Essay On Parenting Behaviour

3. Environmental factor

a) The role of parenting behavior

It seems necessary to explore the environmental factors first. An environment is very important due to the amount of time that a person spends in his/her particular zone, which could affect individuals’ development. For example, if the person is raised under a very interactive environment then, the chances are high that the person is better at socializing and interacting with people than those who were not raised in such an environment. Environment, however, does not necessarily mean just the physical location it could also mean the people around the child such as family, peer groups, and community.

In fact, a number of research studies suggest that the family, particularly the parenting behavior has a huge impact on children’s development because of their dependence on the family during the growing phase. Eamon (2001) suggests that sudden income loss or a threat to disturb regular activities and daily accommodations result in psychological distress among the people who face it, so in this case the parents are the ones who deal with such distress. The readjustment of lifestyles leads to conflicts within the family due to the desires to enjoy the lifestyle that they once had before the hardship. In other words, sudden economic loss may affect relationships and interactions within the family by creating pressure, especially on parents to meet the needs of the basic necessities. In some cases, the pressure becomes severe to the extent that it may also result in parental depression. Therefore, their ability to cope up with the sudden change in the economic status and lifestyles become very important as that would determine how well the parents can answer their children when th...

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... harassment and social isolation than the children with high self-esteem. But, in some cases, some children may exhibit this behaviour to others; they become a bully instead of being bullied, and such behaviour is known as anti-social behaviour as the child may cause physical and mental harm to the person who is being bullied (McLeod, 2012). The researchers explain that some children often adopt counterproductive behaviour like bullying, quitting and cheating as their coping strategies. True, such behaviours may be common in many children, but it is found that low self-esteem is often indicated in children who portray such behaviour on a regular basis. In fact, Trzesniewski et al. (2006) reports that “children with low self-esteem were 1.48 times more likely to be convicted of a violent crime and 1.32 times more likely to be convicted of any crime during adulthood”.