Influences on a Child
Describe with examples the kind of influences that affect children and young people’s development including background, heath and environment.
Many external factors influence children and young peoples development below are just a few examples:
Background
Family circumstances
Illness – long term or short term. Some long term conditions are Asthma, Arthritis, Cancer or depression, anxiety or stress.
Some short term conditions are Colds, flu food poisoning.
Separation- some parents split up because of violence/ abuse others because they just do not get on any more or have found a new partner which ever reason it affects all children differently.
Lone parent- other parent may have passed away.
Extended families – families that live together, e.g. parents, grandparents and children.
Cultures - religions- Christianity, Jewish, Islam, Jehovah’s witnesses.
Languages – polish, Hindi, Spanish and Russian.
We must respect each others religious views, where English is their second language may need extra help.
Children in care
Disability- May be in care to give parents some respite.
Family Breakdown- Not being able to cope/ look after children adequately, so they go in to care.
Education
Home schooling- has come from being taught at home.
Church- singing in the church choir.
Health
Impairment
Speech- delayed speech or could stutter.
Sight- children could be partially sighted may be blind.
Hearing- child is hard of hearing, completely deaf.
Physical- affects the child’s co-ordination or mobility.
Long term illness
Asthma- Breathing difficulties, living in poor air quality areas with damp and parents that smoke are more likely to get asthma. Children will be given relievers and preventer inhalers to help manage their asthma
Eczema- skin related dry itchy skin that inflames when the child gets to hot or cold. The doctors will prescribe creams, bath emollients to help.
Short term illness
Colds and coughs- Most parents will give
Many external factors influence children and young peoples development below are just a few examples:
Background
Family circumstances
Illness – long term or short term. Some long term conditions are Asthma, Arthritis, Cancer or depression, anxiety or stress.
Some short term conditions are Colds, flu food poisoning.
Separation- some parents split up because of violence/ abuse others because they just do not get on any more or have found a new partner which ever reason it affects all children differently.
Lone parent- other parent may have passed away.
Extended families – families that live together, e.g. parents, grandparents and children.
Cultures - religions- Christianity, Jewish, Islam, Jehovah’s witnesses.
Languages – polish, Hindi, Spanish and Russian.
We must respect each others religious views, where English is their second language may need extra help.
Children in care
Disability- May be in care to give parents some respite.
Family Breakdown- Not being able to cope/ look after children adequately, so they go in to care.
Education
Home schooling- has come from being taught at home.
Church- singing in the church choir.
Health
Impairment
Speech- delayed speech or could stutter.
Sight- children could be partially sighted may be blind.
Hearing- child is hard of hearing, completely deaf.
Physical- affects the child’s co-ordination or mobility.
Long term illness
Asthma- Breathing difficulties, living in poor air quality areas with damp and parents that smoke are more likely to get asthma. Children will be given relievers and preventer inhalers to help manage their asthma
Eczema- skin related dry itchy skin that inflames when the child gets to hot or cold. The doctors will prescribe creams, bath emollients to help.
Short term illness
Colds and coughs- Most parents will give