External and Personal Factors
External Factors Nutrition
Having a healthy diet and getting the right nutrition is essential for the growth of children’s development years. This helps children become physically strong, healthy and also the brain can reach its full potential, eating healthy can reduce the risk of diseases and vitamin deficiencies. It is important children eat healthy fresh food and not processed foods as they have high levels of salt, fat and sugar and this can lead to obesity.
Education
Children need the best start to education in life as this will help them become very academic and achieve their full potential, to do this they will need access to all resources such as equipment, text books and internet. Being part of the community and participating in activities will also help further develop skills but if children are denied access to resources or may are unable to participate in activities because of financial restriction this may lead to mental grown stagnating or not developing as well as those who have the opportunities.
Poverty
Poverty can affect children and young people in several ways such as: * If they have a poor diet they may be unfit, have lack of energy and concentration which will affect progression of development. * Living in poor conditions like damp, having no heating and being over crowded can cause ill health. * Children from low in-comes may have less opportunities than those who are not because finances restrict a lot of things like children not being able to go to music or swimming lessons, eating cheap processed food and having limited access to equipment they need for their education will cause lack of motivation to learn, grow and develop.
Family
Drugs/ alcohol/ abuse, broken families or coping with a family member having a long term illness are all obvious affects that take a strain on children and young people’s life’s which can cause depression .Children need stability and good examples set in with in the home
Having a healthy diet and getting the right nutrition is essential for the growth of children’s development years. This helps children become physically strong, healthy and also the brain can reach its full potential, eating healthy can reduce the risk of diseases and vitamin deficiencies. It is important children eat healthy fresh food and not processed foods as they have high levels of salt, fat and sugar and this can lead to obesity.
Education
Children need the best start to education in life as this will help them become very academic and achieve their full potential, to do this they will need access to all resources such as equipment, text books and internet. Being part of the community and participating in activities will also help further develop skills but if children are denied access to resources or may are unable to participate in activities because of financial restriction this may lead to mental grown stagnating or not developing as well as those who have the opportunities.
Poverty
Poverty can affect children and young people in several ways such as: * If they have a poor diet they may be unfit, have lack of energy and concentration which will affect progression of development. * Living in poor conditions like damp, having no heating and being over crowded can cause ill health. * Children from low in-comes may have less opportunities than those who are not because finances restrict a lot of things like children not being able to go to music or swimming lessons, eating cheap processed food and having limited access to equipment they need for their education will cause lack of motivation to learn, grow and develop.
Family
Drugs/ alcohol/ abuse, broken families or coping with a family member having a long term illness are all obvious affects that take a strain on children and young people’s life’s which can cause depression .Children need stability and good examples set in with in the home