AC 1.3 2.1 2.2 There are many reasons why development in young people may follow expected patterns. These factors may include: social, economic, environmental and cultural. When working with children within our settings it is important to be aware of all these factors which may impact on the upbringing of the children attending our settings. The social factors may be from having a lack of friendship networks. Children’s friendship with others help them develop their emotional understanding, interaction, empathy and social skills.
The presence of others affects our behaviors through influence. Peer pressure being the best example of this. Through peer pressure our peers influence us by encouraging use to change our attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs in order for us to conform to the group norm. A person who is influenced by peer pressure may not want to actually be a part of the groups or associate with them and as such change their behavior accordingly to the group behavior when around that group. A person may change his or her attitudes and behaviors when around social groups in order to feel accepted even if they don’t particularly believe in the group behaviors.
As working with children will not be easy in aspects of planning, teaching etc. it is important that you commit some valuable time to plan your lessons and spend your time wisely with children to help them learn. An example of this is preparing work for children of different abilities as they have different learning methods and some may take more time or require extra support due to learning difficulties etc. It is relevant for an early years practitioner to work well in a team as it is important to acknowledge everybody's contribution which is their right. You should adopt a ‘we’re in this together’ approach.You should also be aware of how to behave within your team and be supportive and co - operative.
Most people feel the need to express or needs and feelings. We also need to be there to help young children do the same, we can do this by listening and taking interest in their thoughts and emotions. It is essential for children to do this because without making their needs and feelings known to others they can become very frustrated and isolated which can lead to social difficulties later in life. Communication is also for sharing ideas and thoughts. This is important in children to build their creativity and language skills by learning how to get their ideas across to others.
The instability is becoming a very big issue in our foster care system. I heard stories of children who seem to only stay with their families for 3 or 6 months at a time or have been with 10 families in 5 years. In this situation children are being emotionally robbed of love, care and affection; children don’t feel the need to express their feelings and emotions to a stranger or a temporally parent. One good place for 3 years is much better than 10 families, good or bad, in those 3 years. One foster child lands and stays in a loving and stable home and then get switched for many different reasons.
They tend to break up repeatedly with the same person, often get emotional and angry. We learn to trust and rely on others as an infant and that influences our relationship as adults. If parents of children this and traded children accordingly we may have adults who grow up to have healthy happy relationships. A child's early caregiver experiences are crucial in setting the stage for that child's ability to maintain intimate relationships in adulthood. A child needs consistent, nurturing caregiving in order to develop a secure base, in which the child feels that it is safe and protected in the world.
Conduct disorder refers to a set of problem behaviours exhibited by children and adolescents, which may involve the violation of a person, their rights or their property. How does this disorder affect the health of young people? While conduct disorder has no visible or physical symptoms, it has great affect on adolescent’s mental health. Recurring symptoms of conduct disorder are mainly cruel and aggressive behaviour, such as arsonism, lying, vandalism, truancy and illicit drug abuse. Sufferers will often run away from home, and become hard to control, as they are not concerned with others feelings.
At one time or another everyone has been affected by social Influences. Because humans are very social creatures, we each have an effect on one another. Our family, our friends, our socioeconomic status, our culture, and even our gender can affect our behavior, our attitudes, and sometimes even our emotions. Some of these influences can be both positive and negative. Social Psychologists study these different types of pressure and agree that the three major kinds of influences are conformity, compliance, and obedience.
2.2 Parent-child Relationship Parent–child relationship quality is a measure of either the child or parent’s perception of the quality of their relationship (Crowl et al., 2008). The importance of the quality of parent-child relationship lies in the ability of children to form healthy and secure relationships. As young as the age of 2, children develop different attachment styles to their parents as demonstrated in Ainsworth’s experiment called Strange Situation (Kalat, 2015). Children with secure attachments tend to form trusting and stable relationships in the future while those with insecure attachments are mostly to develop into suspicious adults who lack trust in their relationships. As of present, the majority of literature has investigated
Parents who are authoritarian do not expect their children to question why they say the things they say. They are very into social status, and obedience in their children. They like for their children to have a structured environment, providing minimal emotional support towards their offspring. Children who come from a house with authoritarian parents tend to be average in school and show no signs of problem behaviors. These children, however, have poor social skills, and show signs of low self-esteem, while having high levels of depression (Partner, 2009).