Family's Role in the life of a Growing Child

With the changing cultural norms and new priorities, we don't comprehend the significance of having a Family. Despite the dynamics of the environment, the value of a family is just as relevant as ever.

Family members are the first set of people that a child interacts with.

And thus, the family plays the most influential role in the life of a growing child.

Providing the Comfort of Safety and Security 

Food, Clothing and Shelter are the basic needs of security that everyone needs. Family provides these basic needs along with the emotional security which can be provided only by the family.

A child is expected to behave in a certain manner or be social in the outdoors, following all the social norms. It is important that a child has a safe environment where the child can express freely and practice and learn more about behavior.

Compared to Unsecured Environment, a child who feels safe and secure grows and develops better.

Teaching Virtues, Values & Morals

Children are like sponges and absorb whatever he may observe.

Family and parents being the closest to a child, it becomes important for them to teach about respect, compassion, fairness, and responsibility.

The ideal way to teach values to a child is to lead by example, practicing good values. It is also crucial that kids learn the consequence of their actions, which assists them to understand better and appreciate the values.

Contributing to Social Development

Parents and the family are the child's first social group and he observes the family members the most.

It is perceived that a family spending more quality time jointly, from having meals together to playing and other similar activities contribute the most in fostering Social Development in a Child.

Relationships are an important part of life and the families who treat each other with Love and Respect leads to a Child having a positive and ideal example of Social Interaction.

Training of essential skills for Life

For the optimal growth and development, a child must learn various skills such as motor, cognitive, emotional, and language skills. Family plays an important role in all of these. The family is required to indulge the kid in various physical activities that help him tune his motor skills.

It is observed that children have a better grasp of a language when parents or family members spend more time talking to them. For this, kids must be spoken, read, and engage in similar activities making use of the language.

The children learn their emotional skills from their family, who are responsible for the child to be able to express himself better and have an understanding of love, compassion, sympathy, and respect.