Are survival skills an essential part of growth?
Survival skills are an essential part of growth, you just have to be able to see how you use them every day. There are probably more survival skills that are an essential part of growth, that are not listed, but these are some of the important ones. There is food and water, shelter and clothing, and there is companionship. Survival skills are an essential part of growth, they help directly and indirectly, they help you stay alive, and you can only grow if you are living.
You need food and water, because They help you grow and live. Your body needs the minerals in food to make hormones, build bones, and regulate your heartbeat. These minerals include calcium, sodium, potassium, iron, iodine and copper, all of these things are essential to living. When you eat, your body gets the fuel it needs to accomplish other jobs that need to be done, like getting more food for more energy, and it becomes a cycle. Water is another essential component of what you need. Without it, your body can not remove toxins, move the nutrients to cells, or perform other important processes throughout your body. Your body must obtain 2.4 liters or about 2.5 quarts of water each day to survive, and in The Cay, when there is a tropical storm, they get plenty of fresh water that they need to survive (Taylor, T. Chapter 10). Food and water can help balance your body temperature, along with shelter and clothing.
To survive you also need shelter and clothing to keep you warm or cool depending on the climate. Shelter can protect you from many things including the sun, insects, precipitation, strong winds, and hot or cold temperatures, in The Cay builds a hut to protect them from the hot sun, and the rain (Taylor, T. Page 68). The problem with shelters is that they are too big, they need to be big enough to hold your body, but small enough to keep your body heat, especially in cold climates. Houses or building are where most people go when there is any form of precipitation, which includes rain, sleet, and snow. Clothing is similar to shelter, but it is not as helpful during a natural disaster as a shelter of some sort. Clothing is mostly needed in cold climates to keep you warm. In other climates there are different reasons even if it is not cold. In climates with a lot of insects or plants you need clothes to protect your skin, and if it is hot, you need clothes to block out the sun. These are essential things to survive, but you also need companionship of a human being.
Companionship is more than just having a great friend, who you always get along with, it is about living and working with the people around us, even if it is just one person. You need to have someone there with you, even if it is just a small portion of your life. It is scientifically proven that newborn babies need the loving touch of their mother to survive, because the interaction helps produce psychological and physical growth in humans. It could be one human being in your life that helps you accomplish what you need to survive, and leads you away from depression, which can help avoid suicide. You need human companionship in the wilderness for many things in many climates. If it is cold, to avoid hypothermia, you can share body heat with another person by hugging, or huddling with multiple people to survive the cold. In The Cay, when it was cold on the raft in the middle of the ocean, Timothy and Phillip stayed close for body warmth to transfer heat to the other (Taylor, T. Page 41-44). Human companionship is one of the many survival skills there are.
Survival skills are needed in the cycle of growth, some help directly and indirectly, they help you stay alive, and you can not grow if you are not living. You need to have food and water to survive, because you need them to live, and grow. To survive you need shelter and/or clothing to keep you warm or cool depending on the climate you are in. Companionship is more than just having a great, amazing, totally, awesome friend, it is about living, working, and surviving with the people around us, even if it is just one human being. In conclusion, surviving and growing is more than out in the jungle, it shows up in our everyday lives, and every day we live, we grow mentally and physically.
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(Below) This essay is a representative of what I did about parents leaving children's minds. It tells about how children see if lines are very proud of all the research I did and how it all came together. I know specifically about this because my parents see my mind with my religion. It has been so great that this year we could write essays I am so proud of what I have been able to do.
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Do Parents Shape Children’s Minds?
Do parents shape children’s minds? Parents can have a huge affect on what children think, say and do. Children look up to the people in charge, and most have someone they want to be just like. Parents do have a huge impact on what their children believe.
Religions and beliefs are passed on through generations, and generations, and parents often teach and tell their children what they believe in. Having a religion that the whole family believes in can unite families. If you are christian, and you go to church, there is a good chance that you take your children with you to learn about christ, and how to treat parents and siblings. Parents try to teach most of their religions at a young age, so it has time sink in and believe it. Having a family that has the same religion can help prevent divorce and arguments. Arguments start with believing different things, but if the whole family believes the same thing, it can stop arguments and influence children not to fight. An argument-free family could prevent divorce, which makes it less likely for the children to get divorced when they get married. Children can hear things around the house that are bad and mean, and it can be misinterpreted to be okay, when it is not.
Children hear things around the house or what their parents say directly to them, and they tend repeat it. Racism is a huge part of what parents teach their kids, especially white people who think they are better than people with other skin colors. Most racists became racist in their childhood, and their parents taught them to be racist. In The Cay, Phillip was raised to hate black people, because his mother hated them, and she wanted him to hate them too (Taylor, T Chapter 3). If children are mistreated at home it can affect them and other people. Most bullies are are kids whose parents treat them badly, or they were treated badly by another bully. If you are treated horribly at home, you could grow up to treat others badly, or you could feel so hurt from your past that you do not want that to happen to anybody else.
Discipline can have a huge affect on children to what is right and wrong. Discipline is not to be mean, and it is not bad, as long as people give a fair punishment. When children disobey their parents, like eating the last cookie in the cookie jar when they said not to, it is okay to be disciplined to show that you have to obey. Some people see spanking as bad, but it is just a little sting to show that obedience is very important, and that they can not just do whatever they want. Parents have little punishments to show their children that they can not do things that later in life can hurt a lot more. Parents punish their kids for hitting each other, because it may be harmless now, but hitting somebody later can land them in prison. Children may think their parents are mean to discipline, but parents discipline because they love their children, and want the best for their kids.
Parents and/or guardians have a huge role in their children’s beliefs, decisions, and goals. Parents teach their religions and beliefs to their kids for generations,and generations. Children repeat things they hear around the house that may not be good. Discipline teaches children (and even some adults) what the difference is between right and wrong. Every little thing that parents do has a huge impact on their child's lives, and how they see the world.
Bibliography:
- Taylor, Theodore. The Cay. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969. Print.
- "Religion Runs in the Family." ChristianityToday.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2016.
- "Family Beliefs: Morals and Values." HubPages. HubPages, n.d. Web. 13 Apr. 2016.