Psychology

Understanding the Role of Family in Child Development Name Instructor Course Date Understanding the Role of Family in Child Development The family function is a multidimensional construct in child development. Generally, we are born not knowing how to behave, and we pick up most of our behaviors from the environment and people around us. Learning can happen in many ways, and most often, children learn by observing. A child's first source of socialization is its family. Thus, the extent to which family members interact enhances the learning and well-being of children. As such, a family is a social construct responsible for modeling the child's physical, social, emotional, intellectual, psychosexual, moral, cognitive, and spiritual aspects. Children learn from the interactions you have with them. Proper interactions can make the bond between parents and children to be a tight one. This bond strengthens when families navigate through life experiences together. If children perceive the bond between the mother and the father as something decent, they will likely want to imitate and transfer the values they observe. More often, they will create psychosexual fantasies based on how they see their parents relating. Moreover, the family unit is where children learn emotional skills, whereby one should be allowed to express what they feel and why. Life comes with a fair share of lows and highs, and t...