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Asian parents are stricter compared with the Western parents. Although there are variety of parenting styles around the world. Parenting is the process of promoting and supporting the physical, emotional, social, financial, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship. (The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Work by Martin Davies) The most common examples of parenting styles are the…

Parents are usually overprotective with their kids, of course, for there own good, but, is it right to spy on them. Harlan Coben a writer from New York Times wrote an article titled “The Undercover Parent” in which he gives his opinion about spyware, for him is something good and necessary to keep your kids safe. I agree with his since the safety of my kids, if I had one, would be the priority for me. One of Coben’s arguments is if we should or should not trust our kids. As he said in…

Every parent wants her child to be considerate and successful. Nevertheless, parenting is the biggest challenge. For instance, the mother in Budge Wilson’s “Be-er and Doer” forces her son to become a doer whereas the narrator in Nellie Miller’s “The Most Powerful Question a Parent Can Ask” positively directs her children to be independent. Although both the mother and the narrator have the same goal to let their kids demonstrate greater accountability, the mother’s behavior of training children…

The first parenting style that will be discussed is the authoritarian parenting style. Authoritarian parenting is characterized by behaviors that are highly limiting and tremendously demanding. Authoritarian parents are neither warm nor responsive to their children and have high maturity demands for their children due to the fact that they are intolerant of selfishness or inappropriate behavior (Marsiglia et.al. 2007; Spera, 2005). The authoritarian parenting style is associated with parents who…

In what ways can marriage be positive; and how does it affect children? Most often divorce is associated with negative connotations, but marriage can be positive in a number of ways. Although, how often does this affect children? Not as much as you might think. Research has proven that kids are affected, but it’s typically only short term. Children and adolescents are more affected when they don’t have a say in the divorce. Single parenting gets a lot of bad reputation, but it’s more beneficial…

• Describe and classify what parenting style you used, and tell how you know by citing a couple of examples and the definition from the text; see pg.393 I believe that most of the actions of my parenting style can be classified as Authoritative. Reading the descriptions of authoritarian child-rearing style of upbringing, given on page 393, I find confirmation that most of the actions of my virtual parenting style can be classified as Authoritative. “Authoritative parents are warm, attentive,…

Narrative Draft Lin qi Different types of parents have separate parenting. Therefore their child’s character will also become distinct. The parenting style can have a severe effect on child’s development. Some parent’s style is “Helicopter”, that is what the reading is talking about. It’s means the kids must follow their parents no matter what, pay too much attention to everything they do and make decisions for them. Another parenting style I want to talk about is “free range” parenting style…

Thesis: Superior versus Inferior Parenting Skills Being a mother of two girls my greatest wish is for both of them to be successful and happy in their lifetime. I often ask myself what is the best way to ensure that this happens. It is true that the way parents raise their children will decide how well the child grows, in particular the mothers who impact their children the most? Based on “Hanna Rosin’s” article Mother Inferior she states that some parents choose to only want their children to…

I chose to interview a lady who was in a few of my classes at Texas Tech whom I became friends with. She is about to graduated from TTU in May with her Bachelors degree and is working towards her Masters degree in Education. She is a 52 year old women with 3 daughters ages 34, 26, and 18, she also started caring for her middle daughters children a year ago, which is a 7 year-old boy and a 6 year-old girl. She was married for 15 years and divorced her husband shortly after having her middle child…

Parenting comes in so many different styles. It’s difficult to say which style can outweigh the others. In the movie, “Hanna” directed by Joe Wright, A young girl named Hanna was being experimented at birth with a few changes in her DNA allowing her to grow up to become a heavily modified soldier. However, as the research facility ended the experiment abruptly, Hanna’s father named Eric took her and decided to raise her by himself. Parenting in this film means to be able to protect your child at…