How the environment influences the behavior of your children
The environment influences your children, and the first and most important environment … is you.
In the field of psychology , or in environmental psychology, the issue of nature in human behavior has been debated for decades, reaching only one reasonable conclusion: both genes and the environment are important in shaping a person’s behavior. .
Children are not spared from this premise and are possibly more susceptible to environmental influences. From how the family is structured to how the culture is structured, almost every facet of life teaches children lessons about adjusting to the world in which they live
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PARENTS ARE THE FIRST ENVIRONMENT
From birth, the way parents interact with each other sets the family environment. The paternal relationship can have long-lasting effects on children . Troubled relationships between parents often cause problems in a child’s school and social life, leading to behaviors like avoiding school or having troubled relationships in the future with other people.
One possible reason for this is that parents respond to negative relationships by acting negatively toward their children, devoting less mental energy to their children, and avoiding family time. Therefore, it is important for parents to consider their actions before showing those actions in front of their children.
A BRAIN IN CONTINUOUS LEARNING
Genes, proteins, and time control the development of a child’s brain. But while the environment has little control over these biological processes, it does determine how children use their new mental abilities .
A child raised in a social setting, for example, is likely to experience many new situations, leading to a host of new feelings. How a child copes with these feelings depends on what is taught.
A child who does not have a kingdom in his mind does not know how to understand, control or regulate his emotions and for example, if he is in school and is made fun of, he could answer this with violence. To raise an emotionally intelligent child, parents, teachers, and other role models must set an example. Not only does the brain learn things, but they must learn to control their responses to strong emotions thanks to their role models.
YOUR SON IS NOT XIAO SHUN
The brain of a child is connected to learn the language quickly and smoothly no matter where born. But the fact remains: children in two different parts of the world speak differently. While common sense is practically common, this fact has far-reaching consequences.
The language of an environment is deeply embedded in its culture . Therefore, children who grow up learning a specific language will also learn the important concepts in the culture of that language.
For example, according to the Chinese parenting book “Kan Wai Guo Fu Mu Ren Jia Ru He Jiao Chu Hao Hai Zi” by parenting scholar Yen-Mei Yang, a child growing up in Hong Kong probably understands the concept of “xiao shun.” A concept that has no direct equivalent in the Western world. But it is this concept of “xiao shun” that leads children to be more affiliated with their parents, even to the point of planning to be the primary financial caretaker of their parents in old age.
Even the types of vocabulary children possess can vary due to cultural differences , as Asian children tend to learn more verbs and children from other parts of the world tend to learn more nouns, which can affect the way a child sees the world.
DO NOT IMPOSE YOURSELF
The culture in which a child grows up affects more than the language they speak. A child’s social environment, for example, is made up of different types of people. A child growing up in Japan will correct himself in certain behaviors that are considered immoral or rude in Japanese culture, such as contradicting superiors or speaking out of place.
Children from other cultures such as North America or Europe are more likely to be reprimanded for racist comments or for being too passive. These negative social comments, and their counterpart: reinforcing positive comments, can help mold a child to act in certain ways while avoiding other types of behavior.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.
