Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

Throughout the first ten, critical years of a child’s life, the attention that children receive from their parents affect them for the rest of their lives during these years. In the case of a child who was raised in a stable, secure home, for the rest of their lives, they will find that they naturally gravitate towards successful choices in their marriage, social life and career.
My best friend in high was sexually abused by her stepfather. I remember when she started homeschooling. I was so upset. I was too little to understand what was really going on with her. I remember going home crying for hours. However, it was just a few months that I found out why she started homeschool. He took her out of the public school system so that he was able to sexually assault her even more. She messaged me on social media the other day and told me everything that happened to her and how important our friendship was to her and that I only the person in school at the time she could really trust and I did not laugh at her. I realized you never know how much you can really mean to someone just by being kind and showing love. I never would have thought this was going on with her. Her mother was the sweetest person. She told me that she still have anxiety and nervous problems. I remember her having a speech problems when we were in school and students laugh at her. It is so true that a child’s early home environment has a profound effect on his well-being. Beginning in infancy, a problematic home environment can disrupt the brain’s stress response system, reduce the quality of caregiving a child receives, and interfere with healthy development.

                                      Family Value(s) in China

Chinese family values have undergone many changes. There are some aspects of the Chinese culture that are still the same. For instance the father is still the maintainer, provider and protector of the family. He may still have a final say in the important matters concerning his children but no longer does the man of the house enjoy absolute control over his family members. The children of today’s Chinese family are more or less free to choose the career they want to pursue but are required to consult their elders for advice.
When it comes to marriage we find the Chinese to have an elaborate wedding celebration culture. The wedding events include many ritualistic practices. Although they have been toned down over the years they have been retained to a certain degree because they are meant to honor the institution of family.
he father of the house is also responsible for housing and educating his children up until the time of their marriage. Once married the children move into their own homes. Traditionally married couples would also stay with the parents of the groom for a short while before moving out into their own homes.
A unique phenomenon of the Chinese family is the one child policy that has been enforced by law in the country. This policy was introduced as a means of controlling the rapidly growing population and to control the draining of the country’s natural resources.
In the rural areas the families are given some exceptions especially if their first born is not a boy. The one child policy geared towards controlling the population outburst has had widespread effects on the marital relations between couples along with the status and prospects for women in society.


References:


Berger, K. S. (2016). The developing person through childhood (7th ed.). New York, NY: Worth Publishers.

 "The First Two Years: Cognitive Development"

Globerove. (n.d.). Retrieved May 28, 2016, from http://globerove.com/