¶ … Collaborative Community Relationship Important
There are a variety of reasons as to why the collaborative community relationship is important in the development of a child. One of the most important of these reasons is the fact that the child can learn a lot about society -- and thereby spur his or her social development -- by interacting with various elements of a surrounding community (NEA 2008). Social skills may also be developed within the home environment -- to a certain extent. However, the limitations in the amount and types of people in a home setting are not nearly as prevalent in community settings. Thus, a child is able to learn how to interact with others in a community setting who are not necessarily like him or her in terms of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, etc.
Additionally, in community settings children are able to understand greater, over-arching elements of the world around them which might not necessarily come into play when they are simply at home or school. Children can learn valuable lessons about the vicissitudes of life,...
They do not even necessarily have to interact with them in the conventional sense of talking or touching (playing) with them -- observation can play a valuable role in what children learn and how they incorporate that learning into their own lives as well.
It appears that the element of the communal association that may be important to a child than others is that which takes place in school settings. There is a certain amount of veracity in this assertion for the simple fact that children can readily interact (via conversation, touching, playing, and even learning) with their own peer group in this particular setting. Plus, there is an element of neutrality that abounds in the classroom environment which may not always exist when children are interacting with one another at home or perhaps in a playground. This fact -- that the classroom is a valuable resource for communal relationships with children is why it is valuable to involve parents in classroom activities as…
