Document Type
Focus Area Two
Abstract
The importance of the family in a child's development has been debated by psychologists, physicians, educators, and anyone who has ever looked at a child and asked "Why?" Families have been blamed for having a child with autism or a behavioral disorder and credited for raising a genius. Somewhere between blame and credit is the fact that a child makes the greatest physical and mental growth from birth to five years of age than at any other time in life. The family has the greatest influence during that time period.
When the child begins school, other factors become influential-peers, adults, and new situations. However, the child's frame of reference, how she/he perceives these new influences, is based on the early learning within the family structure. Even as mature, independent adults we often rely on the values our parents taught us to make decisions. The influence of the family, good or bad, remains for a lifetime.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
53
Last Page
55
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1991 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Collinson, Jan
(1991)
"Focus Area Two: Increasing Family Involvement in the Child's Development [Collinson],"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 2:
No.
1, Article 14.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol2/iss1/14
