Essay On Montessori Child Rearing

Up to this point, we have learned about theoretical and historical background of child rearing and various types of parenting patterns and how it varies among cultures. When I learn about the history of child rearing I started to understand how people, especially Americans, were influenced by the experts and theorists such as Freud and Erikson and how their beliefs and behaviors of child rearing altered by the influence of the experts. It is also really interesting to see how people’s beliefs about child rearing change from autocratic parenting to another type of parenting that emphasize on understanding the children. Besides that, I am really captivated in how early childhood educators, especially Maria Montessori challenged parents to give their children freedom to learn and explore by themselves. When Professor Engels showed the video of how the Montessori school works and what children in the Montessori school normally do, I was so fascinated by what I saw on the video. I loved to see how the children were …show more content…
When in class, lots of students shared their stories and experiences on how certain parents were lenient and how some parents were strict about gender roles on their children. I am from a culture that really accentuates people to stick on their traditional gender behavior, especially with the way they dressed up. My culture and the community where I live are so strict on people who wear or do certain things that are not ‘suitable’ for their gender. For example, people in my society opposed men who wear women’s clothes, vice versa. Because of that, we have been taught since we were kids to act certain ways and to wear certain clothes that are specific to our gender. It is also one of the reasons why I find it interesting to hear stories from another culture (Americans culture specifically) and how their parents’ deal with their kids when it come to this