Social and Emotional
Economic
- Income
- wages
- benefits
- savings
- poverty
- bills
- debt
- Material possessions
- Gender
- Family
- Relationships
- family
- friends
- intimate/personal/sexual
- working
- Abuse, neglect and lack of support
- Educational experiences
- Employment/unemployment
- Cultural and racial diversity
- Life events (eg marriage, birth of child, bereavement, retirement etc)
- Stress
Factors Affecting Growth and Development
Physical
Lots of factors around us throughout our life will affect how we grow and develop. In this topic, we will categorise and explore these and think about how they affect us.
Environmental
- Genetic Inheritance
- Diet
- Exercise
- Illness/disease
- Lifestyle factors (eg smoking, alcohol, drug use, sexual practices etc)
- Housing conditions
- Pollution
- Access to Services
- Rural vs Urban living
Factors affecting growth and development