There are many factors that together, create a wholesome well-rounded child and consequently a well-rounded student. Familial involvement as well as the environment has a heavy toll on a child’s development and their behaviors, which makes it important that both concepts are developmentally appropriate for the child. Home life is the foundation for everything, for it is a child’s first environment meaning they base other environments off of their home and their actions reflect that. With support, children can reach their full potential and that support falls under the umbrella of family and environment. Familial relationships and the environment have an affect on children and educators must be knowledgeable about the effect on the students.
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Family relationships are an important concept for children because they act as models for healthy relationships in that child’s future. Now relationships do not automatically entail romances and that like, but also friendship and trust. If a child’s family relationships are positive, the child has a healthy model to emulate; children learn from their environment as well as through their genes (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2013). Healthy, positive relationships are loving, non violent, and nurturing. Child and parent relationships are also important. Having a good relationship parent-child relationship is important for future success. Positive relationships yield better outlooks on life, higher academic scores, and builds concepts such as trust, love and happiness (Adams & Baronberg, 2014). Without a positive family relationship, a child’s foundation for other relationships is skewed. They believe that all interactions are negative and so they tailor their relationships with others outside of the family like those they have witnessed. When positive relationships are present between parent and child, the parent educates the child on their culture, beliefs, way of life, and so much more in order to give the children a sense of identity (McDevitt &Ormrod, 2013). Without this knowledge, children lose a sense of themselves. Positive relationships also yield …show more content…
Teachers need to understand how a child thinks, what they like, and who they are before they can effectively educate them. In order to find out these things, they must delve into the family environment. Family environment includes the relationships with the parents as well as home and family life. Knowing the type of relationship the children have with their family can impact their education. When children have positive relationship with their parents, the parents more likely to become involved in the child’s education (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2013). When parents and child do not have a good relationship, teachers know that the getting the parents involved with their child’s education is going to take effort and so measures need to be put into place to motivate the parents to become involved. Having this knowledge also tells the teacher how to communicate and interact with the child. Families also have their diverse qualities such as culture and beliefs which impact education as well. How a child perceives the world is different according to religion, culture, beliefs and it also differs for interactions and the way they learn. When a teacher has this knowledge, they can tailor their curriculum to adhere to all the students in the classroom. Having this knowledge also makes it possible for teachers to enhance areas that are lacking at home in with familial relationships.
Family relationships are an important concept for children because they act as models for healthy relationships in that child’s future. Now relationships do not automatically entail romances and that like, but also friendship and trust. If a child’s family relationships are positive, the child has a healthy model to emulate; children learn from their environment as well as through their genes (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2013). Healthy, positive relationships are loving, non violent, and nurturing. Child and parent relationships are also important. Having a good relationship parent-child relationship is important for future success. Positive relationships yield better outlooks on life, higher academic scores, and builds concepts such as trust, love and happiness (Adams & Baronberg, 2014). Without a positive family relationship, a child’s foundation for other relationships is skewed. They believe that all interactions are negative and so they tailor their relationships with others outside of the family like those they have witnessed. When positive relationships are present between parent and child, the parent educates the child on their culture, beliefs, way of life, and so much more in order to give the children a sense of identity (McDevitt &Ormrod, 2013). Without this knowledge, children lose a sense of themselves. Positive relationships also yield …show more content…
Teachers need to understand how a child thinks, what they like, and who they are before they can effectively educate them. In order to find out these things, they must delve into the family environment. Family environment includes the relationships with the parents as well as home and family life. Knowing the type of relationship the children have with their family can impact their education. When children have positive relationship with their parents, the parents more likely to become involved in the child’s education (McDevitt & Ormrod, 2013). When parents and child do not have a good relationship, teachers know that the getting the parents involved with their child’s education is going to take effort and so measures need to be put into place to motivate the parents to become involved. Having this knowledge also tells the teacher how to communicate and interact with the child. Families also have their diverse qualities such as culture and beliefs which impact education as well. How a child perceives the world is different according to religion, culture, beliefs and it also differs for interactions and the way they learn. When a teacher has this knowledge, they can tailor their curriculum to adhere to all the students in the classroom. Having this knowledge also makes it possible for teachers to enhance areas that are lacking at home in with familial relationships.