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Childhood experience can impact attitude in the future
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Childhood experience can impact attitude in the future
I definitely agree with the statement that an experience that happened in your childhood can impact your attitude in the future. I have experienced it in a positive way, I was exposed at a young age to the water, being in the water and the safety to have in the water. I was taught to swim at a young age and exposed in a controlled learning environment. It helped me in my adult years with having confidence in the water and noticing some other people are not as confident which I am thankful I was exposed at a young age to water and water safety.
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Absolutely, childhood experiences have a huge impact on our attitudes as we grow up.When I was around ten years old, I entered a storytelling competition at my school. I was super excited because I loved writing and had poured my heart into crafting a story. But on the day of the competition, I stumbled over my words, forgot parts of the story, and ended up feeling embarrassed and defeated. At the time, I was devastated. But looking back, I realise that experience taught me some valuable lessons. It taught me resilience. Instead of giving up, I worked harder and continued to write.
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Many different childhood experiences can impact future learning and relationships for our children. We had a young boy who had been scared and startled by a loud alarm when he was little and any loud noise would take him back to that moment when he felt scared and unsafe.
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I’ve also seen firsthand how positive experiences from early on affects our futures. My Mother was a hands-on caring person who always showed her love and concern over us. This marks me in my attitude to this day in caring for others, not only in our childcare setting, but across the board in every area of my life. Smiling has been a part of me since day one because of my Mother’s smile!
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My son was physically abused by his father until he was about 3.
I can definitely see how that impacted him now. He is 10 now and his self-esteem is very low. He has a hard time respecting other people’s boundaries and he gets angry over little things very quickly.
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My mother encouraged keeping pets from when we were very young, and I have developed a life long interest in animals of all kinds because of it. It prompts me to want to share the wonders of the natural world with children whenever possible.
