Protecting Our Children EP1

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PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN EP1
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Analyze the impact of biological factors on children’s development
The main biological factor apparent from the video “Protecting our children Ep1” is the
poor parental. As seen in the video, Toby has delayed development and cannot even talk or
communicate due to poor parental care. We see his defensive father not even ready for the social
workers to help and think that he is doing the best to care for his kid. As the expert is called in,
she highlights both parents having a condition which is hereditary and also the neglect of Toby
by parents as the possible causes that might have led to Toby’s delayed development. The
parents have neglected their son to the extent that he even lacks a bed to sleep on and he is left to
sleep on a dirty floor and even close to the dog.
Also, the parents do not even give him space to play and his parents are strict and cannot
even help him play to show that he is caring for him. Toby gets frustrated as he cannot express
what he wants and the parents do not even seem to care to get to know what he wants. We see
this condition is repeated even after the social workers have given Mike (Toby’s father) enough
time change their poor parenting style. The parents seem not to prioritize the needs of Toby and
only focused on their own needs. This is where we see Toby thriving only three months into
force care where he gets all that he needs and starts to talk despite the expert having said his
condition was linked to genetic because of his parents who had delayed language.
Analyze the impact of environmental factors on children’s development
Toby’s case reveals a typical scenario of demonstrating the effect of environment on the
development of a child. As seen in this case, Toby has delayed development because of various
environmental factors. First, Toby lacks enough space to play. This makes it hard for Toby to
develop in the same way his fellow children would have developed. There is a need for children

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to be given enough space to play so as to develop normally. Another issue that causes a delay in
the development of a child is a poor condition or dirty conditions. In the case of Toby, Tiffany
and Mike cannot clean the house well and this makes it a bad environment to raise a child. From
the social workers, we get to understand that the toilet is dirty and the toothbrush is on the floor
and this makes Toby have challenges developing normally. Another factor is that Toby lacks a
good place to sleep. He is lacking even a bed to sleep and we saw the social worker buying him a
bed and instructing his parents to clean up the place before they put the bed. The bathroom is
also not cleaned and this makes it hard for Toby to develop properly. Toby is also left to sleep on
the floor close to the dog. This makes it hard for him to get a good environment where he can
have good and enough sleep for effective development.
Analyze the impact of the stage of development on children’s learning
The learning of the child is affected by the stages of development. As we have seen in
the video, Toby has delayed development and this impacts his ability to learn how to talk. We
see Toby being unable to talk because of his delayed language. This affects his ability to learn
how to talk which makes him face various challenges including how to express his needs to his
parents who seem not to care much about his learning disability. For example, we have realized
that Toby cannot speak and he makes it hard for him to learn despite having past an age where he
could be speaking or talking. Delayed development also negatively affect Toby’s ability to learn.
This is because Toby has delayed language and he cannot be able to learn properly as he is
required to read words in class and even pronounce them. Therefore, Toby cannot perform at par
with his fellow kids who are at the same age as Toby.
Describe factors which affect children’s development in the:
Short term (could be new service, the absence of a parent, separation)