Importance Of Spiritual And Social Cultural Development

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Spiritual and Social Cultural Development I have alluded to my mother’s influence on my spiritual development. While the spiritual development was intentional I am not sure my parents ever realized how much impact their lives had on my social-cultural development. It was a lifestyle that they lived as opposed to a belief system that was taught to us in words. The church was the centerpiece of our lives. Drawing from her own lack of religious education my mother’s conversion to Christianity created w new value system for her family. She led by example, writing scriptures on index cars and propping them on her matching at the factory, memorizing them all day long as she worked. She also knew the trouble friends can lure young people into …show more content…

The above diagram show the various levels of the Ecological Systems Theory starting at the level of infancy. As the child becomes more interactive with various elements of his world, their effect on his development becomes more important in forming his developmental path. In reviewing my own developmental niche it is easy to observe the effects of each level of this system in my life. Key factors from my microsystem contributed negatively to my sense of insecurity while at the same time the people in that inner circle contributed to the values that have shaped my open minded spirit of altruism. Those basic beliefs were then nurtured by those in my ecosystem. These other contributors fine-tuned my basic beliefs which are in many ways reflected of the inner circle but in other ways have seemingly no relationship to my closest family …show more content…

My mother was very authoritative in nature. She had a strict rules based system however it was more issued based that rules. My father was almost neglectful as he fully believed his role was to be the provider and supporter of my mothers’ rules. He worked nights and was often charged with coming home at three or four o’clock in the morning and doling out physical discipline to sleeping children who didn’t remember what infraction had earned them this discipline. My parents valued hard work, faith in God and helping those in need. Those values have remained engrained in my psyche although they take on a different shape in my life. My parents expected me to do well in school and live out their expectations for a good

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