This chapter talks about the influence on longevity of some factors in childhood and school ages. It turns out that only starting elementary school at an earlier age than average is correlated with later higher risk of dying early. Because relating to classmates is so important for children, kid who are younger than their classmates can develop low self-esteem and find themselves without adequate grounding for adolescent scene. In addition, the label of superior makes the child who starts school early outdistance others and anxiously progress and excel. Personally, I was not a prodigy who started school early. However, in my life, I had classmates who were nearly two years old younger than me in both high school and college. And both them exhibited competent intellectual performance and were pretty popular among our peers.<\/p>\n
There are some other interesting conclusions considering the relationship between early childhood and longevity. For example, breast-feeding benefits infant health but has no effect on long-term health or longevity. Early education is not very crucial since people begin to shape life-long patterns of competition or cooperation, perseverance or impulsivity, isolation or social integration in schools and among peers. Unstructured play time is significant to healthy development, therefore accelerating the pace of life reinforces unhealthy level of stress for precocious child. Though, I don’t have a lot to relate to this chapter at this point, reading this chapter prepared me to be a better mother in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This chapter talks about the influence on longevity of some factors in childhood and school ages. It turns out that only starting elementary school at an earlier age than average is correlated with later higher risk of dying early. Because … Continue reading