Precis Article I

Joshua Paris

5/10/09

Ms. Brown

Précis-Article I

Article one was ultimately about the stages and aspects of adolescence. This in turn refers to the problems in children minds that can have positive or even negative effects on them. There are also traits in a child from birth that gives them different approaches to the world as they see it called temperament. It is a distinct trait in there personality. These traits also determine how the child goes about learning about the world around him/her. The article also informs readers on the parents’ roles, and the typical feelings they have through the child’s personality. Parents can mold their parenting strategies to the temperamental characteristics and personality of the child. This makes the parents feel more effective as they more fully understand and appreciate their child’s unique personality. In essence, children need to have activities to help them grow in a healthy development. This process, as the article informs, influences the development of fine and gross motor skills, language, socialization, personal awareness, emotional well-being, creativity, problem solving and learning ability. The article goes on to let us know that, moral development becomes imperative for a respectable person in society thus signaling that parents need to respect children and require respect in return. In that regard, parents must teach by example. This means not just showing this quality to the kids, but also to other adults as well. Finally, as the articles conclude, parental love helps them develop a positive self concept. Parents who spend quality and quantity time with their children as well as love them abundantly have children who have higher levels of moral development.