Crucial Childhood Essay

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Suleima Gomez Ms. Crawford Comp 1 September, 12 2016 Crucial Childhoods A person’s childhood years are crucial when it comes to the development of behavior, success, and parenting skills as an adult, because they are the foundation on which these ideas are built. As children, people are taught basic tasks such as eating with a spoon, speaking, putting socks on in the morning, and walking . These tasks escalate into more important lessons like manners, how curse words are inappropriate to use in public, and learning how to express one’s emotions. As a child, a person also has to learn how to develop emotional bonds with people. Throughout these years, the mind is constantly learning while rapidly trying to adapt to its surroundings. Children …show more content…

Children who showed that they could help, cooperate with, and solve problems with their peers on their own (as opposed to those who did not) were the children who grew up to earn college degrees and go for higher job positions in life. Those who showed limited social skills grew up to have an increased chance of getting arrested, binge drinking, and not going to college. Children who have working mothers have a higher chance at success as well. Daughters of mothers who work are known to strive for supervisory roles, and earn up to twenty-three percent more than daughters of stay at home mothers (Gillet & …show more content…

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