Early Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Life

Consistent nurturing and respectful relationship between adults and children brings in great accomplishments. By providing a safe, loving, trusting and encouraging environment, children grow in the direction of their interest builds a strong relationship makes who they are and who they become. According to Kostnenik, Whiren & Soderman, “children who feel supported and valued in their current environment are more likely to do well cognitively and socially and approach new events with hope for

Unlike most people, I did not get to be a carefree child for long. Even though I always said that I could not wait to grow up, now I wish that it all did not happen so fast and early in my life. From eleven to twelve years old—that would be the period I describe as the time I had to put my big-girl pants on and face the real, cruel and unwelcoming adult world. In that time period, I can specifically pinpoint two major events that ended my childhood: my move from Russia to the United States and the birth of my baby sister Toma. To some those might not seem significant enough to change someone’s life to the extent that they changed mine; however those events molded me into the person I am today.

Being raised in the suburbs has shined light on the difference between myself and my peers. Many kids in my community, including myself, have had plenty of parental guidance to aid us through our struggles. However, I see it as a last resort while others around me utterly rely on it. The self-reliant person I have sought to be allows me to thrive in challenging situations, while my friends’ successes in times of conflict are suppressed due to their dependent

Many people might say that we are all conditioned a certain way by our environment and that as much as we hope to, we can’t choose our own destiny. As well, many others might think quite the opposite; they may think that people’s own free will and determination will decide people’s destiny. The choices we make and the relationships we build are the driving force behind how we develop as people, but how much of an impact does our environment have on us while we move ahead in life.

Everyday our environmental factors continue to influence our individual personality development. It is important note that even though a group of people share an environment each person can have different experiences. Our environmental influences consist of any outside influences and conditions that affect of life and development. Some examples of environmental influences that shape who we become are authority figures, family members, communities, and our peers.

Families play a large role in the lives of every person to ever live. If one is born without a family, their lives will be much different than one who is born with a family, whether that family has a positive influence on said person or not. Every member of a family shapes a person’s identity, especially when they are growing up. If a child grows up with irresponsible parents that do not care for their child or adhere to their needs, the child will most likely grow up to become a person of a similar fashion with similar characteristics as their parents because that is all they have experienced and that is the only way that they

As we grow older, we are promised our parents will always love us no matter how difficult love may be. Jeannette Walls lived a world of an alcoholic father fleeing when he was needed most, an almost careless mother who often fantasized her life without the four children she “loves”, and always bullied for how poor or skinny she appears. Jeannette and I are similar through the close connection we have with our fathers and we are different by how we grew up.

The environment influences many of the choices we make in life. How we life our life and certain standards we have are sometimes caused or influenced by the environment. It determines choices we make in our sexuality as well as choices we make to build upon our happiness. Many of the activities we engage in the early years can sometimes affect our lives throughout late adulthood. Some of these same environmental influences are carried down generation after generation.

Years ago, children used to spend most of their time with their parents. They worked with their families on the farm, in a shop, or learning their father’s trade. Girls worked alongside their mothers, helping with household chores, doing laundry, helping with younger siblings and cooking and baking. Most children were also schooled in their own homes and so children saw their parents all day long. It was easy for a parent to be a part of their children’s life and have influence over them. Now, children enter day care or early pre-school and are in school all day long. At first children are more influenced by parents when they are young, but become more influenced by their friends as they get older unless parents make a major effort to be a

People tend to be happier when they know they they are free (Dobson 3). New adults do not want to be told what to do while they are adjusting to being independent. Trying to control an adult child will only make them angry (7). Even if the child complies with the parents’ demands, they will still feel resentful towards them (7). Parent-adult child relationships should be less about dependency and more about mutual respect and admiration (Evans 6). Contrary to some parents’ beliefs, adult children no longer need to be told what to do. They should still listen to their parents advice, but in the end the decision is their own. Learning from their mistakes will put them on the path towards

Family structure and support is known to be one of the most influential factors in a child’s life. Children learn and practice what they see around them and are willing to accept

The environment in which you live in will greatly impact your life; People, however, are all impacted differently. Personally, I know that my life has been changed by many different events throughout my life. Some events can go unnoticed while some are impossible to miss. Looking back at my life I can find many events that pushed me in the direction I am traveling in now but one event has changed my life forever. The death of my aunt Nadia was the most important event in my life and it both made me who I am today and who I will be in the future.

It has been an ongoing discussion whether someone becomes who they become because of their genetics, or because of the environment they grew up in. Is it possible that someone will become who they are, only because of the environment they grew up in? The environment has nothing to do with whom a person becomes. People become who they become due to their genetics, the genetics they are born with. Nature controls the intelligence, disorders and personalities within the human body. People are born with genes that develop as they grow.

This study is introduced with a unique hypothesis and states the reason it is important in the abstract section. The article is titled “Parent influences on early childhood internalizing difficulties”. The main focus of the study was the concern that children 's internalization of mental illness is a major concern for parents and society in general. However, this is due to the significant increase in health issue over a long period of time. This study in particular is important because the researchers experimented with a multivariate model to predict the effects of parenting practices on young children and infants, as well, it indicated in the research that parent anxiety and depression levels will directly affect the health of child(ren). In the research, about 112 children who were aged at around 2 years old were followed up to the age of 4. Parents participated in finishing questionnaires and playground observations were the main providers of independent measurement based on parenting as well as child variables. In the article, the hypothesis is that “predictors of early childhood internalizing difficulties were over-involved/protective parenting, low warm-engaged parenting, and parental anxiety–depression” which falls in the four main categories of parenting techniques discussed in lectures. Any family depression/stress related and both parental depression/anxiety also predicted problematic parenting practices. The researchers finding within the experiment was completed

“Early life experiences impact the person across their lifespan” is conveyed in the Jane Piaget theory ‘Stages of cognitive development’ (1936) and Erik Erikson theory ‘Psychosocial stages’ (1950). Piaget argued that children develop knowledge by constructing their experience and observe with their own ideas about how the thing works.(Burton, L.J., Westen, d. & Kowalski, R.M. 2015) He developed 4 stages of his theory: Sensorimotor Stage, Preoperational Stage, Concrete Operational Stage and Formal Operational Stage. At the same time, Erik Erikson proposed a psychoanalytic theory of psychosocial development comprising eight stages from infancy to adulthood. At every stage, a person will encounter a psychological crisis, the development of