Friday, February 15, 2013





                  Has the environment been really a matter?

The Children are blanks, the society who fills the blanks.  Children are unique individuals who stimulate by the environment. Even though human has the same body parts, same shape of the brain,  responding and think in a different ways. Children take a long time to be independence but it needs to start from the childhood with a step by step process. Family and community influenced their developmental patterns.  Every person has their own developmental pattern. We can't get the same result still giving a same education to the same age group  because of the varying developmental  patterns.  For understanding our responsibilities and duties as an educator, caregiver and a parent it is very important to recognize the child in context of family and community, How socialization and the family relate to the child and issues of bias and understanding attachment, trust and parenting.

Children  like  blank papers . Society  (environment) filled the blanks. Children have no idea  about the world and around them. They build with others beliefs and thoughts until becoming independence.    Child's  name  , last name where to live, what culture and how they raised, What religion to believe this all decided by the environment (Parents/ Relatives and society around him). Parents  and the community around us who decided to pierce the girl's ear.  Children who died from the war has no idea what is it and why they fight. Children are absent minded and slowly believe what's around them. Societal change the man. It's similar to having an empty glass filled with different colored water . What is good &bad explain by the culture, ethnicity and country etc. Ecological theory successfully describe how micro system directly influences child life. Once a child grown up Mesosystem will directly influence and Exosystem and Macro System will directly effect in adolescence. I agree and am fond of how Gonzalez Mena  wrote on her book child,family and community how child influence on adult"As people affect the child, so the child has an influence on them". Today family centered programs are more widespread as author address the customer in a child care setting is family. Parents are more educated than before and they are expecting best for their children from child care setting. Therefore developing parent interactions in schools are helping to build a healthy , better learning environment for all parties. It is very important to understand  deeply  their family environment to find out child development needs. As author state children below poverty or low income has a right to receive equal quality education. California has many programs for low-income families and also provide money to pay for child care. Once teacher -parent identify their roles and solve issues calmly and respectively support to receive emotional security and help children to develop and learn. Parents need expert help for parenting. As how hospital provide how to care their newborn child, preschool teacher support parent to be a child's first teacher. NAEYC standards described  Building family relationship is greatly support to find out child's behavior, viewpoint and his ability. Teacher supposes to understand child culture and the family custom to give better result. Therefore understanding their families , communities and involving all family for learning environment can prepare children for a better future. In my child care setting I educate parents and ask them what they expect from me. I also make sure not to offend their parenting practices but respectively discussed certain matters. Maslow hierarchy of needs very important to me as a caregiver and a business owner. Without complete Level1 it  is impossible to state self esteem.
Socialization through family and community build a strong person to the society. The Microsystem to macrosystem directly and indirectly effect to socializing. As address in book. Do you think human action reflects their family background , culture and social class? Somewhat true but I have personal experiences human change through environment and create totally different person beside  his class. The culture's effect of being socialized in a family and community. Also parent thinking patterns , who are the people and network family tied to , Family class and states cause in child growth. Therefore I agree how the author writes about classism and Racism. I have many experiences about racism and I think it drives me to think differently. But my educational background held me back being racial and discriminated. I think overcome racism is the education which build healthy, valuable interpersonal skills. Therefore I always teach my children not to address people by their color. furthermore, The community/family - child relationship is more significant because of the  strong influence on the child character (quality of the relationship) rather than the technical and educational background of the person. The importance of interpersonal relationship is an association  rather than persons knowledge, specialty or techniques (Boltan 1989). The caregiver who connects with the child perspective/needs will  improve cognitive development, self awareness and phychosocial development. Learning is processed through the sharing of concern. The activities what build interpersonal relationships between child will develop a protective bond . When the caregiver aware and respond to child concern , trust will  develop. Therefore caregiver should express love, caring and a strong relationship with the students are more vital. Attachment behaviors indicate signs between parents and infants. We believe in obstacles to attachment for the child and parents have communicated since pregnancy. If there are any unhappy moments during pregnancy period, it reflects from the child. Therefore it is significant to understand every parent and child and their attachment pattern. It helps me as a caregiver to identify which area child needs to develop and his capacity. Also attachment style differs in different cultures. Some culture identifies children needs to be independent soon and some think parent need to support children in every way. Also Parent is unlike caregiver , caregiver has to have equal attention to every child.
Now you know how import child to grow in an appropriate environment. The development theories to create a supportive environment for children as a caregiver. Therefore every person has a responsibility about our future , our children. Parents need to pay more attention to children. Being independence  is not children to grow however or do whatever. If we plant a good seed we can get a valuable harvest. Parents have the primary responsibility about their children. Community pressure their position.

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