Wes’s (1) father died when he was a young. Soon after that Wes’s mother moved their family in with his grand parents. Wes’s grand parents were excited to have the family living with them and helped his mother, Joy, with raising Wes and his sister. Due to Wes’s close-knit family these positives relationships helped with the influences that his peers had on him. Wes was not the perfect kid growing up but he soon realized that run ins with the law was …show more content…
166). The social development of both men contributed to their outcomes in life, unfortunately one was not as fortunate as the other. Wes (1) had excellent role models and a mother who’s parenting style was very similar to operant conditioning, whereas Wes (2) had negative role modeling from his brother Tony and a mother who seemed to eventually ignore his unacceptable behavior. These two men’s life stories are a testament of how crucial the social development in childhood is to your