Broken homes 'damage brains of infant children'

I agree with the issues raised in the article: ‘Broken homes ‘damage brains of infant children’’. If you haven’t experienced a ‘normal’ upbringing whereby you’re raised within a loving and caring family, then your chances of developing your full mental capacity is unlikely. Children from an early age are influenced by parents and siblings, especially in terms of speech. They listen to what their elders are saying and pick up on words and phrases that they later attempt to develop. If young children are having to witness things that lead to their family being considered ‘dysfunctional’ then they aren’t being given the fair opportunity to develop as any other child from a ‘normal’ family would. For example, if a child’s parents fail to show empathy, the child may therefore struggle to show compassion towards any others in their own lives. In the long term, what they’ve experienced in their early upbringing could greatly affect their ability to converse with others or act in ways that someone of their age should be.