Personal Narrative: My Future Parenting

A third potential way I see this article by Jessica Lahey relating to me is as a future. I may be young, but not too young to think about how my upbringing and temperament may impact my future parenting style. I think myself and others my age should take this piece and think about the magnitude of the advice the author is offering. I do not want to be the mom who puts her children at a disadvantage by never letting them stand on their own two feet. I have a strong maternal instinct and desire to protect. I know that from my extensive nannying and babysitting experience, but that does not mean being a door mat and catering to a kid’s every whim. As a parent you have to seek balance, like anything else in life. Another idea Lahey wants readers to take away is this: a parent is a nurturer and a …show more content…
And I thought there had to be something there that intertwines with what we’ve talked about in class. That is how I came to see a connection with talking about a child’s Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). ZPD is defined or explained as a child being challenged enough with a task that they are struggling a bit, but with the right help and resources they can accomplish whatever they are working on. After I realized this, I went back and skimmed the article again and I hear how the author was insisting that these children were not operating in their ZPD. And she is right. I looked at the visual given to us in class and that helped confirm that the students in these examples were working below their ZPD. Parents who are always overparenting are holding their kids back. If they do to experience failure and figure things out for themselves, they never feel the self-fulfillment and the satisfaction of overcoming said obstacle. According to Lahey that is of the upmost importance. That is how the idea of ZPD from class content connects to this