Groups That People Experience as a Child

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Groups that People Experience as a Child: Peers and Groups: This expands when kids on a playground, in a neighborhood and in schools and they interact together. We all know that other kids have a big influence on our kid’s psychology. Kids can have beautiful friendships that are really supportive, while some children can be rude at times. If a child is bullied it can be very detrimental that child’s experience in growing up. Family and Parenting: We as parents are our children biggest influence; we are responsible for all their aspects of care, and safety. Our children form their first impression of the world through us as parents. I know when I was small my first impression was I wanted to be just like my great grandmother, to have as many children as she did, work just as hard as she did to take care of my family. I also found out as a parent that my kids was a product of me, whatever they heard me say or do they tried to do it. I had to be careful at what I say or do. Culture: This is one of the larger groups. An example is Western cultures focus on individualism, and Eastern culture is known for collectivist it stresses the needs of a community as a whole. Life experience beneficial to beginning a degree Life experiences teach us how to juggle work, family and other responsibilities. It helps you in getting your degree, and to understand the next person whether it be their culture, or how they were raised. Some of us have been through harder time than others, and this makes us push a little harder to achieve our degree. Life experience helps me to push toward the goals I want in my life. I know it’s going to take hard work and motivation. Overcoming negative life experiences Overcoming negative experiences is hard, believe me I have had my share and still having them. An example is I just began school, my apartment
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