Jenna Clarke's Lack Of Knowledge

Jeannette and her siblings adapt to self- sufficiency from a young age, from being emotionally and physically neglected by their parents. The children don’t expect anything so they learn to work with what they have and what opportunities come their way. Jeannette saw the suffering of the family and took this leadership for the family guiding her sibling in the correct path.

During the weeks Molly spends with Vivian, she learns a lot from Vivian. Most important, she realizes that Vivian also had a difficult childhood but was able to overcome her bad experiences and lead a happy life. Molly’s realization reflects the theme of the book: learning about the experiences

The environment a child is raised in creates a major influence on the child’s future. For instance, the author Wes Moore was sent to military school because of his declining academics in his former public school and because of a situation that occurred when Wes punched his sister Shani. As a consequence Wes’s mother sends Wes to Valley Forge Military school in hopes this will correct Wes’s behavior and model him as a better student. In the beginning, Wes felt infuriated and betrayed by his mother for sending him to this institution. Wes tries multiple times to escape but never is success. It is until Wes sees the F Company and becomes impressed by the amount of respect they receive. This is when Wes begins to understand that he is in a different

Karen Jackson is a promiscuous teenage daughter who engages in many sexual activities from the time she was in the eighth grade. Karen is portrayed as a rebellious promiscuous “bad” girl that Shelia constantly worries about. Karen and Shelia do not have the best relationship; which could be because Shelia is the type of mother that sees as if danger could be lurking at every corner. Shelia Jackson also deals with a social anxiety disorder along with her agoraphobia that causes her to miss out on certain events such as going to Karen’s school for teacher conference night. While there were many ways Shelia failed her daughter, she never failed to show her the love and attention as any mother would.

Rachel’s belief that the world should reflect American values is challenged by her experiences in the Congo. Due to this, Rachel consciously chooses to avoid thoughts that contradict her privileged worldviews. After several months of living in the Congo, Rachel finally spends a moment to truly notice the world around her while watching Anatole. She sits by herself, observing the schoolboys file in and out of Anatole’s schoolhouse as she reflects back on her schoolgirl life in America.

Judith does a very good job at showing the reader different influences to a child’s development one of which is outside of the home. It is proven that if you live in a good home but a bad environment it is proven that it is more harmful than the other way around (Harris). This is because peers have a much larger impact then parent’s. This also goes for moving a lot, it is shown that by changing neighborhoods or schools more often, the child tends to have more problems in school or with their behavior (Harris).

As told through her mother’s perspective, one will learn that Trina is a eighteen year old female of African-American decent and resides with her mother in Los Angeles, California. Trina’s parents, Keri and Clyde, provide their daughter with an upper/upper middle class lifestyle due to her father’s sudden successful career and her mother’s successful resale clothing business in Los Angeles. This well rounded and beautiful adolescent has recently graduated from high school with high grades and was accepted to Brown University, however, due to her summer manic episodes, Trina has not attended college yet.

Connie’s parents, who choose to isolate themselves from their daughter, tremendously impact Connie's development. Throughout Connie’s journey she is often isolated. A large part of this is due to Connie's relationship with her mother. Whenever Connie

Lauren, a fifteen-year-old female, who is self-sufficient, influential, and independent. She envisions the future by planning for possible dangers, learns how to survive out of her gated community, takes initiative of her life, creates an emergency pack, and is well-prepared to leave in any circumstances. Lauren is also tremendously mature for her age. She knows how to read and write, cook and sew, able to shoot guns, and is a potential leader.

girl’s life from childhood to her early adult life. Johnson begins her piece by talking about the

The mother begins to rebel against tradition by taking an active role in educating and freeing herself. Through her radio, telephone and trips out with her sons she develops her own opinions about the world, the war, and the domination and seclusion of woman. She loses her innocence as a result to her new knowledge and experience.

her life around to fit in with the crowd . She is soon exposed to drugs, sex and violence. It

Traumatic experiences may negatively impact one emotionally. Neglect and lack of support from one’s care taker can take a toll on one’s mental health. In the film, Jennifer is struggling internally because her father refuses to establish a relationship with her. He chooses to see the worst in her, which leads her to feel isolated. She is unable to feel joy about her accomplishments because she does not have her father’s approval. The Principal at her school encourages Jennifer to believe in herself and value her accomplishments. She empathizes with Jennifer and confides in her about her own father’s disapproval. This helps Jennifer feel like she is not alone and that it’s possible to move on without the support of one’s parent. The reassuring words of her Principal instill Jennifer with a sense of pride, instead of her usual feelings of disappointment and worthlessness. This indicates that lack of positive reaffirmation is impacting her development. This impacts her cognitive development. She is experiencing negative feelings and self-doubt due to the lack of support from a parent figure. There is another significant event

These constant beatings in Maggie Johnson’s home, furniture thrown from parent to parent, and every aspect of her family life as being negative, her family situation is not an extremly healthy one. But, despite her hardships, Maggie grows up to become a beautiful young lady whose romantic hopes for a more desirable life remain untarnished.

Levinons’s theory of early childhood development is related to the lack of stability that Charlotte encountered in a big family, especially within the context of high infant mortality amongst her siblings: “Mom: There was a boy named Jimmy that only lived for a