Children are Easily Influenced

Here I will place some of my research under this topic “children are easily influenced” that I have used for my research paper. Along with related supplementary research or media (videos/images/graphs) that I found interesting and would compliment my work.  

Here is an old Australian commercial I came across through my research. It is essentially a “warning” for parents to behave they would like their children to behave as children are easily influenced, especially by the people close to them (such as parents, teachers, siblings, etc.)
This is a similar video to the Australian commercial I came across throughout my research. This video puts emphasis how “children are like sponges” in the way that they absorb information, social cues, and what is acceptable or not within their surroundings. This video was created by “First 5 Los Angeles” which is a non-profit child-advocate organization.
source: ageofmontessori.org
I found this quote extremely interesting as it addresses truly how crucial the first six years of life are within a child’s development.
source: ageofmontessori.org
This quote addresses the idea of the “absorbent mind”, explaining how differently children internalize experiences and how those experiences stay with the child for life.
Source: Bell Hooks, Theory as Liberatory Practice,
1991 pg. 2  

This is a bell hook’s quote from our week 4 in-class reading. This excerpt discusses how children have a natural creativity and curiosity as they have not yet been conditioned to see things the same way as everyone else. Children generally do not see things as inevitable.
source: David Kolb, Foundations of Contemporary Approaches to Experiential Learning, 2014 pg. 32

This is a David Kolb excerpt from our week 2 in-class reading. I found this specific excerpt extremely eye-opening as it discusses how differently each individual sees things. Kolb makes it clear to mention “younger children were not ‘dumber’ than older children”, these are simply just two different age groups of children who have different experiences, levels of education, and perhaps different levels of social (and educational) conditioning from the school system.

I found this video on YouTube to be helpful as it shows that influence is not only something we experience as children, but instead it is something we experience throughout our entire lives.