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Influences that affect children and young children development in their environment
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Influence of environment on child development
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When I was born, my 3 year old brother, Ronny, bored that I was not the playmate he envisioned, proposed to throw me down the garbage chute in our Manhattan high rise. When my younger brother, Nicky, arrived I held no animosity towards him. Sandwiched between 2 strong willed brothers, I am naturally inclined to get along with everyone. My mother loves to brag she had to maintain a waitlist of playdates for me; she claims I was the most sought after playdate. That’s my mom for you. We moved from Manhattan to Southern California when I was 6. My dad is very sports centric and baseball became our community. Since then I have moved onto tennis and captained my high school team since sophomore year. Where one sport relied on team work
My mother was a very well-tempered woman, who kept to herself. Like Suzette, I didn’t know much about my mother’s background, or a lot of the pain and hardship she went through until I was older. This is when I realized why my mother conducted herself the way she did, because of all the pain she had built up inside of her from her past. For example; it was very hard to get my mother to talk during emotional situations, she was always quiet and would just mostly stare at you in silence. My mother was born in Philadelphia on October 3rd, 1966. Diane was the oldest of her four siblings, and if it’s as common as I think older siblings tend to have it harder than the others because they have to set examples, their looked up to as the protectors, and are just assigned a lot of responsibility at a young age.
Stein G., Raedeke T., Glenn S. (1999). Children’s Perception of Parent Sport Involvement: It’s Not How Much, But to What Degree That’s Important. Journal of Sport and Behavior, 22, 591-601.
My family had moved to Oregon when I was 7 into hunter’s run apartments and we moved AGAIN when I was 9 to SW Bonnie Meadow Ln, into a fairly nice house. Now, as older children do when they have younger siblings, I didn’t get much attention, but I did have many more responsibilities. Most of which were chores or keeping an eye on my brother, John, and my sister, Mikayla. Mikayla was by all means the closest to me at the time and John was just my younger brother whom my mother adored. Our relationships, however do change but that’s
When she is overly occupied, I aid my mother by washing clothes and sorting laundry. Preventing my little brother from distracting her is also important. Also, I watch over both my siblings when my parents leave. I also assist my siblings. I help my sister with math problems and Latin sentences. Placing high on my priorities list is encouraging her in school and praising her when she does well. My little brother is only six, meaning I often help him with tasks too advanced for him. I activate the Playstation. I reach unattainable objects. I provide toys for his amusement. I teach him about all sorts of things like how to setup video games on his own or how to build Legos. However, I am not helpful to just my immediate family, whenever I visit grandparents I try to be of use. Whether it's some kind of heavy lifting, a technological problem, or just spending time with them, I am always willing to assist, especially as they grow
Lastly I’ll tell you about my oldest step-brother Ty. Ty and I may not be related by blood, but we have similar personalities at times. Ty is a junior in college, and he loves fishing, hunting, football, and just about any other “guy” activity. He is so in love with football that he’s going to school to be a teacher just so he can coach football. He has always been protective of me when it comes to boys, but I like knowing that he cares. I can always count on Ty to put a smile on my face, but then again, it’s more likely he’ll be picking on me instead.
Softball was my main sport, but I did everything else until it was time to play softball. I fell in love with softball at an early age. I would play every summer or I was asked to play which helped me travel all over the place and meet new friends. Each year I played my love for the sport grew more and more. I played on multiple teams throughout the summer. Playing with one of my teams I gained the advantage to visit Santé Fe, New Mexico two years in a row to play softball. When I reached 8th grade I was excited about playing for the high school softball team until I figured out how it really was. Although I was not happy about having to sit on the bench, but I understood that I had to earn the privilege to play, and that the upperclassman were more seasoned.
They knew that they could trust me and that I would be there for them when needed. At the same time, I was the authority in the house most of the time, so my sibling and I would clash at times because they didn’t feel they should have to listen to me. This isolated me from my siblings at times, due to the fact that my parents were so busy or gone, I learned to be alone and deal with things on my own, I rarely had the commodity of advisors to help me solve such situations. This also put my mother and I at odds, because I was responsible for things at the house, if they weren’t done I was accountable for it and would be punished. We always worked things out amongst ourselves and found a way to make things work in our home though. It was definitely a different dynamic from the days when our parents were
Rodney Alcala serial killer, born in San Antonio, Texas. Soon thereafter, his dad deserted the family so his native Mexican born mother moved the family to Southern California. During Alcala’s younger years in 1960 at the age of seventeen he joined the Army, and in four short years after having a nervous breakdown the U.S. Army’s military psychiatrist diagnosed Alcala with antisocial personality disorder in which he was medically discharged. At the age of twenty-five while attending The University of Los Angeles (UCLA) Alcala received his bachelors’ degree in 1968, in studying fine arts and film making under Roman Polanski (Pelisek, 2010).
