What can affect children's behavior?

Question

I need lots of answers for this

Answer 1

-Parents
-Surroundings/Envrionment at home and at school
-Siblings/Peers
-Peer Pressure
-Stress
-Death of a loved one or a pet
-Parents divorce
-Moving to a new house
-A new sibling in the family
-Going to a new school or child care center, etc.

Answer 2

The irony is, with such a broad question, that so many answers assume bad behavior or a need to correct behavior.

I will second some answers that say anything can affect a child's behavior. We have spent nine years observing our autistic child to see what affects her behaviors, both positive and negative. A hug will make her cheerful and willing to work, whereas negative words make her sad and despondent.

Health is always the easiest one to observe and affect, if you have a cold and feel crappy, it's much easier to take it out on the person next to you. If you feel well, then usually you are cheerful and happy, more willing to work and help others.
Internal regulation is important as well, how connected you are to self and how to modulate emotions and feelings that you have. If you're not internally regulated, then behaviors become negative. If those things are under control, then communication becomes possible and things are better for everyone.
Communication would be next, if you are able to communicate your needs and feelings.
Diet, weather, education, training, rewards and punishments, interaction between friends, parents, siblings, family. The entire environment is interactive, and it all affects people, whether adult or child.

Answer 3

This is a question psychologists have tried to answer since the field's beginning. And it boils down to this question- Nature versus Nurture? Are our behaviors and choices governed by natural influences, i.e. hormones, brain health (a person with a tumor may behave radically different than they wouldother wise), genetic disposition, cognitive abililties, chemical and nutritional needs, etc.

Or are our behaviors the result of nurture, or environmental influences, such as parenting, discipline, socio-economic status (being born in poverty versus wealth), education levels, social skill training, heck, even birth order has been shown to have some impact! There are tons more variations.

Current thought is that both are factors that influence our behavior, whether it's good or bad, in both child and adult alike. That's where the idea of 'wellness or holistic health' comes from- the idea that you have to take care of the entire you to be the best (behaved) you can be, mind, body, and spirit.

Answer 4

Children's behavior can be affected by many different things. I am a firm believer that while the child is even in the womb, it's behavior and response to the outside world is developed within the mother's womb of protection. 1) Reading , singing, any continuous and repeated sounds from a singular voice is able to be picked up by the fetus. Once a child is born - for sure, the environment he/she is born into is going to have the greates impact on his/her behavior. Children 'see' things and imitate rather than "hear" and imitate. In other words, as a parent, you might live in a very poor environment, surrounded by the sub-perinnals of life. You might attempt to teach your child to rise above, but the "seeing" will have the most affect upon the child as opposed to the "hearing". Mothers have to really impress goodness and other nuturing values upon children over and over and over - so hearing must be continuous in the process of affecting the behavior. Once a child becomes school age- again what they see will affect how they respond. Teaching children to hear the 'good' and see the 'good' can be more difficult when 'seeing' is not positive. (I hope I am making sense). Outside forces can affect a child's behavior: the 'hood, the school, the church, the community, - all these things affect a child's behavior and more importantly - if these outside forces are in conflict - they will batter a child to it's death. What I mean is - there was a time that the "village" worked together to discipline, love and rear it's children - everyone on one accord. Now, children are so surrounded by different cultures, different ideas and structures (parents who don't agree on the same thing,) that they are even more confused. Don't think this confusion is left by the wayside. As a teacher, I have found that the disciplines in their lives are almost nil, many are diagnosed with ADHD, Bipolar, and other depressing phychological ailments that their behavior is almost always triggered by these elements. There are many, many things that affect a child's behavior - but in spite of all of these issues, my heart tells me that if we can ev er get to the point of just LOVING our children, fahters and mothers, without putting into them the hangups and disappointments and unruly behaviors that we have, our children would have a better chance. I teach kids all day and over the past 10 years, I have seen such a change that it is appauling. Parents would rather come up to the school and FIGHT a teacher, rather than work with the teacher to discover what, as a team - can be done to 'handle' their ill-behaved child. RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. Those are the two main door keys. Hope this helped.

Answer 5

Many kids will act out in an effort to hide the fact that they do not know how to accomplish the task at hand. Others may not be challenged by the work. A need for attention, even negative is better than none. AHDH. Hunger or sleep deprivation. Home life. Parents. Drugs and Alcohol. Lack of impulse control.

Answer 6

Children raised in a loving,caring, positive and nurturing environment, that has structure, guidelines and a routine, are usually well adjusted, tend to do better at school, and cope with life in general much better.

Where as children raised in a non loving, caring or nurturing environment, where there is no structure, routine and guidelines etc, tend to be very unsettled in school, disorganised, and have trouble relating to others.

Other factors that effect a child behaviour are:

Certain foods, chemical and preservatives.
Parents arguing, or parent/sibling or other family member being unwell.
School issues such as being bullied, or learning difficulties that have not been recognised or understood.
Sexual/physical and emotional and verbal abuse.
Drug or alcohol abuse.

Hope this helps, and have a Happy New Year

Answer 7

1. Friends
2. Socioeconomic Status
3. Welfare "entitlement" (if poor or on SSI/SSDI)
4. Parents
5. Divorce or abandonment
6. Mental Health (ADHD, BiPolar, etc...)
7. Peer Pressure
8. When they believe Socially Acceptable = Politically Correct (like using the words..."that's so gay!"
9. Inconsistency with any authority figures
10. Transciency (Always moving due to renting situations)
11. Abuse of any type

Lots can affect the behavior of kids. You can use Maslow's Heirarchy as a guideline if you would like. I don't have a link for it but it outlines the importance of getting needs met.

Answer 8

I have worked in an institute for behavior children and the biggest indicator of behavior, good and bad, is the parents or guardians.

Answer 9

Parents. Generally children model the actions and behaviors of their parents.

Answer 10

Take a look at who and how they are raised. If you ask the parents it is the school system or their friends. children are very impressionable. actions truly do speak louder then words. Now a days if it is just a sudden burst of mischief and bad behavior. I would look into caffeine and sugar. Depending on age - drugs and alcohol. shyness or withdraw is usually an indicator of abuse.

Answer 11

There are many things that will cause a child to misbehave...

if the child is moving
problems at home
poor language skills
fine motor problems/gross motor issues,
sensory issues/physical issues
hearing problems
vision problems
jealous
wants attention
tired
hungry
poor or lack of attention span

there are just a few ....to touch the tip of the ice berg....