Phases In Development II

 

     In growth, the most important characteristics are the things allowed into our mind, because these are like bricks that form our mindset. In the normal world, the sole proprietor of a child's mind should be their parents or guardians. They are supposed to do the planting during childhood and guide that the seeds planted are established in adolescence. Now one of the things even parents don't pay attention to or probably don't know is that a child does not just absorb words you speak to them intentionally, in fact, those are the words they find very difficult to absorb. A child absorbs more by visualizing (what they see), and comments you give about them.

      A child who is performing averagely in school, and because the parents want he/she to be the best in his/her class the parent out of love thinks the best way to get the child on track is by scolding. Now scolding when done in the right way is a good weapon to train but in this instance when words like "dullard" are being used to refer to the child then there is already a problem. Because as the child begins to grow he/she begins to get acquainted with those words and begin to accept them as his/her reality. So even when another source gives them a positive reinforcement they begin to have conflict; either to believe what is being said to them from home or otherwise and they start having self-identity conflicts.

Phases in Development!

 

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 So last week we were able to establish some things on the phase called childhood (just in case you missed that you can go back and check before you read this one). Moving on, every stage in development is important as one Is bedrock to the other, as childhood is termed the foundational phase, the adolescence the  transitional phase, and the Adulthood the Majority phase. Like i wrote  last week the childhood phase is the phase of taking in. Here, you absorb anything that comes from your environment and people but as s child begins to advance to the transitional phase they begin to sustain a certain level of intelligence and the question of self-identity comes in. At this phase a teenager is not only concerned about the outward but also concerned about the inward, they begin to look within them and start to do some sieving and separation. Now guidance is very important in this phase because normally what is supposed to be established in this phase are the things that have been absorbed during childhood but because the world has advanced there are many other forces available to guide a child which is why an adolescent faces lot of conflict.

 

What you consume & You!

              The difference between fresh foods and fast/junk food is that whilst fresh food gives the body the necessary nutrients for healthy growth and development, as the name implies when you consume fresh food you look fresh! Your face not only glows but you have a healthy immune system and diseases or sicknesses begin to run from you because your body system by default fights these diseases. Not to talk of how your skin will glow! That has to mean that the result of the things you consume is beginning to be obvious for people around to take note of, more like the light of your immune system begins to shine for the world around you to see. On the other hand, fast/junk foods don't necessarily kill us, what it does is harms the immune system bit by bit. There will be a clear difference between the consumption of healthy foods and that of junk. Whilst one will be healthy and the other will just be there.

 The truth is that some of us were exposed to junk content whilst growing up without awareness. In development, there are three phases; childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. During childhood, a child absorbs everything that comes their way innocently. I call the childhood stage a phase of growth without awareness. Some of us that are grown now can't remember the most important activities that happened in that phase of our life. The nature of a child is that they learn mostly by what they see people do. That is why a child who has seen someone around them smoke will try every means possible to practice such because they really don't have ears to believe smoking is wrong and yet some set of people are still doing it, they believe if smoking is wrong then no one should do it. Then the Adolescence phase...........this phase Is the phase of awareness but comes with a lot of confusion and pressure.

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The seed & the sower

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      Farming is characterized by two seasons; the planting and harvesting season. In farming, there is the sower and the seed the sower has the higher responsibility here because the seed just exists as tender and innocent and it's at the mercy of the sower. The sower determines what becomes of the seed. As there are different kinds of seeds as some can have high productivity but if the seed is not well managed its potential will not be evident at all. So for instance two seeds are in the hand of two different sowers, one is said to be of good quality than the other, and the one with the best quality is in the hands of a nonchalant sower while the other is in the hands of a careful and intentional sower. These seeds were sown at the same time by their respective sowers, at the time to harvest, the seed said to be of good quality was seen to have grown poorly and the other with less quality was seen to have yielded beautiful fruits. From observations, the sower of the seeds had differences in managing their seeds as it's growing. Whilst one paid attention, weeded when necessary, and add needed nutrients when needed, the other only watches over his seed whenever he has the time.

       Last week I recognized two components of our makeups; our inherent genes and our growth exposure, our inherent genes can be likened to a seed here entrusted to be shaped by experiences as a human develops but in this case there are many sowers involved; the primary individuals involved can be the parents whilst secondary individuals have turned to be; teachers in school, peers, social media and television series. Now, this is sure a statistic from the current normal in our world (that's a topic from another time). With diverse confusion in these sources, it's really difficult to know what source a child is growing from and causes conflict as a child develops, the mind can either be built intentionally or without our awareness. Yes I just said that! your mind can develop without your awareness.......

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Till then stay aware!