Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

Violence and Abuse is the Stressor I chose

I had a cousin that was abused by her father. The abuse got so bad that she had to come live with my mother and father. At night she would talk about her dad would get upset and take out on her. It was very devastating to here a family member go through what she had to go through. She never receives any counseling for what she was going through. She grew up with all this baggage inside her vowing not to be like her father. She still to this day has trust issues. She has never had a lasting relationship, always choosing the wrong. I sometime wonder if she would have received counseling would her life been any different than it today?

Natural disaster in Japan

The stressor I chose and is on a lot of people mind is the natural disaster in Japan and how it affects the children. The children of Japan’s are the most at risk because of radiations effects. The aftermath could be most devastating to Japanese children particularly those who have not been born yet.

According to the experts in Japan, the radiation that has leak out from the nuclear facilities has the potential to cause many types of cancer such as thyroid cancer, bone cancer, and leukemia in young children and unborn babies. The nuclear plant is doing every thing possible to contain the radiation but they now fear that the water is contaminated. It seems that the nightmare will never end. I am  praying for families in Japan and the surrounding areas.

Reference:

Mother nature network: Japan’s children most at risk from radiation’s effect. Retrieved on March 16, 2010. Retrieved from http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/blogs/japans-children-most-at-risk-from-radiation

Child Development and Public Health- Breast Feeding

The Topic I chose was Breastfeeding

I found this topic to be meaningful because I found a lot of useful information about breastfeeding that I didn’t know when I had my daughter. If breastfeeding had been explain to me in detail like the text book and other resources that I have read I may have considered breastfeeding as an option.  

The part of the world I chose was Asia.

Dr. Chessa Lutter told BBC News, “that it’s not just of a matter of cost-it’s a matter of survival for infants in countries to be breast feed”(BBC News, 2007, p.1).  Camboida women as well as women of other undeveloped countries have no other choice but to breastfeed. Most infant in these countries are born into poverty and have no way of getting clean water and to make sure the infants are feed they have to breastfeed (BBC News, 2007, p. 1).  The rate of death s for infants declined in Cambodia by a third believed to be caused by breastfeeding (BBC News, 2007, p.1).

This information has impacted my future work because it has improved my understanding of the importance of breastfeeding for mother and their young infants. I will be able share with pregnancy mothers that I come in contact with the benefits they will gain from breastfeeding their newborn babies. This week discussion has been a great learning experience for me.

Breastfeeding declines In Asia. (2007, June 20). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbcnews.com/

Childbirth- In My Life and Around the World

The birth of my daughter was one the joyous times in my life. It was a normal pregnancy.  She was a full term baby.  The mid-point of the pregnancy I found out that she was breached and if she didn’t turn on her own that I would have to have a c-section. Luck would have it that she did turn and everything was going accordingly.

10 hours of labor and I hadn’t dilated but 1 cm. It was funny up until this point I had no complication. After they induce my labor they continued to come in and monitor my progress. Before I knew it they were getting ready to take me up for a c-section just that fast they had lost my daughter’s heart beat. No pregnancy is without risk. Anything at any given moment can change what would have been a normal delivery.  I had a 6 lbs and 7oz baby girl as healthy as can be.

I chose this experience because I went through the child development process. The love and support that her father and I provided, during the entire prenatal development to the point of delivery I believe had an impact on the person she turned out to be today.

The country I chose was Africa (Nigeria). In Nigeria they do not have the privilege of adequate health care facilities and good doctors. A lot of women who are able to have children depend on birth attendants who have no formal training in delivering babies (Alabi, 1993). I have learned that a lot of women from different cultures around the world are at risk of complication when deciding to have children because they don’t have the adequate health care they deserve.

Alabi, E.M. (1993). Traditional methods of childbirth in Africa-the Nigerian experience. High Beam

            Research. p.1. Retrieved from: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-14108014.html

            Retrieved on March 04, 2011.