LEAD PACTICE IN PROMOTING THE WELL BEING AND RESILIENCE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE. 1.1 A child`s well-being is of great importance and Understanding what affects children’s subjective well-being is vital if they are to be encouraged and supported to be active participants in society, their community and family. The evidence shows that a low level of subjective well-being is associated with a wide range of social and personal problems. Children need to be given the conditions to learn and develop. This includes cognitive and emotional development, fostered through access to play in the early years and high quality education in school, and physical development, for example through a nutritious diet.
Poverty can take an enormous toll on a child’s development. When children are poverty-stricken it can limit their ability and resources needed for them to reach their full potential in and outside of the classroom (Phillips and Adams, 9). It is very important to provide children with the needs necessary to gain the educational skills that are mandatory for their age group in school. Even children who aren’t even considered poor are being deprived of these needs; this is why it is essential to offer children with an outreach program that
• Anti-social behaviour – can have the potential to become excluded from school or become a looked after child. • Health status of self or family member –physical illness may lead to emotional problems or disturbed behaviour. • Disability – children with disabilities may find it hard to access play/leisure activities. • Parents or carers – children or young person who have role-reversal where they are looking after the parent, may feel like they have less opportunities. • Health support – those who need health support most often are least likely to use services provided.
Although dealing with the above separately, many of these factors are interconnected; unemployment or low income can lead to poor housing. Poor housing can lead to health problems, which can lead to frequent school absences. This will not only affect the child’s present lifestyle and health, but also their future, right
1.1 Poverty is a key element of the Every Child Matters Framework. One of the five outcomes says; every child should ‘achieve wealth and economic well-being’. This outcome means it is important to make sure that children, parents, families, carers and local community have a role in improving children’s outcomes and reducing effects of poverty. There are many reasons why a child/ children live in poverty, there is a link between employment and poverty. If one parent or neither parent’s are working, a family can still be in a low income bracket.
The experience of parental divorce or separation, or the death of a parent can impact adversely on a child's psychological wellbeing and their economic and social success as an adult. An understanding of the impact on children of growing up in a sole-parent household will lead to a better understanding of the socialisation processes of these children. Given the large percentage of our population that come from sole-parent families, a knowledge and understanding of their experiences, values and life opportunities is a social imperative. Thus the idea behind my PIP topic is that a proper consideration of the effect of a sole-parent family in the development of children will lead to a more comprehensive understanding of our society. Coming from a family with two parents, I’ve developed into a successful, socially well-adjusted, and functioning member of society (compared to some).
Primary socialisation is very important for a child because it sets out their future and how they’re going to behave for the rest of their lives. E.g. if a child’s mother disliked a certain religion and was racist to people of that religion the child may then grow up to have the same belief and do the same thing. Secondary socialisation is the way that people act out side of the home and in different situations. This enables them to know the different ways they must act in order to be socially acceptable in the situation they’re in.
CHILDCARE SETTINGS INFLUENCE AND IMPACT ON CHILDREN’S HEALTH AND WELLBEING I agree with this statement as there is a lot of evidence to show that what happens in the early years of a child’s life has an incredible impact on their future health, development and wellbeing. Children who have a poor start in life are more likely to develop learning, behavioural or emotional problems which may have far-reaching consequences throughout their lives which then follows into the lives of their children. These problems go on to affect society as a whole in the form of increased social inequality, reduced productivity and high costs associated with deep-rooted social and economic disadvantage. Quality early childhood education and care impacts positively on all children but is most beneficial to those from disadvantaged backgrounds. Although family members have primary responsibility for the health and wellbeing of children, the community, businesses and the broader environment in which children live are also influential.
In addition, they cannot access a good healing after they are sick. Also, they do not take a good food for their health. Some of their health problems occur because of the environment around their house or they might inherit from their parents. For instance, many children who do not eat a good food may lack of an essential nutrient. Most of them have a malnutrition disease due to poverty.
Children’s behavior depends on their environment around them. Bronfenbrenner (1977) state “according to the contextual model of child development, family is the most important microenvironment for children and has a direct and powerful influence on their personality and psychological health.” Naturally, children need to have somebody to look up to in their lives, but that does not mean that all of their role models have a good impact on them. For the last few years, it seems that kids are not getting enough attention from their parents, because of that child are acting badly like vandalizing other people’s property, drug dealing, and mistreating everyone. Several children behave badly in order to get their parents' attention. Also, the