What are external influences?

External influences are things that affect you from outside your own world, like friends, weather, or even the food you eat.

Imagine you're playing with your favorite toy in your room. That's your world. Now, if your brother comes in and takes the toy, that’s an external influence, something from outside your world changing what happens to you.

Sometimes, things you can't control change how you feel or what you do. Like when it's windy outside, and your paper airplane flies farther than usual, that wind is like an external influence. It helps your plane go further without you even trying!

Or think about eating a big bowl of ice cream on a hot day. The cold ice cream makes you feel happy, but the heat outside is also affecting how you feel, it's another kind of external influence.

External influences are just things around you that make your world change in fun and unexpected ways! External influences are things that affect you from outside your own world, like friends, weather, or even the food you eat.

Imagine you're playing with your favorite toy in your room. That's your world. Now, if your brother comes in and takes the toy, that’s an external influence, something from outside your world changing what happens to you.

Sometimes, things you can't control change how you feel or what you do. Like when it's windy outside, and your paper airplane flies farther than usual, that wind is like an external influence. It helps your plane go further without you even trying!

Or think about eating a big bowl of ice cream on a hot day. The cold ice cream makes you feel happy, but the heat outside is also affecting how you feel, it's another kind of external influence.

External influences are just things around you that make your world change in fun and unexpected ways!