SEC-S16/W3 - "Who has the strongest influence on children? Father, mother, teacher, siblings, or friends? "

INTRODUCTION
Greetings my fellow steemians, I am @tigerix and I very happy to be part of this contest where we will learn how different member of the society influence children.

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How does a father have a strong influence on children?

Children often imitate the attitude and behavior of their parents. Being the head and protector of the family, the father should always be bold, courageous, and must have self control. This influences the children in so many ways which include the children being confident, being courageous and having self control.
Also, the father being disciplined is likely to raise disciplined children because once he is using his authority as the head of the family to correct the children whenever they misbehave, there is a little fear instilled in the children and they are likely to be cautious not to repeat the same mistake inorder not to annoy the head of the house,with time they get used to it and grow to abstain from what is not good.

How does a mother have a strong influence on children?

Mothers are usually the closet to children starting from breastfeeding which begins to create a strong bond between the mother and child, so they tend to have a stronger influence on the children.
Mothers usuallys raise their children with so much love and care and this makes the children to feel loved thereby reducing depression and low self esteem.
Also, the mother influences the child on so many primary activities including how they talk, how they bath, how they eat, etc.
However, a mother who is always around at home teaches the children to always be around at home but a mother who is always away is likely to influence her children to always be away from home.

How does the teacher have a strong influence on children?

Apart from home, children spend most of their time in school where they learn from teachers. Teachers serve as catalysts in personal development of children together with their build up in character so it is important for teachers to have high professionalism and ethical standards. Teacher also have a strong influence on children by developing their self discipline, self expression, confidence and a strong sense of identity wherever they find themselves.
Most of the good people who help communities are built by good teachers who helped them discover what they are good at, helped them to develop it and also showed them the importance of helping others develop too.
So therefore, teachers strongly influence children on what the they type of people they will become in future.

How do siblings have a strong influence on children?

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Siblings have a strong influence on the mental health and wellbeing of children especially elder siblings. Siblings learn from one another because they find it very easy to interact with themselves therefore what a sibling has learnt that's what he will teach the other. So children learn alot mostly by copying what their siblings do.

How do friends have a strong influence on children?

Children learn alot while interacting with their peers wether good or bad. So it is very important for parents to make sure that their children are involved with good friends.
When they interact with their friends one topic leads to another and gradually they learn different behaviours from their friends.
Therefore, friends strongly influence the behavior of children.

CONCLUSION

In conclusion, every member of the society have their own role to play in influencing children. So it is left for the child to choose wether to follow the good footsteps or the bad ones that's why they have parents and other positively influencing individuals in the society to help them follow the good ways of life.

In addition, I will like to thank you for spending your time to read this, I really appreciate.

Thank you

I invite @patjewell @ridwant and @josepha to also participate in this contest.