Significant Childhood Events

The significant life events that are pertinent to my infancy and childhood stages include ethnic and cultural differences, the effects of birth order and family size, the social aspects of play with peers and school environment, and unplanned pregnancy in adolescence. Ethnic and cultural differences is significant during these stages because I grew up in a family that is mostly Hispanic. A Hispanic family places significance on a common language of Spanish, family relationships, and gender roles. When I was growing up English was mainly spoken in the household, but learning the Spanish language was highly emphasized by my grandmother. Family relationships were very important especially maintaining relationships with extended family members and strict gender roles were expressed within the household. Although …show more content…
Playing with peers comes with bullying and I dealt with this throughout much of my childhood. Victims of bullying can either turn out anxious and shy or very aggressive and I turned out to be introverted and anxious because I had so much pain built up inside. During my childhood I went to schools that provided me with effective environments and teachers. When teachers care about their students they will want to fulfill their teachers’ expectations and perform in order to achieve. My teachers were very aware of my progress and they made sure I was enjoying my learning experience so this made me enjoy going to school because I felt that it was environment that was safe and I was an important aspect. Unplanned pregnancy in adolescence is an important aspect to infancy and childhood stages because I was unplanned pregnancy for my parents when they were teenagers. Although I was born with a healthy birth weight, an emergency C-section was performed because my mother’s blood pressure was too high which also made mine too