does early chldhood or middle childhood experiences have a lasting effect on my children?

Question

i think it is the morals we practice, or learn in middle childhood which directly affects adulthood life.

i think early childhood or elementary school is for successful experiences, or encouragement period.

correct me if i am too vague.

Answer 1

Of course it does~and continues to effect us all through life. Early childhood experiences may be driven in the unconscious mind, where they can cause anxiety later in life if the expereiences are negative. One of my favorite theorists in this area would be Erikson (Psychosocial Theory)~Erikson divides human development into eight stages:
· Trust vs. distrust ? (0-1 yrs.) Infants learn to trust caregivers or distrust them if care is not provided.
· Autonomy vs. shame and doubt ? (1-2 yrs.) Infants develop independence or if too restricted by caregivers they develop shame and doubt about the lack of their own abilities.
· Initiative vs. guilt ? (3-5 yrs.) Children start exploring new environments and continue learning and developing. Parents who cannot accept the child's new initiative instill feelings of guilt to the child.
· Industry vs. inferiority ? (6-11 yrs.) Children interact with peers and develop feelings of self-worth or inferiority to others.
· Identity vs. role confusion ? (12-19 yrs.) Adolescence develops strong sense of self or becomes confused on his identity.
· Intimacy vs. isolation ? (20's, 30's) Person develops close relationships with others or becomes isolated.
· Generativity vs. stagnation ? (40's, 50's) Adult takes on responsible role in community guiding the next generation, or becomes self-centered and stagnant.
·Integrity vs. despair ? (60+) Person evaluates life and accepts it or is in despair because they can not find meaning in what they have done.

Erikson believed that teachers could help assist children in the first 5 stages so that the adulthood would be more productive. Each stage is characterized by a psychosocial crisis, which is based on physiological development, but also on demands put on the individual by parents and/or society. Ideally, the crisis in each stage should be resolved by the ego in that stage, in order for development to proceed correctly. The outcome of one stage is not permanent, but can be altered by later experiences. Everyone has a mixture of the traits attained at each stage, but personality development is considered successful if the individual has more of the "good" traits than the "bad" traits.

Answer 2

It has a huge impact on your children. The effects last throughout the person's life. Bad experiences stick out because the person wants to avoid that situation in the future (causing depression, compulsive disorders or anxiety disorders), and Good experiences stick with them so they can try to experience that feeling again in the future. Morals are also learned in the early years. The more positive reinforcement of good behavior and discipline (consequences) for bad behavior a child gets in early life, and the more the parents practice what they teach, the better adult the child will make. If the parent does not practice what they teach, the child will do what you do and not what you say when they reach adolescence.

Answer 3

Yes, experiences that a child or teenager has during those important times in their lives definitely effect them. I just think back to the wonderful times that my parents took me on vacation, now that my children are getting older, I want them to go to the same places and do the same things.

Just like the good, the bad had a negative impact also. I think of the poor kids that have been abused and such and how they usually act out or withdrawal from normal actions.

There have been proven tests that kids that have been abused are likely to become an abuser themselves. The abuse that they undergo starts a vicious circle that is very hard to break!

Answer 4

While there is something to be said for a child having many experiences early in life in order to help shape his or her personality in the future, I think there is something which is much more important, and easily overlooked:

The way a child is taught to absorb experiences will have great impact on their adult life.

It is up to the parents not only to teach right and wrong, to help guide the growing mind to better understand what is happening around them, in their world- act as a tour guide, if you will.

It's like going to a new city in a strange country for the first time in your life- sure, you could probably find your way around on your own, but it might make for a more enriching experience if you had a friend who knew the language, knew the city, the good spots, the bad spots, and was there to guide you while you were visiting.

So to address your question, I believe early childhood to be a period perfect for exposure to many experiences, but in order for the child to learn as much as possible from those experiences, encouragement and guidance must accompany the experience in equal parts.

Answer 5

Experiences in a childs' life effects them starting at birth. It isn't just in elementary. The first 5 years of a childs' life is the most crutial. Brain development happens most rapidly during this time. The number of connections that are made between the brain cells will be permanently formed by how rich and stimulating your childs' environment is. So, really your child forms %50 of the main learning pathways in their brain. Everything else they learn will be built on that base. Think about baby orphans stuck in a crib for the first couple of years. They are at such a disadvantage later in life.

Answer 6

Very much so, at least in the cases of myself and my five siblings. We learned our moral values, prayers and The 10 Commandments, the basics of school work, and respect for adults before we were 5 years old. We did learn more when a little older that has also had a lasting affect--because our parents saw to it that we didn't lose our values.

Answer 7

yes, and no.the childs backround will have an effect on there life while older, but it is not the cause for everything. When the child gets to be around 13 or so he/she will start to make their own decishions and learn to live life through experience and mistakes. Don't beat your self up too much if your childs childhood isn't or wasn't perfect. Wealthy christians can become drug dealers and the homeless can end up superstars. It's all up to the childs personal decishions that they have to make themselves.

Answer 8

All experiences aren't pleasent or successful unfortunately, A child who has no experience with frustration or disappointment would not be able to cope very well in the horrible world we live in unless he was one of the priveledged little spoiled f-----s strutting around that their is to many of today. And actually they are so unused to getting their own way they become the most vicous of giant whining babies when they think there not getting there own way instantly.

Answer 9

The most accepted theories of child development believe that most human, intellectual and sensorimotor development happens between the ages of 0-11. The foundation of who we are are created in stages from learning to walk and talk to logical reason. This is when the personality develops.

Answer 10

I happen to agree with you. My grandmother worked with me so I was an early reader (age 2) I gained my grandmother's morality so I am quite different than my younger sister who has my mother's morality. My mother was proud of having two dates for prom. She never bothered telling the Freshman one that she prefered going out with the Senior one.

I have been known in my hometown as the "married one" and my sister is the "wild one."