Growing children are like sponges that absorb anything and everything that happens to or around them. Aping the actions of adult members of their own family or other adults with whom they are in close proximity is the primary learning method that they adopt early on in life. The society that they live in, the neighborhood in which they grow up and the education that they receive both through experience as well as the formal one, all determine the kind of individual the child grows up to be.
As children grow, the intensity that these social interactions have on their general outlook gradually diminish. After a certain age children tend to focus more on the behavior of their peers and try to imbibe those characteristics which they think would be ideal for them. Although most parents don’t realize it, their children can be influenced greatly by other children of the same age or even adults in the neighborhood. Children living in the same neighborhood have many things in common, which might include sharing the same playing space, going to the same school or being part of a car pool.
Peer pressure is also another factor that might influence your child’s outlook. If one of the older kids in the neighborhood suggests smoking as cool behavior, there is a chance that your child would choose to believe it is so at the risk of disagreeing with you. Most parents often fall prey to complacency in dealing with these things, resulting in their children understanding and interpreting things around them very differently from how they actually are.
четверг, 23 апреля 2009 г.
вторник, 3 марта 2009 г.
Our Dormitory
Well you finally made it, out from under mom and dad’s watchful eye, and into the responsible world of college. Now that you’re in your dormitory and have met your friends you still want to contribute to the social and economic issues that face the world. What better way than to decorate your dormitory in the greenest way possible?
At first this may seem like a daunting task but get the help of your dormitory mates and start thinking outside of the box. Go to thrift stores or ask your parents for old furniture, stuff that they really do not want back; you can convert the old furniture into something totally new. Old rug swatches can be hung on your dormitory walls in a modern and eclectic form of 3D modern art. Used water bottles can be collected and used to make lights or small vases from a unique flower arrangement. There is paint that is now available that has been certified as green and it does the job as well as any other paint.
One thing to not forget is to make sure that there is a recyclable can in every room of your dormitory, so that there is no excuse for someone not recycling. Post signs and make them obvious with the information of what is exactly recyclable in your area. Transforming your dormitory into a green one is a great way to meet the other students that live there and a great way to contribute to the conservation of our planet.
At first this may seem like a daunting task but get the help of your dormitory mates and start thinking outside of the box. Go to thrift stores or ask your parents for old furniture, stuff that they really do not want back; you can convert the old furniture into something totally new. Old rug swatches can be hung on your dormitory walls in a modern and eclectic form of 3D modern art. Used water bottles can be collected and used to make lights or small vases from a unique flower arrangement. There is paint that is now available that has been certified as green and it does the job as well as any other paint.
One thing to not forget is to make sure that there is a recyclable can in every room of your dormitory, so that there is no excuse for someone not recycling. Post signs and make them obvious with the information of what is exactly recyclable in your area. Transforming your dormitory into a green one is a great way to meet the other students that live there and a great way to contribute to the conservation of our planet.
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