Ecology On Child Development Essay

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Effects of Ecology on Child Development Why some children are aggressive than others? According to Gonzalez-Mena (2013) child development is established on the socialization of child such as family, community and society, and is influenced by economic and technology. Children learn behaviors by watching others such as family and community members; therefore, the socialization of child is very important for child development. In addition, the quality of life, such as family structure and economic status, affects the child development significantly. Therefore, the socialization of child is collaborated with family, community, and economic status of family. The most importantly, the lifestyle of child has a huge impact on the socialization …show more content…

Lengua,Cara Kiff, Lyndsey Moran, Maureen Zalewski, Stephanie Thompson, Rebecca Cortes, and Erika Ruberry (2014) explain that there is a strong correlation between socioeconomic status and parenting styles and these factors have a huge impact on the outcome behaviors of children. For instance, low-income status parents have a low self-regulation compared to higher-income status parents, which affect their parenting styles (Lengua, L. J., Kiff, C., Moran, L., Zalewski, M., Thompson, S., Cortes, R., & Ruberry, E., 2014). A low income family suffers for many problems such as a financial problem, a family conflict, and unsafe living environment, which cause distress for parents, and these parents have low self-regulation; therefore, these parenting styles affect the children’s behaviors (Lengua, L. J., Kiff, C., Moran, L., Zalewski, M., Thompson, S., Cortes, R., & Ruberry, E., 2014). A low-income status parents are impatience with their children because they have a stressful lifestyle and tried from their work: their parenting style is likely to be Authoritarian or Uninvolved parenting style, which are disrespectful or unresponsive and have a huge negative impact on the child. On the other hand, the parents have a secure income and a great lifestyle, they are likely to spend the time with children and scaffolding them with affectionate attitude. Therefore, the parenting style is one of the factors of the quality of life that affects the outcome of child development and is linked to economic

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