The develop of a child can begin as early as the prenatal stage and continues throughout the earliest years of life (Blah Blah). However, once the child is born their developmental journey begins to be influenced by a serious of factors affecting the experiences and events around the child (blah blah). How these factors interact with the child’s self, family, community and culture can positively and negatively affect the overall health and development of the child. From birth to three years of age some of the most fundamental and significant development takes place and this can be heavily influenced by internal and external forces affecting the child. Forces such as biological, environmental and social factors as well as the practises put in …show more content…
This development can be influenced by aspects within the child known as biological factors (blah blah). Biological factors are influences that are believed to be predetermined by the child’s heredity such as the child’s gender, genetic inheritance, temperament, health and hormones (blah blah), which can all play a part within the overall holistic development of a child (blah blah). Jean Jacques Rousseau was the first theorist to put forward the idea that children develop according to their biological clock and that development was a series of stages (blah blah). As biological development is based on heredity, which includes the influence of hormones, gender plays a major role in the development of children (blah blah). This includes their cognitive maturation, which is driven by the brain’s development (blah blah). Research shows that hormones effecting gender can lead to boys learning and developing differently from girls and suggests that boys have lower levels of school readiness than girls (blah blah). Gender stereotyping within societies and cultures also plays …show more content…
The influence of the environment was emphasised by theorist Urie Bronfenbrenner as he suggested that children adapt and restructure their experiences based on their surroundings and that these adaptations were how children developed to understand society and how to behave and react within them (blah blah). The individual and environmental factors that a child is exposed to can contribute to many areas of the child’s development and are known as environmental influences (blah blah). There are many environmental influences effecting children’s developmental journey, some common factors being family, education and socio-economic influences (blah blah). Socio-economic factors can influence development physically through nutrition and physical growth (blah blah). For example, a family with a poorer economic situation will possible struggle to provide a good nutritional diet. Within a child’s family situation there are many influences that can affect children’s development (blah blah). For instance, children’s social development can be influenced through environmental factors such as adult role models and peer relationships (blah blah). The educational environment that the child participates in can also majorly influence the overall holistic development (blah blah). For example, a child’s intellectual development