Parenting practices

Upon a Time by Nadine Gordimer. I do not support the parenting styles of Connie’s parents in Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? nor of the parents mentioned in Once Upon a Time. I have found that discouraging children through words, having a lack of communication and effort in the relationship, and thinking you are protecting your child by sheltering them from knowledge of the real world are unhealthy choices when it comes to parenting your child. I believe the way a child goes about the…

lives were balanced and secure, but know life is unbalanced and insecure. Terry’s parenting has changed because of the new baby and the stress of taking care of an ill child. According to Helena, Gun, and Bengt (2006), long-lasting illness in the family can be a stressful event or a crisis for family members. The psychological, emotional, and social problems they are facing with the ill child are affecting their parenting style. Unfortunately, those who avoid attachments in childhood most likely…

Overprotective parents hover around their children like a helicopter chasing down an escaped convict. Their intentions are pure as they just want keep their children safe. However, they don’t realize that they are crossing the line with their parenting methods. These parents are evil dictators forcing their children to follow severe rules for the sake of their own sanity. But what happens to the child when they are faced with this every single second of their life? Those who are overwhelmed…

enters the world of parenting feeling incompetent in the majority of cases, but many parents manage to overcome barriers that suppress relationships…

Spoiled and Indulged Children Spoiled, literally meaning to diminish, destroy or devalue the quality of something is an adjective often applied to people. With the word being commonly used amongst adolescents, when applied to children, spoiled refers to a child being overindulged by their parents. Usually used in a derogatory manner, referring to a child as “spoiled” devalues their character. Implying that: spoiled children receive anything they please without having to use competence or effort…

Depending on whether or not the style is authoritative or sensitive can heavily impact what behavior children view as socially acceptable. For instance, in a brief report on the bidirectional influences of parenting styles by Meredith McGinley, a parent displaying a sensitive parenting style and demonstrating qualities such as sensitivity to others and showing concern for others, “influenced a child’s prosocial behavior early in development” (Newton, Laible, Carlo, Steele, & McGinley, year, p…

How We Treat Others Defines Us “Treat people how you would like to be treated.” That is what parents always tell their children. I think in general we all try to do this, but it is a very hard motto to live by. When comparing the short stories “The Possibility of Evil” and “Celia behind Me” both characters battle with walking this path, and don’t think about the repercussions of their actions until it is thrown back at them. Even though the characters Miss Strangeworth and Elizabeth are from…

The “parenting paradox” is when a parents’ has to accept negative changes when becoming a parent, changes such as less sleep, working more, increase in marital conflict, and emotional concerns for the child. While at the same time finding a higher sense of purpose in life because of the child. Those opposite trends are what, Erez and Shenkman, refer to as the “parenting paradox”. What is most rousing, is that gay parent experience less…

Nora’s most cognizant role is that of a child, though it still lacks great control. A child, while he or she has his or her own thoughts, is easily influenced and highly fragile, needing the protection and security of an adult. Because women did not reach an age of independence until laws passed under the women’s movement provided the right, women during this time period were often handed off from their father to their husband. Therefore a husband-wife relationship often parallels a…

tribulations (Kohlberg and Kramer, Continuities and discontinuities in childhood and adult moral development). We are bared to this way of thinking when it comes to the adults in Huck’s life. Miss Watson is very strict and forces Huck to present himself in a way that other children and adults are poised to be, “Huckleberry… don’t gap and stretch like that… Huckleberry, sit up straight” (15). Miss Watson also pushes religion upon Huck and this causes Huck to disown her style of upbringing.…