Cultivation theory

Our society needs more unhappy, miserable adults in the future. But the only way to get those unhappy, miserable adults is with protective parenting. When the society develops overprotective parents, we will be able to produce adults who are unable to function and unprepared to contend with life 's difficulties. Permissive parenting will lead to feelings of bitterness and isolation throughout adulthood (Belkin). Both protective and permissive parenting will result in damaging the adult and make…

Children are born as a clean slate and they become how we mould them. Those tiny beings do not know what is the so called “correct” behaviour in a particular situation and it is our duty as parents to let them know about the same. However, many parents get really strict and handle their kids very sternly if they are unable to master a socially accepted behavior. These days, a video of a small girl being punished and beaten is going viral as it is really disturbing to see the little one being…

Children, since able to think for themselves, have wanted to aspire to be their own person. Parents, however, don’t always agree with the direction their child has chosen to follow in life. In Amy Tan’s Two Kinds, Jing-Mei is a Chinese-American girl. Her Chinese mother wants her to be a prodigy, which Jing-mei finds herself not wanting to be. Despite her mother’s efforts, Jing-mei doesn't seem to be good at anything except piano, but she refuses to excel at it. As her mother slowly takes away…

Group members: Jee Inn, Tan and Xuan Thanh Huong, Tran Essay question: The Authoritative parenting style is more effective than other styles of parenting. Do you agree or disagree? Parenting style refers to the practices adopted by parents during their children's growth and socialization stages and how the children are controlled. There are four main types of parenting style: Authoritarian, Authoritative, Permissive and Uninvolved .However, different cultures favour different styles of…

Do you think parents young and older are parenting the right and healthy way of raising a child, while fulfilling a loving family with healthy relationships? The types of parenting lifestyles that are not healthy are, permissive and unengaged parenting lifestyles permissive parenting lifestyles are the parents that let their child do what they want when they want. The types of parenting lifestyles that are not healthy for both parent and child really affect how the child grows and how they turn…

In the book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, by Amy Chua, I had a lot of mixed feels about the story that she told. The overall purpose of this book was to show the difference between the different parenting styles in different cultures and I believe she did a good job explaining it. Throughout the novel, I did agree with some of the things she did to her children but on the other hand I did not agree with her. At times, she was very controlling over her children and never gave them a chance to…

Norman Chance (1990) explains that incorporating Inuit children into the adults is not for simply to learn how to look after the family when they are older, but are seen to be lack of experiences, children are never rejected from adult world but encouraged to participate, adults take the responsibility to share their experiences, however when the children reaches a point where s/he can decide for themselves, adults will not interfere. Spanish children’s environments are very social and mostly is…

Shown repeatedly throughout both articles ‘You Are Not Special’ by David McCullough and ‘You Shouldn’t Get a Prize for Showing Up” by Nancy Armour, a common central idea of overused admiration and parents over-sheltering their children is apparent in both texts. While both of the writers show compelling arguments, parents and children act completely different ways than what is assumed of them. Parents do not always show excessive pride for their children nor do they keep them cut off from the…

The life-span perspective posits that development cannot be understood solely in terms of genetics, but must include equal assessment of both nature and nurture. In this regard, three of the most important “nurture” influences are parents (and parenting styles), types of caregivers (including parental caregivers but not exclusive to them), and early educational experiences. In most circumstances, a child’s parent is one of his/her most important influences. As such, the way that the parent acts…

Not every child is raised by the same type of parents and some parents care more than others. Everyone is different, but there is three general types of parenting styles (authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative) that each result in children to behave differently (Baumrind, 1967). The authoritarian parent incorporates strict rules, obedience to authority, and harsh punishment. They do not outwardly show their love for their children and they keep their relationships with their kids distant.…