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Effects of Parenting on Development & Violence

Effects of Parenting on Development and Youth Violence

This paper presents a review of the literature regarding the effects of parenting on child development and adolescent violence. Ecological Systems Theory is used as a theoretical framework to further understand the issues. A review of ecological theory is followed by reports of family predictors of aggression in youth with a summary and conclusions.

Ecological Systems Theory asserts that the development of an individual is based on the engagement in constant transition with other people and other systems in the environment which influence each other reciprocally. Each system is unique and people do more than merely react to their environment; they make choices and act. To satisfy human needs and master developmental tasks the individual requires adequate resources in their environment and positive transactions. When the environment is not nutritive such as in a hostile environment there is a lack of support which inhibits the ability for optimal development and coping (Greene & Ephross, 1991). This system assists in the understanding that the parent-child relationship is important for optimal development of a child and a hostility in the family environment inhibits development and can lead to youth violence.

Fraser (1996) reported on the ecological developmental perspective with regard to understanding aggressive behavior in childhood and adolescence. The author noted that youth violence may or may not be increasing but the fighting is resulting in injury and death more often than in the past due to the use of firearms. Youth impulsivity, handgun availability, increasing emergence of street subcultures that are based on drugs, and declining socioeconomic family conditions may be influencing this increase in violent consequences. In addition there is an increase in birth rates for teenagers which is linked to youth violence. This violence is viewed as having ro...

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