What is the ecological system? The ecological system is how a child’s development is affected by their social relationship and the world …show more content…
The macrosystem is the seen as the largest and most remote set of people and things to a child, but which still has a great influence over the child. The macrosystem is not a specific framework it is “comprised of cultural values, customs and laws. For example, if it is the belief of the culture that parents should be solely responsible for raising their children, the culture is more likely to provide resources to help parents, this turn affects the structure in which the parents functions. The parents’ inability or ability to carry out that responsibilities towards their child with the content of the child’s microsystem is likewise affected” Berk cited in (Paquette and Ryan,