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Influences: Who Really Shapes Your Child? How will they turn out? What will they be like? How will they act? These are just a few of the questions that parents ask themselves, teachers, and doctors every day. Friends, family, television, school, society, and genetics all play a little part in the way you child develops. There are other factors that also contribute to your child’s future, like were you live, and even history. Parents, teacher, and spectators wonder what kind of impact they make on children daily, and how it will influence what they’ll be like in the future. “Beyond You,” an article by Diane Harris, from PARENTING, a magazine that gives advice to parents on various subjects involving children, is where I found the most updated information. Harris starts out her article by explaining the meaning of environment, then adds, “It encompasses a multitude of factors, from sweeping social and historical forces that affect millions of children at a time to highly individual life experiences, such as falling off the swing and suffering and injury or getting the lead in the third-grade play.” The American Heritage Desk Dictionary definition for environment is, “The combination of external physical conditions that affect and influence the growth and development of organisms; The social and cultural conditions that affect the nature of an individual or community.” Environment consists of the area you live, who lives around you, your child’s school, and any other place where your child spends time. Most parents want their children to turn out to be well rounded and enthusiastic as they progress in life. One way parents can help to determine the future of their children is to carefully choose were you decide to live. A child’s experiences will be different if they live in an inner city apartment complex than if they had lived in a suburban neighborhood with little crime and disruption within the society. For instance, you could take a child from two different families, within the same neighborhood, and tract them throughout a twenty year period. One of those children could turn out to be a top-notch lawyer, who makes a six-figure income, and is gay. The other child could turn out to be a janitor in an office building, skimping and scrapping to support his wife and four kids. This shows that environment is only one piece of the puzzle that makes up your child.
Approximate Word count = 1548
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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