Ass 1 Task 4; Explain how children and young people`s development is influenced by a range of external factors. Some external factors that could influence children are; childcare arrangements, family, poverty previous education and where they live. If a child has been taken into care or has been moved around a lot this child could be unsettled and they might misbehave as they are afraid of rejection. This could also happen if a child`s parents separate the child would feel under pressure to choose a parent or that a parent might leave. Family can have a big effect on a child’s development for example if the child is an only child he / she will not know how to socialise with other children.
The young people may find it hard to socialise outside of their family because of judgements being made about them. This may lead the young person to develop negative feelings about themselves or society for not fitting in. This may affect them getting a job. Being in the care system means that a young person is separated away from the family unit due to a family breakdown and could possibly be split up from siblings. this impacts on the life chances of the young person because they may not be able to fully put their trusts in the adults around them because of all the new changes they have gone through.
When an infant has had an attachment and it has been broken. There is research done into deprivation by Bowlby. This is his Maternal deprivation hypothesis, which stated the belief that if an infant was unable to build a "warm, intimate, continuous relationship with its mother", it would then result in having difficulties building relationships with other people and also the risk of behavioural disorders. This hypothesis says that relationships that are discontinuous or where there are separations becomes unstable which causes the development of the relationship to be disrupted. It focuses on how important an relationship between a mother and child is.
This could lead to a child being repeatedly moved from family to family, preventing it from forming an attachment to one specific carer. Bowlby would have thought that all of the above scenarios would cause harm to a child’s social and emotional development, and would cause difficulties in the child’s future, relationship wise and it’s mental health, as he believed ‘mother love in infants is as important for mental health as vitamins are for physical health, and if an infant is separated from the mother, it might be at risk of behavioural disorder. Much research has gone into privation and children under institutional care, with Hodges and Tizard’s being the leading one. Their aim was to investigate the effects of early privation, by studying 65 children who had either come from dysfunctional families (where the child had been subjected to abuse or neglect) or had never had parents, and had therefore been institutionalised at a very early age (less than 4 months old). While in the
Some other possible impacts of social, economic and cultural factors that will impact on the lives of children and young people can be as follows: Personal choice: A family may decide to live in a way that differs from others such as communal living or same gender parents. A travelling community child may have their schooling affected if they leave and join new schools as they travel. Housing and community: There can be a negative affect on children’s development if they have poor quality housing or cramped conditions. Families can become isolated if they live in a community where children have challenging anti-social behaviours, this can make them unwilling to let their child play in the community. Health facilities and education can be tricky to access if transport is limited.
A child and a parent’s relationship influences greatly on choosing a spouse in the future. If a child was neglected and abused during their childhood then they would obviously want a husband who is opposite of those parents. They wouldn’t want to end up the same way. As a child Ruth was sexually abused by her father
This child may feel that he or she is the cause of the family problems. The scapegoat takes on the role of distracting the family from the central issue. In doing so, the parents begin to focus their attention on the scapegoat’s bad behavior rather than the central issue that started the problem. The scapegoat generally receives negative attention, resulting in making poor life decisions, thus making more negative decisions. Eventually, if other children are in the home, these children will resume the role of the scapegoat once the oldest child leaves home (Strehlow, 2012) Hero- The hero has a role in the family to distract from the central issue by telling the outside world that everything in the family is normal.
Mental illness may lead to families becoming withdrawn and having problems dealing with the illness of the loved one, sometimes families are no longer committed to taking risks participating in the mentally ill family member’s life, as they are scared of being hurt even more. All this can have a devastating effect on a family, it could result in the family members trying to help the mentally ill person in ways that couldn’t possibly work (may differ between people). The family may try to move to a different area, in an effort to get a fresh start, which could be worse for the person, in the sense that what is normal and secure is going to be gone and that they would become more insecure. Obviously people are different and families have different ways of dealing with illness, so results between people may vary, but evidently someone without a mentally ill family member could not begin to realise the struggle some people go through in dealing with illness within a family and how much respect should be shown to those who do have to deal with mental
It will take a very long time for a child or young person to be able to trust the carer’s and their family and be able to feel settled in their new home as they may feel like an outsider and do not belong here. When children come into care it will affect them and other people, for the child or young person they will have mood swings, negative behaviour and sometimes regress back to an earlier age, for the parents they will feel angry and upset that their child has been taken away and don’t always co-operate with the authorities, as foster carer’s we will have added responsibilities and will have to deal with any issues that arise, such as consoling the child and make sure they feel safe in a calming environment. Our own children can be affected if
Why are so many of our children failed by the system, and whom or what should be held accountable? The Childrens Act 1989 and subsequent amendments and official documents are intended to safeguard our children from harm and protect their rights. In practice though, some children fall through the net and are failed by the local authority, leading to continuing neglect and abuse of these children,. in some high profile cases recently, the end result has been death, such as in the Victoria Climbie and Lauren Wright cases. This document will explore the reasons behind this.