Do Children Really Make A Difference?

I would love to work with kids in the future. Although there can be some experiences with children that can make you want to go crazy but at the end of the day you love them because they make you happy. Learning the developments of children has been interesting in class and has brought me great joy. Using what I learn in class and seeing how it applies into the real world something is would see my self-doing in the future. The culture that a child is brought up in adds yet another element to this already complex mix of development. Kids raised in individualistic cultures might develop autonomy and self-esteem, while kids in collectivist cultures are more likely to stress the importance of community, family, and society. Within culture, differences in things like social status, income,

Rich parents might be more concerned with getting their kids into the best private schools, while middle class parents spend more time worrying about whether their children's most basic needs are met. Such inequalities can lead to dramatic differences in experience, which can in turn have a powerful impact on how kids develop. One of the reasons I chose this question is I want to see how the environment and cultural of a child can impact their lives. Does their environment really make a difference? By understanding these effects I would volunteer as mentor. The sociocultural perspective interests me a lot formulated by Vygotsky who says that the culture in which a child is brought up affects their cognitive development. Does culture affect the person they become or how they learn and understand things around them? What are other factors that can affect a child? What happens to a child if he or she was bought up in two different cultures? Would the first be most predominant of the second? Using my knowledge about what I learn about memory would they still be able to remember