“In middle childhood, 30% of a child’s social interactions involve peers, compared to 10% in early childhood” (Blume, 2010). Children place a large importance on friendship more when they grow older. In early childhood, friendships are associated with a particular activity. During middle childhood, children focus more on bonds and trust when it comes to making friends. Children start to use selective association meaning that children start to pair off with people that have the same interests as them. Sociable kids are attracted to other sociable kids and children who are shy tend to get left behind.
An existence of sibling rivalry or competitive behavior between siblings can depend on numerous factors. Children’s early needs include a need in feeling secure, which could be satisfied by a primary caregiver as well as other social figures involved in a child’s development. If an older sibling is securely attached to a primary caregiver, there is a good chance that the attachment toward a younger sibling will form as well. However, if looking at a child-mother attachment from a socio-emotional theory perspective, the role of gender seems to play an important part as well, because social environment is perceived differently by male and female children (Gilligan, 1982, p. 7). Information processing theory would suggest that the birth order has an impact on siblings’ development as well: older siblings tend to be more achievement oriented and conscientious, which can be a reason they have more responsibilities than younger siblings. To avoid rivalry or competitive behavior between siblings it is important to understand that children’s behavior is also shaped by society and culture, primary caregivers as well as secondary caregivers. Socio-cultural theories are directed to explain how children’s social environment influences their cognitive development, how they see
Looking back on a childhood filled with events and memories, I find it rather difficult to pick on that leaves me with the fabled “warm and fuzzy feelings.” As the daughter of an Air Force Major, I had the pleasure of traveling across America in many moving trips. I have visited the monstrous trees of the Sequoia National Forest, stood on the edge of the Grande Canyon and have jumped on the beds at Caesar’s Palace in Lake Tahoe. However, I have discovered that when reflecting on my childhood, it is not the trips that come to mind, instead there are details from everyday doings; a deck of cards, a silver bank or an ice cream flavor.
My mother, Kari Jenson, is one of the most important people in my life. She gave birth to me, helped me learn to walk and so many other things that I find amazing. I cannot begin to fathom how much patience she had to have to deal with me all the time as a child. I’m sure she still has to have patience to deal with me now, but I imagine it was a lot more back then. She has molded me into the person I am today and I wouldn’t want it to be any different. She has always been supportive of everything I have tried from basketball to skateboarding and from football to paintball. Even though there are some things that I do she doesn’t like she usu...
As I sat down on the sand and watched the waves flow onto the beach, calmness envelopes my mind. I reminisce about the childhood memories that took place in my hometown in Pakistan, echoing excitedly within my mind like an old-school movie. Suddenly, an image flashes within my mind, bringing forth memories of my childhood. I start to reflect on the impact of these childhood memories on one’s development as an individual. My childhood memories I remember may differ from those of others, especially in regard to their emotional and spiritual impact.
The guiltiest people of abusing and overusing the phrase, “I love you.” As well, they are the people with the worst reputation for relationships. Not only that, but no one ever believes the relationship will last, except for them. Teens being so adolescent are the reason they have a bad name with relationships. They bring their own reputation upon themselves. Almost all teen relationships are looked down upon because of the way majority of them work.
My physical development was not so difficult for me. I experienced the growth spurt when I was10 to 15-years old. I didn’t think it was difficult time for me because my range of growth spurt was not so large. Additionally, I did not belong to sports club, so I did not feel uncomfortable when I move my body. I think I am a late bloomer because I have never had boyfriend. But I think it is advantage for me because I am not a “boy-crazy”. I know some friends who are early bloomer and being “boy-crazy”, I do not want to be like them. I have my own interest and I have something what I want to do besides dating with boys. My physical developments have some effects on my character of today. I think it is because I was taller than others since very young, my friends often said to me “you are like my elder sister.” This phrase makes me think that I need to be like elder sister when I was child. It is related to more about psychological development, but this way of thinking came from my height. One of other physical development related issue that makes me struggle is my period. Every time I am in period, I have pain in stomach and back; I feel sleepy, hungry, and irritating; and I have skin problems. I think there are more people who have more heavy symptoms of period, however, sometimes I cannot endure these. My physical developments have some effects on me, but it was not so difficult for me to pass through.