EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES AND THEIR IMPACT ON BEHAVIOUR OF AN INDIVIDUAL

Human development passes through different stages like Infancy, Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood. All the stages have a contributory factor to our growth and development. Childhood is the second developmental stage of our life. It is divided into early childhood and later childhood stage. During the childhood stage the child learns specially from the surroundings. The present writing is an attempt to point out the surroundings which have their impact on behaviour of an individual. This text sheds light on various environmental conditions which affect the behaiour of an individual or which are responsible for future character building of an adult. A good and healthy environment makes a mentally healthy person and an unhealthy surrounding contributes to mental ill-health.