Clayton Newsome
Dr. Pamela Todd
Counseling 502
October 03, 2014
Abstract
Introduction
Human growth and development starts as soon as conception takes place. As soon as a child enters into the world, they connect with their mother and a bond is formed. This bond is important because a mother and the child’s family life can influence them throughout their life. In this comprehensive paper, I will give some in site on my life as well as discuss several topics which I feel has had a negative and positive impact on my growth and development as a child and an adult.
Early Development
As much as I can remember, by mother was a hard working woman who always worked two jobs and my father had his own business hauling trash. My mother was a strong tempered, outgoing person. She was the type of woman who held her family together. She taught my siblings and me how to strive for the best in life. My mother told me when she was carrying me; I would kick and do all kinds of flips in her stomach. I was always on the move. Some people might say personality does not start in the womb. I believe otherwise. Personality development is the development involving the ways that the enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another change over the life span (Feldman, 2014).
I am the second from the youngest child. I have a sister that is younger than I. As I stated, my mother worked two jobs. Since, she worked so much, she want not able to be home to control things as a mother should have. Although, my mother worked all the time, she was still able to go to church every Sunday. My siblings and I had to go to church as well. We felt we were being tortured, but we went anyway. We were taught to obey our parents. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land (Ephesians 6:1-4). My