How will knowledge of human development help me throughout life?
In addition to helping the college student better understand his or her life today, human development also helps in future roles that the student may play. When the former student becomes a parent, there would be a greater degree of understanding about pregnancy and the development of a child throughout the stages of childhood and adolescence. Some interesting sites for parenting include: http://www.parenting.com/parenting/, http://www.tnpc.com// , and http://parenting.ivillage.com/ For greater understanding as the student becomes enmeshed in early adulthood, these sites might be helpful sites: Go to: http://www.learner.org/progdesc/series54.html and, click on early adulthood, log in, and view a short video on the subject. For many links to other web resources on early adulthood: http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/devel/common/earlyadulthood.htm For understanding romantic relationships if the young adult is a child of divorce: http://www.hope.edu/academic/psychology/335/webrep2/divorce.htm
