Question

4. No matter what hand fate deals, it's not the events themselves that determine self-esteem; it's how the individual reacts to those events. Explain. Do you agree? If that is the case, how can adults help children who consistently have reactions that indicate low self-esteem?

5. What part does language play in carrying out inequities? How does language influence children's ideas of their capabilities? What can be done to broaden children's views?

6. Give examples of three traits of successful families that are present in a family that you know.

Answer 1

Self esteem is very important in the development of a child.Fate is something that we all deal with in somepart of our lives.We as adults tend to have low esteem and feelings of negativity when faced with a failure.It is important to teach children coping strategies to cope with failures and pressure they face.Some children have a way of expressing their failure while some do not.Parents can observe children how they are responding to failures or situations.Parents can teach children coping strategies as telling them not to quit out of a problem,avoidance of a situation,make children believe that they have control over their lives,provide love and support,understand the root cause for their selfesteem,focus on their strenghts,make them uderstand that all go through the stage of failures.

All children acquire the native language by the age of five,inequalities by parents and children affect speech,language and communication and development.Children are influenced by parents and their native preferences.Most often children are taught their native language and then their commonly spoken language that binds them in the society.Scientists have claimed that if a child does not aquire any language before they reached their teens ,they will never do so in the functional sense.Parents play an important role in language aquisition of the child.