Importance Of Family On Congitive Growth

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There is nothing in this world with greater affect on a human being than the family, or the core individuals that participate in the development and growth of a human being. This is also true for the absence of a family or familial individuals that can also play just as an important role in socialization and development. In my case specifically, family has absolutely played the pivotal role in my development and has directed and molded my views of the world both sociologically and emotionally. Not to say that broken homes always damage children and influence them to grow up defiantly, but a large part of them do, affecting society greatly. Children from fatherless home are nine times more likely to be classified as juvenile delinquents and eventually be in prison or have a criminal record (http://www.divorcereform.org/crime.html). I have found, according to studies, that seventy-five percent of juveniles that were listed as threats to society were products of divorce (Effects of divorce on low-income boys (1994 Cornell U. study). My growing up with a revolving door father who treated my mother like garbage gave me the image of myself as a protector of my mother, but at the same time, as an adult I have failed twice as a husband and am beginning to fall into the same traps as my father. Not on the levels of infidelity and verbal abuse towards my loving spouse, nor are my shortcomings due to thirst for alcohol and a desire to receive more attention from friends and mistresses than my own family. I am however guilty of assuming my children will be fine without me, leaving a void in their lives that other men currently fill, as did my step-father. The family I grew up with shaped me; there is no doubt that I would have been a completely different person had even one member of my extended family not been there as they were. Families that I have witnessed in my short

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