Analysis Of Reading Nurture Shock By Bronson

The unit on self-control was very exciting because I learned ways how as a parent I might be able to help increase my child’s executive function, abstract thinking, cognitive control, and self-regulations. Reading Nurture Shock by Bronson gave me strategies that I can have my kid implement that would help him or her in the long run. The text talked about several programs funded by the government that were supposed to help children such as D.A.R.E., but most of them did not have a lasting effect. However, the author mentions one program that has been found to work and it is called Tools of the Mind. There are some strategies that the text talks about that as a parent I plan on using. These strategies are known as play hour, private speech, and …show more content…
Young children are not aware whether or not they are doing a task correctly to they tend not concentrate on improving it if they don’t know what needs to improve. For example, as mentioned earlier about having the child write letters and picking the best example helps them understand the best way to write a letter. As a parent, I can perform small tasks with my child as stated earlier about letting having her write letters and evaluate the way my child writes to the correct way of writing the letter. When my kid gets older, I on teaching him or her math. After a session of math, I can give my child a quiz and after the quiz have my child evaluate his or her work as I provide the answer sheet with the steps and approaches to a problem. I could also have the child go to the board to explain the steps she or he took and comparing it to the steps I would have taken to solve the problem. Overall, plan on helping my children develop a strong sense of cognitive …show more content…
I indicated strategies in which I plan on using when I become a parent. I learned that cognitive control is crucial when a child is trying to avoid internal distractions. For example, when children think that they can’t do a particular task. This negative thinking limits one’s ability to perform a task based on the assumption that one cannot do it. I also plan on doing more research on the program known as The Tools of Mind and finding other tasks that can help my children when it comes to cognitive control and self-regulation. The text was also helpful in providing strategies, and studies of cognitive control. In class, we also discussed our experiences, ideas, and about readings that are useful information for future fathers that can use the information to help prosper one’s