ARTICLE REVIEW: DIVERGING DEVELOPMENT
Article summary
The article looks at the issue of class differences among the Americans and how it is influenced among the people. Social classes are considered on how wealthy a person is or how advantaged a person is compared to another. Additionally, the author looks at the class differences as a way to shut down opportunities for people in the world. Social classes prevent opportunities form presenting to a person. The article further looks at how the social class differences affect the growth and development of children from wealthy and from poor backgrounds. The author states that children who grow up in a wealthy family are likely to have a better growing environment that has an advantage for their development into adulthood. The social class differences come with the advantages and disadvantages to the people who relate to the life (Furstenberg, 2010).
Child growing up in an advantaged family receives multiple opportunities for development and growth into a successful adulthood. The advantages of the opportunities include;
Access to best facilities – Children from advantaged families are able to access best schools and best medical care thus they have no barriers to development.
Receive advice from mentors – Children from advantaged families receive mentors who encourage them day by day thus creating a positive energy in them.
Learn from their parents – In a fortunate family, it is more likely that a child’s parents are successful. A successful parent can influence the success of the child by acting as a role model.
Enjoy a good environment for development – The environment where a person grows up affects the behavior of the person while growing. Children from fortunate backgrounds receive best environmental conditions for growth and development.
Surrounded with people with positive minds about growth and development – Children from fortunate families grow around people who are positive and thinking about their growth which influence the children into working hard.
(Furstenberg, 2010).
References;
Furstenberg, Jr., F. (2010). “Diverging development: The not so invisible hand of social class in the United States.” In B.J. Risman (Ed.), families as they really are (pp. 276-294). New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
