PSY 140 week 2 DQ

Prior to completing this discussion, please read chapters 5 and 6 in the textbook and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. You may be interested in viewing the interactive infographic within Module 6 to learn more about specific safety statistics.

For this minimum 500-word post, you will analyze the major themes of Health and Well-Being, Family and Parenting, Education, Culture and Gender as factors influencing the domain of physical development, specifically safety. 

• Think about and comment on how child and adolescent safety regulations have changed over the past few decades. 
• Provide examples of new safety guidelines that did not exist either when you were growing up, or when your parents were growing up.
• Then, search the internet for credible sources and find other scholarly articles from the Ashford University Library website.
• Choose and report on three statistics specifically related to child and adolescent safety from this current decade (2010-present) within each of the three stages of infancy/toddlerhood, childhood, and adolescence. In other words, you will have one unique statistic for each of the three stages.
• Which major theme has the biggest impact on safety/physical development and why?

Throughout your post, demonstrate a foundational knowledge of the children's developmental continuum, from conception, by addressing unique safety standards. See the example below:

One statistic found on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Website states that, “Child safety seats reduce the risk of death in passenger cars by 71% for infants, and by 54% for toddlers ages 1 to 4 years.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2013).

Reference:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Injury prevention and control: Motor vehicle safety. Retrieved from: http://www.cdc.gov/MotorVehicleSafety/Child_Passenger_Safety/CPS-Factsheet.html

Book: Mossler, R. (2014). Child and Adolescent Development. (2nd ed) [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

If you have any questions in regards to this DQ please feel free to ask. Thank You!