UNITED WAYS

United Ways

United Ways

“Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support”

By Roberta M. Berns

There are many stages in the development of a child from the time he is born to the time he attains adulthood. Each stage presents new challenges to the parents and teachers who are directly related to the child and responsible for his upbringing and education. The book “Child, Family, School, Community: Socialization and Support” by Roberta M. Berns portrays the developmental outcomes of a child as he progresses through different stages of life. Man is rightly considered being a social animal, where he cannot live in isolation and makes friends for the purposes of learning and interacting.

A growing number of divorces indicate a negative influence on the minds of the child who finds it hard to adjust with their lives as their parents choose to live separately. There are many community resources and agencies that are available to such families to tackle with the problem. The context also suggest some measures to the parents in which they can improve the ways to tackle with the child and reinforce his moral values that will contribute in making him a successful adult later in life.

Parents are undoubtedly the most important institution that aids in the learning and development of a child (Watson, 1926). Children are exposed to interacting with different people from early childhood which include parents, grandparents, siblings, teachers, friends at school and many more. Hence there are many types of intentional and unintentional interactions that take place in the life of the child (Ingram, 1999).

The observations at anabency show that family structures define the manner in which a child is brought up through daily functions and roles (Kegl, Senghas, Coppola, 1999). The developmental theories suggest that its application to that family and ...