I was generally pleased with chapter 6. That is, I did not feel skeptical or taken aback in reading it as I have felt in some of the previous chapters. The correlations found with kids starting school early and not being as properly socialized or well-rounded made fine sense to me and I can think of examples of guys\/girls I have gone to school with in the past where these same observations are present. One of the main finds from chapter 7 was that \u201cdivorce during childhood was the single strongest social predictor of early death (p.80)\u201d Certainly this can be a bit worrisome, however I do wonder what the average age of death was overall for non-divorce situations. Because if the average they lived to be was 85, and the average age of divorce children at death was typically 5 years prior, living a life to 80 is a full, I\u2019d assume satisfying life\u2026 What I liked was that the authors touched on the other risk factors, many of which divorce often leads to, such as divorce in the participant’s own marriages, or the habits they adopted such as smoking affected longevity. Divorce of one\u2019s parents was often a profound confounding variable.<\/p>\n
As I said, I know of guys\/girls who started early, like Philip of the Terman study, who have\/had very similar characteristics to Philip. As we know as budding psychologists, early playtime in socialization in kids is crucial to development. I am thankful in the case of my brother and I that our parents started us off at the \u201cnormal age\u201d of 5 and did not rush us through school and let us socialize and play with kids our age, despite are doing well academically.<\/p>\n
My kids will start school at the age of 5 and I will do all I can to help ensure they turn out to be well-rounded individuals (academically, socially, athletically, and mentally). With regards to chapter 7 and divorce, I declare it upon my life and my future spouse and kid\u2019s life there will be no divorce in the Roberson family\u2014in Jesus\u2019 name. And that\u2019s that on that. Additionally, page 87 talks about the power of bouncing back and resiliency; I heard somewhere that life is 20% of what happens to you and 80% of how you react (I think I got that right\u2026). So, a word of advice\u2013always bounce back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I was generally pleased with chapter 6. That is, I did not feel skeptical or taken aback in reading it as I have felt in some of the previous chapters. The correlations found with kids starting school early and not … Continue reading