Reflect on the various factors that affect development, both prenatally and postnatally. Select one factor and share a way that its effects can be mitigated. Respond to two peers, explaining why you think their suggestions for mitigation are effective or ineffective. To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document.

A variety of factors affect development, prenatally and postnatally. A non-biological factor, the drug use by parents before and after child's birth, affect both.

Explanation:

Drug use before, during and after pregnacy problem outcomes form, both individual and environmental reasons. Drug prevention and treatment, traditionally focused on changing individual behaviours have had very limited impact, as the environment hasn't had necessary change, and the social determinants of drug use have increased, with exacerbating factors that include cognitive limitations, poor parenting and low family socio-economic status, causing the development of children, not receiving the nutrition and stimulation necessary, to be significantly impeded since the very conception, causing genetic predisposition to drug use; in neonatal and infancy, the consequence might be to get a child with difficult temperament, in preschool, children could develop early behavioural and emotional disturbances, such as oppositional defiant disorder or, depression; in primary school, children could be unable to self-regulate emotions and behaviour; if they get to high school, children may be exposed to drug-using social contexts.