Attachment parenting

separate, children are not able to live with both parents at the same time any longer. Children must split their time between parents either through joint custody or through a visitation schedule. In situations where the parents can agree on a parenting plan that includes a mutual custody and visitation arrangement, the children benefit. However, this is not always the case. In some cases, parents battle for custody. When parents are in a heated custody battle because they cannot agree between…

Even though adoption is acquiring prevalence and many individuals’ holds adoption in “high regard” the stigma encompassing adoption is still manifested. Adopted individuals have acknowledged that adoption is regarded as a “second best” option to having biological children (Brodzinsky, 2011) and views of social stigma around adoption have urged them to search for their birth parents or explore their biological roots in order to be identified as more socially acceptable (Baden & Wiley, 2007).…

Primary socialisation is the initial socialisation, is when a child learns to interact, behave, and talk in society through family members. This is also when we learn and accept a set of values and norms that are influenced by our parents. We also acquire a sense of who we are and where we belong. Throughout the time spent with Jacks mother she didn’t teach him the correct values and norms as she struggled to cope by herself due to his serve condition that he was unable to communicated in…

1. A blended family is one that is formed after a single parent remarries or when a family adopts or fosters a child. The blended family system is one that brings together children who have different families of origins and/or adults who remarried or had children from previous marriages. Remarriage is not uncommon for families that the adults had a divorce. With blended families when children are involved the new family system is made instantaneously without the benefit of adding new members.…

The definition of a good parent may vary from person to person, due to past history and experiences. A person’s history could also affect a person’s parenting style. For example, if someone was raised in a home without love and security, as a parent, they may also raise their children in an environment lacking those things because that is how they grew up and they may be ignorant as to how to better raise their children. There are many significant characteristics that most people would use to…

Parenting has always been an issue since the brick of dawn and recently been recognized as a problem for our society: remarkably people have finally decided to try to do something about it. In the Glass Castle, Rex and Rose Mary Walls went through many struggles raising their children but ultimately the struggles made the children stronger individuals; despite the alcoholism, sickness, and domestic abuse. Jeanette and her siblings have been through many hardships as they grew up, living with…

sense of balance is required when dealing with technology. A parent’s role should never be replaced with technology, but rather find the equilibrium between technology and communication. Society affects all of us and how we make decisions including parenting decisions. Whether we read about, hear about it or watch it, we are affected by information somehow. As we travel through the years of being a parent and caring for children, we will encounter many things we disagree and agree with, as…

Homosexuality is becoming more normalized in today’s society each day. Most people have finally come to accept homosexuality and are okay with it, but one concept that majority of people refuse to acknowledge as okay is same-sex adoption. People are scared of change and believe that the United States is the best country in the world, because of our freedom. However, it is hard to be considered “free” when you are a gay couple who gets discriminated against when adopting a child. Foster care,…

personality, and even how responsible a person can be later on in life. The impact of a sibling can be subtle such as the order the children in a family were born, and how many year apart each one was from the other, to more overt impacts like future parenting skills and if an older sibling continues education when a parent dies. The way siblings shape each other is amazing and incredible. Oldest children are often thought of as bossy, reliable, organized, leaders, and perfectionists (Leman,…

The first issue of organizing and completing a heavy load of homework from college classes may look very different depending on which stage of maturity a person is in. First, the “Later Childhood” stage, I believe may depend on someone else such as a teacher or parent to give instruction or encouragement on how to tackle the work load and or homework. Without direction, in this stage a person may make choices that affect the ability to get the work done. For example, I may choose to spend time…