Comments on: Discuss The Importance Of Family Relationships To Early Development?

By: ?

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:14:38 +0000

this probably isn’t gonna be en essay-fit answer. i am a teenager and i hate my family. no, it is not the “normal teenage hormones we all experience”; no, my parents are not divorced. we are an average middle-class family – certainly nothing to write home about. some families are just not meant to work well together, i guess. i know i could never talk about serious problems i have or may have in the future with any family members, and that is because it is the way i was brought up. I’m fine with it. in fact, I’d even go as far as to say the best thing that could possibly happen to my family is a divorce. maybe that’s out of order to some people.
Anyway, I think it IS important to grow up feeling loved, from an early age especially. It helps mould your future relationships and whatnot. And if you don’t, the worst that could happen is you grow to hate the world and everyone in it, and end up just generally screwed in the head (much like Yours Truly). lol.

By: Christine M

Christine M — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:22:14 +0000

Well try looking at your own development. Do you have both of your parents? Were they both active in taking care of you at an early age? What are some early memories you remember of family members interacting with you…trick or treating, playing monopoly, reading you a book before tucking you in for bed, etc…Humans are very social, especially at a young age because we are incapable of caring for ourselves–providing warmth, food, safety, etc. Therefore, starting as infants, we need our parents, grandparents, whomever to be there and take care of us, socially interacting with us so we feel bonded, safe, learn and the like. I don’t really want to give away too much because frankly, I feel if you have an essay to do, you should already be familar with the topic and I don’t want to write it for you, sorry. So, one last note, there was a study done years ago by a married couple, both psychologists, who thought if they raised their baby with a baby chimp, the baby chimp would grow to have more humanistic characteristics…what ended up happening is the exact opposite…their son had more chimp characteristics. This resulted not because the chimp was caring for the infant/toddler, obviously, but because the chimp and child formed a strong relationship being close in age and having constant contact with each other…so if you are still stuck, try thinking of where you would be if you did not have the social interactions you did while you were young, with those relationships continuing and changing as you grew, etc….good luck. Hope you write a great paper!

By: Special K

Special K — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 02:58:14 +0000

Well first off, it is always good to have a strong relationship with your family. They are the ones that will always be there for you. No matter how screwed up you become they have your back.
There are two variables from people that come from broken families. You either get some that makes sure that their family is nothing like the one he(or she) had. Or they follow the same path.
This is one reason why divorce is bad. I am not saying you are a horrible person if you get divorced, I am just saying that it hurts the family. Look at what you do to the kids when divorce happens for no reason.
I hoped I helped you and good luck on your essay!!! Special K~*