Impacts on Early Emotional Development-6358 Wk 7 Blog

Share with your colleagues the area of the world you chose and why.

The area of the world that I chose was Honduras.  I chose this area because, I hear a lot about how unfortunate it is to grow up as a child in Honduras. However, I do not know much about it.  Thus, I wanted to take the opportunity to research how life in Honduras affects children and their education.

Describe in detail some of the challenges that children in this region of the world are confronting.

One of the shocking factors that I discovered about children in Honduras was that there is an 83% chance that children will die between the ages of 0-5years old.  I think it is very unfortunate that 83% of Honduran children, once born, might not live to age 5.  I also found that because of their search for better opportunities, many children each year flee Honduras in hopes to make it to the United States.  On their journey to the United States, many of these children who are generally traveling without adult supervision, are often robbed, Kid napped (and utilized for sex trafficking), rapped, or even murdered.

Explain how these experiences might have an effect on children’s emotional wellbeing and development.

These experiences can have a chaotic effect on children as some of these children watch their siblings murdered, raped, or even kidnapped only to still not make it to the United States.  Others finally arrive in the United States after such traumatic experiences only to be returned to their native country.  Thus, they feel that all the struggles were in vein. Seeing a loved one die, having to leave home alone as a child and survive such a treacherous journey itself is emotional.

 

Include a personal and professional reflection. Explain the insights you gained and the influences they may have on you as a person and as an early childhood professional.

 I have always been told be slow to judge people because its first, it’s not right and secondly, you never know what they have been through.  This is the reflection that I received while researching some of the issues that children in Honduras face.  As a child, I did not have any emotional, physical, mental, or financial issues.  Therefore, I cannot imagine having the wait of the world on me as some of these children do.  Many of these children hope to make it to the United States to have a better live not only for themselves but to try to send money back to Honduras for their parents and any family that they might have left behind.

 

 

Reference:

 

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/honduras_86561.html