Violence In A Child's Developmental Environment

The key question that the author is addressing in this article is whether the presence of violence in a child’s developmental environment has any effect of the child’s behavior and functioning in the classroom. Any research that helps us understand the development of our youth is critical to bettering our society as a whole. If children are growing up in a hostile environment and it effects their ability to succeed in education it is important for it to be recognized and solutions brought forward. This research separates itself apart from what may be considered similar investigations on the effects of exposure to violence due to the fact is doesn't focus on the individuals who witness the violent act themselves. However, it observes how the …show more content…
As we might of guessed there is one. Results showed that community homicides had strong effects on students' attention and impulse control. “The results showed that exposure to a homicide within 2500 feet of the home lowered attention by 0.25 points (SD = 0.33) and impulse control by 0.23 points (SD = 0.35), whereas exposure to a homicide within 1000 feet lowered attention by 0.63 points (SD = 0.83) and impulse control by 0.45 points (SD = 0.68) (Sharkey, P.T., Tirado-Strayer, N., Papachristos, A., and Raver, C.C. 2012).”  The authors due to their findings find it urgent for answers on how to address the effected children of the world that are given an unfair obstacle in life because of their violent environment they are forced to develop in. You are a product of your environment and unfortunately the correlation between low income children, violent communities, and educational disparities because of it are becoming harder to ignore. The author clearly had a prejudged assumption of how the results were going to turn up, but that does not make the research null, rather proves the urgency of the situation. The correlation between high levels of stress and school performance is clearly proven. I have aspirations to become a teacher and have talked to many teachers that I have grown fond of on any advice or words of wisdoms they can give me. Every single one of them has stressed the importance of the parents or guardians involvement of their kids academic careers. If a parent is not there for their child to give them the proper motivation or structure the job of the teacher is therefore made nearly impossible. Research by Sharkey, P.T., Tirado-Strayer, N., Papachristos, A., and Raver, C.C. 2012 indicates that local homicides substantially increased parents' mental health symptoms. Exposure