Caregiver

Foster care is a temporary arrangement in which certified adults provide care for a child or children, whose birth parent are unable to care for them.1 The purpose of the foster care system is to provide a safe and temporary home for the kids that are under age and can't afford to care for themselves. Foster children can be taken out of their homes for various reasons for abuse, neglect, abandonment or voluntary placement. The foster care system has grown over the years since 1853. The system…

Lori and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. Our interview was more like two friends having a conversation that focused on her aging father with Parkinson’s Disease and her role as a caregiver, however we drifted off the subject a time or two reminiscing about many years ago. Lori has two children, a son, Jamie and a daughter, Baylee. She has been in a relationship with a gentleman for about ten years. Since Lori and I have remained in contact with one another throughout the years…

the Midwest region of the United States conducted a regional study to determine just that. The researchers who conducted this study set out to find the perspectives of many different stakeholders within the system of childcare including parents, caregivers, policy makers and social service providers (Harrist, Thompson & Norris, 2007). Their findings showed similarity on what had previously been discussed on the topic of childcare; the definition of quality needs to be broadened by hearing the…

Infant Cognitive Development Bonding and attachment are often interchangeable terminology utilized to describe the connection between parents and infants (Redshaw, & Martin, 2013). Often a mother becomes attached to a child simply from the action of pregnancy and feeling the child growing, moving even hiccupping fosters an attachment based on this physical experience (Redshaw, & Martin, 2013). Bonding, however, occurs post birth, this is a bond that is developed within the first hours,…

The various attachment styles are autonomous, dismissing, preoccupied, and unresolved. An autonomous adult has a secure attachment toward his/her caregiver. Autonomous adults are able to give collaborative narrative, acknowledge the importance of attachment-related experience in their development, and have come to terms with painful backgrounds they may have experienced as a child. Autonomous adults…

John Bowlby’s Theory of Attachment to one caregiver This essay will show how John Bowlby believed that one caregiver usually the mother is an important attachment figure and how there is a sensitive period of time to attach to the primary caregiver. He believed children have an innate drive to become attached because it has long term benefits, this innate drive ensures that infants stay close to the caregiver for food and protection. He believed there is a sensitive period for attachments to…

A healthy relationship does not involve hitting. The most effective age of spanking is age’s two to six. Around these ages it is important the lessons that caregivers teach children. When one is spanking their child, without even noticing it, they are forcing their child to be scared of the caregiver. This will cause the child to most likely always be scared of adults. “[Children] are more likely to step back from the relationship and build a self-protective shield around themselves…

I worked at Hidden Falls Camp during the past two summers and I loved working with all the kids. Whenever I was having a bad day, I could always go hang out with them and they would cheer me up like that. They loved me so much they want me to come back next year, so maybe I could be their counselor. I think that my calling in the future since I decided not to go to college anymore I think I would want to be a babysitter or childcare worker when I have free time or when I am not doing anything.…

transmitted, and that’s because even though there are more than five million cases per year, only one in fourteen is reported (Elder Abuse Statistics & Facts). On August 25, 2015 a seventy-two-year-old woman was found severely neglected by her caregiver; according to Hayes “the woman had bugs coming out of her mouth and wore a diaper that hadn 't been changed in some time… They described the woman as living among numerous cockroaches, in a house where a sink full of dishes gave off a strong…

Childcare Experience Brooklyn Heights, NY -Shannon Family 2017-2015 When I first came to New York I began working with the Shannon family, three children of the ages two, six, and eight. For two years I worked 30-40 hours a week with them. Beginning the day with managing an active schedule of an appointments for the youngest child, art, music, swimming and theater classes, as well as daily park and neighborhood walks, playdates, endless imaginary games, and books keeping us busy while the…