behavorial effects of parents on children
The Behavioral Effects of Parents on Children
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One of the most important and influential positions that an individual can hold in the world is that of being a parent. There are several psychological theories that demonstrate how children can easily become a product of their immediate environment and the individuals that are around them. Parents are the first and most vital teachers that young children will come in contact with for the first quarter of their lives. “The parental control dimension includes parental behaviors toward the child that are intended to direct the child 's behavior in a manner acceptable to the parent. Positive control attempts include the related concepts of discipline, supervision, and monitoring of adolescent behavior.” (Barnes, Hoffman, Welte, Farrell, & Dintcheff, pg. 68, 2006) Children are similar to sponges and soak in everything that they see their parents do both beneficial and negative to their growth and development. Although parents have an obligation to provide a stable and safe environment for children to grow in, that is not always the case. When situations occur and parental deficiencies are obvious they often get perpetuated into behavior issues later in life for the child. Parental proficiency goes hand in hand with children positive childhood development and conversely with the forming of adolescent problems.
One of the undeniable ways of determining whether a child is the product of a happy and product home environment is watching them in a natural element. Effective parents allow their children the opportunity and time to play. Young children can learn a great deal of information from the childhood games and activities that they partake in. Psychologists define learning as “the modification of behavior as the result of experience,” but play can be defined as “the modification of experience as the result of behavior.”(Elkind, 2008) Children play many games and perform various
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One of the most important and influential positions that an individual can hold in the world is that of being a parent. There are several psychological theories that demonstrate how children can easily become a product of their immediate environment and the individuals that are around them. Parents are the first and most vital teachers that young children will come in contact with for the first quarter of their lives. “The parental control dimension includes parental behaviors toward the child that are intended to direct the child 's behavior in a manner acceptable to the parent. Positive control attempts include the related concepts of discipline, supervision, and monitoring of adolescent behavior.” (Barnes, Hoffman, Welte, Farrell, & Dintcheff, pg. 68, 2006) Children are similar to sponges and soak in everything that they see their parents do both beneficial and negative to their growth and development. Although parents have an obligation to provide a stable and safe environment for children to grow in, that is not always the case. When situations occur and parental deficiencies are obvious they often get perpetuated into behavior issues later in life for the child. Parental proficiency goes hand in hand with children positive childhood development and conversely with the forming of adolescent problems.
One of the undeniable ways of determining whether a child is the product of a happy and product home environment is watching them in a natural element. Effective parents allow their children the opportunity and time to play. Young children can learn a great deal of information from the childhood games and activities that they partake in. Psychologists define learning as “the modification of behavior as the result of experience,” but play can be defined as “the modification of experience as the result of behavior.”(Elkind, 2008) Children play many games and perform various
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