Family Resilience
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Family Resilience
Many environmental factors influence children in both positive and negative ways. Although healthy development in children is difficult, many parents wish for their children to develop good behaviors. A healthy environment for child development is as about what is present or what the child lacks. Many factors influence child development and practice. Environmental factors are within parental control while some factors, such as genetics are out of control. Children intermingle with many individuals from the social environment to the family. However, they have a healthy connection with their families. As a result, the family has a significant impact on children growth. Family environment, the magnitude and value of the cognitive, emotional, and social support available to the child within the family is an essential factor. It is because children are so vulnerable to be affected by things that family members take for granted. Subsequently, the essay will identify key factors in the family environment that influence children behavior, both positively and negatively. It will also recognize one local organization that provides socialization programming for children and give a brief description of their services. Lastly, it will create a unique community program or intervention that the organization could use to promote socialization and positive behavior for children and promote family resilience.
A family is always a safe place for children to play and nurturing. It is the place where the child’s exclusive interaction occurs. Positive interactions lead to positive behavior, while negative interaction contributes to undesirable behaviors. Thus, the healthy social and emotional development of a child depends on the parents, siblings, relatives, and caregivers. For example, when a child misbehaves, people consider or perceive that the behavior is learned from the child’s home and family. Thus, the factors from the family environment that influence children behavior include a change in family relationships, child abuse, and economic stability.
Economic stability can affect children behavior in various ways. Children from low-income families can experience frequent change in caregivers, poor nutrition, or lack of necessities such as food. Based on the journal “The Impact of Poverty on Educational Outcomes for Children,” a child from poor background tends to score low in teamwork and cooperative plays (Bennett, 2019). Similarly, a child from an impoverished family can engage in negative behaviors such as fights and stealing because of lack of supervision and basic needs. In contrast, children from affluent families tend to develop affirmative action because they experience proper monitoring, parental consistency, and good role modeling. Child abuse ranges from physical, sexual, and emotional to neglect from the parents. Children who are abused are likely to engage in negative risky behaviors like drug use and skipping school. Children from this environment can also have problems socializing with their peers or adults. Divorce is one of the aspects that contribute to modification in family relationship. However, it is mostly linked to adverse behaviors problems like depression and anxiety in children. The reason behind these problems is that single-parent struggle with their feelings of depression and anxiety when they try to accomplish household responsibilities that were previously held by two people. Other factors that influence children behavior are positive parent-child interaction. With consistent caring, affection, and emotional support, parents can positively impact the behavior of their children.
One organization from my local community that provides socialization program for children is the Hope socializing training program in San Antonio, Texas. The organization aims to instill positive, challenging, and growth experiences that meet the needs of children. The program targets children from a poor background, high-risk areas, the disabled, and those from single-headed families. The program offers services that provide quality social opportunities and challenges that enrich children development. Train children in self-advocacy and development of self-esteem. Lastly, it promotes interaction and communication between participants, parents, and families. The organization’s services promote resilience for the entire family in various ways (Arditti, 2015). They provide holistic and comprehensive services that strengthen the family unit. They offer therapeutic programs done in the presence of family members. The Advisory Board of the organization reflects the community and families in the society; thus, family involvement is a priority.
Apart from the outlined interventions, the organization could use other unique community programs to promote socialization and positive behavior for children and family resilience. The plans to improve constructive responses include parent-training, implementation of public-based programs, workshops, and implementation of school-based programs. The organization could come up with a community-based program that encourages positive behavior among children at risk (LeMoine & Labelle, 2014). For example, they could extend their services to juvenile centers. Through the implementation of the school-based programs, the organization can deliver their services to school-based settings. With peer-related activities such as peer teaching, they can involve parents so that they promote family resilience. Parent involvement has proven to stimulate and strengthen the behavior of school-age children.
In conclusion, many environmental factors influence children behaviors. However, the family environment has more magnitude and value towards the child’s actions. Thus, the positive or negative act of a child depends on the key factors influencing the family environment. Conversely, communities also need to come up with strategies and programs that promote socialization and positive behavior for children and promote family resilience.
References
Arditti, J. A. (2015). Family Problems Stress, Risk, and Resilience.
Bennett, L. (2019). Family Factors That Influence Students’ Behavior in School. Live Strong. Retrieved from https://www.livestrong.com/article/562595-family-factors-that-influence-students-behavior-in-school/
LeMoine, K., & Labelle, J. (2014). What are the effective interventions for building resilience among youths at risk? Peel Region. Retrieved from https://www.peelregion.ca/health/library/pdf/rapid-review-resilience-at-risk-youth.pdf