Effect of a Negative Environment on Families

A family helps mold each person into who they eventually will become. The family is a guide for the success of a child's future. The stability of family creates a building block for how the child will progress throughout life. When parents divorce, the children are left with no stability causing them to lose basic concepts of childhood that may carry with them throughout life. Children of divorced parents have less success and happiness creating less productive citizens in our nation.

In a social context, it can be observed that children will follow the direction of other children (Harris) and will learn how to act in a society (Harris). They also tend to stay within the same peer group and that is why moving a lot can cause problems in different aspects (Harris). Theses example help Judith prove her point that peers have a much larger influence on a child’s development then

The contents of this assignment will include multiple psychological theories to explain what ways an individual’s behaviour changes when he/she is part of a group. These theories will define social influence, conformity procedures within groups and social cognition, including the self-categorisation theory. Social groups are used in everyday living to represent beliefs, to work, play and to socialise. Groups can have a negative effect on an individual. Not been part of a group due to exclusion or stereotyping can create a negative effect.

For the first five years of my childhood, I was raised in a single parent home. My mother would have to work harder to provide anything that was needed for me and my other siblings. But that changed when my father came back into our lives when I turned six. From that point on our family structure took a drastic change for the better. My mother didn't have to work as long as before, so we were able to see her more often. Having two parents at home caused the quality of our lives become better than it was before when only one parent supported us. For many households, however the reality is that only one parent during their upbringing. This does have a rather big effort on them in the life of the child and the parent who is raising the child. A single parent household harms the parent and the child.

Sigleman & Rider state the interwoven relationships of school and home can be in opposition causing problems from the mesosystem to spill over into the microsystem possibly having long-term effects on functioning (2014. p. 51). The negative impacts that Cheryl felt at school created a difficult relationship with her mother due to the fact Cheryl blamed her for the move. It took her many years to trust people outside of her family and the reservation. The effects Raj will experiences will be prevalent when his children are older, due to the fact he isn’t worried about himself as much as his children and the effect he will have on their exosystem. According to Shaffer & Kipp the Ecological Systems theory considers the many different environments and impact it has on the cognitive, social, and biological difference between children (2014. pg.

The step family or blended family is becoming as common today as biological mother and father. Blended families are complicated and different ways of becoming blended families and living arrangements. Blended families are normally formed through marriages, often after divorce. The death of one parent can also lead to remarriage. (Jane: 1997)

of the parents ' lives is outside the local community, while the children 's lives

There are many different aspects of environment that can affect the development of children. One major environmental impact that influences the development of a child is the neighborhood they are raised in. Within the neighborhood there are several other aspect of influence. Where a child is raised can affect their behavior, attitudes, emotions, personality, values, health, and so much more. This can be seen in their personal lives at home to their social lives around others in classrooms. The affects of a child’s development due to their environment can be seen in both a positive and negative aspect. The neighborhood that a child is raised in can be very critical in their

Their family/Home circumstances are a factor that may cause affect to their development. The condition of a child’s home environment is an important aspect of how they progress. If a child lives in an environment that is overcrowded or is too loud, it can negatively impact their personality. Too many members living in the same house can reduce the time you spend with your child, as you will be busy with others in the house. The child may therefore find other ways to keep busy and distance themselves from their home. Not having a positive relationship with their parents/carers can also affect their development. If a child feels they cannot confide in their parents/carers they may experience social problems including, withdrawal, loneliness,

talk about their feelings or express their wants and needs. They learn to manipulate through indirect

When there is a decline in neighbourhood unity and structure there is an increase in social disorder and higher chances of crime (Kubrin & Weitzer 2003 & Shaw and McKay 1942).

Kaakinen et al., (2015) stated that trauma is a vital experience that affects the family system. It is an emotional reaction to a terrible occurrence such as; rape, accident, or natural disaster (American Psychological Association [APA], 2016). Its effects transcends an individual family member to affect other members of a family resulting into secondary trauma, based on the severity of the trauma ( Kaakinen et al., 2015). Trauma is acquired or could arise as a result of disasters, which are oftentimes unexpected. Some of them include; floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, transportation accidents or wildfires and more (APA, 2016). Effectively coping with the effects of trauma and recovery is largely dependent upon understanding the responses

The environment that a child is exposed to is very influential, as a high-quality living environment has been positively linked to cognitive development (Guo & Harris, 2000). Therefore those children living in poverty are at a further disadvantage due to their low-quality living environment.

When a family decides to have a child, everything changes. That child becomes a number one priority. In order for a child to lead a healthy, functional life, a family needs to be strong and functional. When a family becomes dysfunctional, the most effected is the children. The children forget their children and act out which makes them difficult to live with. If a dysfunctional family, let alone the children, knew that therapy and help was available to them, more families would become healthy. In this paper, I will prove that children in dysfunctional families can self-diagnose and be encouraged to seek help and treatment so that their future can be affected by their own mistakes and not the mistakes of their families.

Family is one of the hardest words to define. There are many definitions and thoughts of what a family consists of. When one accepts the definition of the census family given by Statistics Canada then a family becomes “a married couple and the children, if any… a couple living common law and the children, if any… a lone parent with at least one child living in the same dwelling… grandchild living with grandparents but no parents present… Census families can be opposite or same sex and children may be adopted, by birth, or marriage and all members must be living in the same dwelling” (Baker 2014). With family being such a difficult term to agree on, the creation of a complex study of family life emerges. The factors that influence family life are put into three theory categories; Social Structure, Interpersonal Factors, as well as Ideas, Global Culture, and Public Discourse.