have poorer cognitive and linguistic outcomes, are impulsive,aggressive, have social withdrawal, insecure attachments, and poor peer relationships.Maltreatment of children is another big risk-factor with significant bearing on the socialclass. Maltreatment is associated with aggression, and “four times as many(about 20%) ofmaltreated children go on to become delinquent.” The causes can be associated with biologicalpsychological, and social bearings. There is no doubt that early maltreatment of children canaffect their neurodevelopment as well as their behavior. If the parents have access to communityresources, and the support those resources provide are increased, then the possibility ofmaltreatment is diminished.Disorganized attachment may be linked to maltreatment. Mothers with toddlers whoreported an abundance of partner violence were more likely to show disorganized attachmentrelationships, even if there was no evidence of the children themselves having been maltreated.“Maltreated youngsters show many other social and emotional problems including indiscriminatesociability, poor affect regulation, heightened levels of aggression, social withdrawal,inconsistent and unpredictable signals. Perhaps most critically, there appear to be majordysfunctions of self development.” It is suggested that if a child is maltreated early, then thatmay undermine the relationship between the infant and the care-giver. This limits the way theyinteract with their care-givers and other children. It focuses them to use action instead of wordsto influence the behavior of others, and the way themselves act.One of the most influential impacts on child development is child-rearing, or parenting.When we look at parenting this way social inequalities are most relevant. The mothers who arefrom low SES groups are apt to provide less learning and academic stimulation, they offer lessvariety in social and cultural experiences, less warmth an...
