based on the findings and observation of John Bowlby. He studied a child’s bond with his or her caregiver and reactions of separation. The theory emphasizes the importance of these interactions. (Zastrow, C., & Kirst-Ashman, K, 2013) Mary Ainsworth, expanded on Bowlby’s theory by testing his ideas. She developed the Strange Situation a demonstrated episode of mother and child and his or her interactions with a stranger. The mother interacts with the child, while the stranger is either absent…
Erikson (1993) in his psychosocial theory of development and was described as a first virtue of ego achieved in the early infancy (0-18 month). The theory describes the impact of external factors, parents or caregivers and society on personality development, which is processing gradually through the eight stages throughout our life-time: (1) trust vs. mistrust, (2) autonomy vs. shame/doubt, (3) initiative vs. guilt, (4) industry vs. inferiority, (5) identity vs. role confusion, (6) intimacy vs.…
The support and presence of two healthy parents in a child’s life is important to establish a bright future for the child. When a child is young, a parent is the most influential figure in their eyes. The role of a parent to a child is important because they are fully taken care of and the child knows he or she can rely on them. With two strong parents, nurture is fully given to the child which is important in order to grant them morals and proper development. A child sees themselves as a main…
Parents, teachers, caretakers, and other adults influence children every day. They help the child reach milestones and learn to do things for themselves or help an adult do something for the child. While developing, the child is also an active influencer of his or her environment. This means that the child teaches the adults as well. That is not to say that the child is teaching the parent to solve mathematic problems, but rather the child is teaching the parent how to best care for him or her.…
reproach Slide 3 Three Positive Characteristics of Fathering and their impact on school success Involvement:…
important role in the family, whether he is present in the home or not. An absent father makes as important an impact than an active father in the home. There are an estimated 64.3 million fathers across the nation and 24 million children live absent from their biological fathers (Statistics). Children are greatly affected by their fathers, and these effects can stay with the child throughout their life. How children and adolescents deal with education, drug and alcohol abuse, crime,…
people hear early childhood development, they think of daycare and a lot of money. Early childhood education involves teaching the fundamental elements one needs to learn for the rest of their life. Developing the brain through early childhood education can be very imperative to the early years of a child’s life, and parents need to be…
their parenting skills. One of the mothers said, ‘I would usually not take my son to the park. On those rare occasions that I did take him he would not play with the other boys and would continuously makes circles on the sand. How I hated other parents inquires about his behavior, I would just say that it is one of those bad mood days I never had the courage to disclose that he is autistic.’ The interviews revealed that the parents would try and hide their child’s problem. They felt that the…
Analysis of The Narrator's Mother The Autobiography of An Ex-Colored Man follows one man through his journey of finding his true self, finding who he wants to be. The story starts out with the narrator, who is unnamed, as a child and follows him through adulthood. Throughout the story, readers learn about all of the challenges the narrator faced while growing up as a child of mixed race shortly after the end of Civil War. He narrates his experiences of being raised by a single mother and those…
A case of Bronfenbrenner’s exosystem is a father at his employment. Despite the fact that the child is never physically present at the father’s working environment, what happens at the work environment impacts the child’s personal life. The father’s professional stability influences the child’s human improvement. If the father gets an advancement at his working environment, the child can get new toys or garments. On the other hand, if the father loses his occupation, the child could lose the…