Environmental Influences On Physical Development

The environment in which one grows up in impacts their development both physically and mentally. This is a part of setting which includes the time period as well. In the except from the opening of The Beet Queen by Louise Erdrich. The year is 1932. Around this time in the United States, the Great Depression had taken place.

Russell Jamadar May 31, 2016 Summary/Response Essay 1 Rough Draft Remarks to the NAACP National Convention Over the last few decades, eating habits have changed. The eating habit of our ancestors would be completely unrecognizable to many of us nowadays. We graze our way through the day, eating on crisps or chocolate and drinking sodas to keep us going. In the article “Remark to the NAACP National Convention” speaker Michele Obama speaks the participant of NAACP to promote fitness and better eating in a campaign against childhood obesity called “Let’s move”.

Where children live and the way they are brought up by their parents/carers has an effect on whom they are as a person and how they will develop. For instance if parents are rich or poor, live in good or bad housing, if they are capable loving carers or struggle with parenthood and/or their own (mental) health, or if there is abuse or lack of interest in the family unit, all these circumstances will make a difference to a child’s life and their physical and emotional health might be affected by these different scenarios. A child’s family and their home should be their safe haven and if it is not, then it can have a serious affect on them emotionally. Some children might be negatively affected by situations in their live and they might be in need of help but unable to ask for- or obtain it, for instance respite care to help caring for a sick parent.

Obesity has been a huge problem for most children in America. Every generation, it becomes more of a problem than what it was the generation prior to it. Many children suffer with this problem today because of the lifestyles that they live. Children tend to lack adequate amounts of exercise that they need because of the many distractions that they face every day. Most of the day, kids are sitting around the house watching television, playing video games or on some type of a new device that has just been released.

“New York City’s Board of Health today passed a rule banning super-sized drinks at restaurants, concession stands and other eateries.” (Doc A). Individuals in the United States are overweight because they do not know how to limit themselves. If the government were to control one of the main reasons people are obese, then several people would not be overweight because the government would take care of the problem. Banning sugary drinks over 16-ounces would help people lower their sugar intake, which would help people stay in excellent health.

a massive financial burden to fulfill. While much of the expenses are covered by government policy, this still leaves many Hispanics in low income more dangerous neighborhoods. Unsafe neighborhoods and parks result in a lack of safe places for children to get the necessary physical activity they need. An insufficient amount of physical activity is one of the leading causes of obesity in children. As mentioned earlier, schools are majorly affected by the obesity rates in children.

At home, parents can help prevent their children from becoming overweight by changing the way the family eats and exercises together. The best way children learn is by example, so parents need to lead by example by living a healthy lifestyle. Prevention of obesity should begin from the first year of life, valuing growth in height and weight of the child together. In children proper nutrition is essential because they are in a stage of rapid growth, the first year triple their weight and increase half its size. At each stage of childhood food is taking a variation and the number of collisions and schedule, so it is important to spend time with a lot of responsibility for that children are taking a feed from small.

Childhood obesity is rapidly increasing due to the shift in cultural norms. Not only is weight affected by surroundings, but exposure to technology deeply creates roots sunk deep into the issue of Obesity. AAP, the American

Environment consists of your surroundings and interactions with those around you. The article talks about how important it is to have parent- child interactions. Focuses on what is going on in the environment the kids are in. Experiences run the gamut from the individual’s biological environment to the social environment. (Santrock, 2016).

A child’s family environment, background and health can all have an impact on a child’s development because if the child is uncomfortable or unhappy then they are not developing in a healthy way. A child needs to feel loved and be shown affection to help them feel safe and secure in their environment in order to develop in a positive way. Children and young people’s development will either be boosted or restricted by personal factors, as well as external ones. External factors have a marked effect on a child’s development from the very beginning but they can also affect how involved a child is with school and group activities.

1.1 Describe what is meant by a positive environment A positive environment means that every child is supported in all areas of learning and development. It is very important to have a setting set up to cover all areas of learning, but making sure the environment is attractive will also help and be more effective with the children’s exploring and curiosity. It is also important for the children to have a good relationship with adults and their peers, as this will help them to begin respecting each other and property of the setting. By having a good positive environment will help develop a child’s physical ability and development, social emotional development, intellectual development and language development.

Children look to their parent’s guidance and development. Parents are the first example and if the family environment is not healthy, the children could be subjected to a lacking strong physical development. “Effective parenting skills are fundamental to child development” (The Chief Public Health Officer 's Report, 2008). Children learn from their environment, if a child’s parent is not in the picture, children will learn from what surrounds them. For example, Genie did not speak because she was never spoken to as a child.

AND AFFECTION The care and love given to a child make significant impart in their physical well-being, behaviour and learning. The way love and affection is being show to a child matters a lot in their life it makes them to be loved and reciprocate in the same way throughout their developing process. ENVIRONMENT The environment a child grow up affect their development as well in the aspect of economics, living with a low income parent that cannot afford or meet the child need.

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The environment becomes very important to a child as those experiences will reflect as they get