, inner world and self-consciousness depends. If the parents behave incorrectly during this difficult time for the child, then the risk of neuropsychic illnesses will be very high, the child will develop self-doubt, low self-esteem, a feeling of insulted dignity, a feeling of inferiority, and distrust of the environment.

The crisis of child development is the law of development. The crisis of childhood development is considered to be a transition from one age stage to another, a higher stage of development. Each child must go through this, it is believed that a child who has not experienced a real crisis will not fully develop further. The author identifies the following types of crisis of child development at an early and preschool age: crisis of the new-born, crisis of the first year of life, crisis of three years, crisis of six to seven years. The article gives a detailed description of the above crises of child development and discloses ways to overcome them.