By having the opportunity to work with children and families in a school-laboratory environment, daycare and through naturalistic observations in the Child Development Laboratory the child of the Associated Students for Infant Observation Stand and Modoc, I learned that parents and children influence each other and parent-child relationships are influenced by other individuals and institutions. For example, Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory explains how children encounter different levels of the environment such as the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem throughout their lives, which can influence their behavior at different times. varying degrees on their growth and development. Before spending my time observing children and family behavior, I did not know that children's development is linked to their experience and exposure to family, culture, peers, and community. After taking courses on Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory in my sociocultural context of psychological development courses and child development courses, I gained the knowledge necessary to understand why children behave differently when professionals compare their behavior in the presence of their family and their behavior. when we are at school or