Parenting practices

If you are a parent of a newborn there are many challenges which lie ahead. One of the biggest challenges of being a parent is dealing with the "diaper dilemma”. If you want a solution that is easy on the environment and easy on your wallet too, then cloth diapers may just be the solution which you are looking for. However you will need to learn more about the different types of cloth diapers. Fortunately there are many different types available and you will be spoilt for choice. For the sake of…

Domestic helpers -- a blessing for child’s psychological growth? A phenomenon is occurred in Hong Kong that people tend to hire domestic helpers to relieve parents’ workload on taking care their children (Tam, 2001). Under this environment, parents devoted fewer time on take caring the children, whereas the helpers might turned out to become the primary caregiver of the children in some extreme cases. I am interested about its consequences to children’s growth and I would share some ideas about…

When there is a lack of parental roles in a teenager’s life, things do not always go as planned. Baby, from Baby Driver, and Holden, from Catcher in the Rye, have both experienced loss. Which has both caused a lack of proper parental an adult role models in their life. When Baby was a young child, he was in a car accident with his mother and father. This causes the passing of both parents. Since then, Baby is part of the Foster Care system. His inability to cope has lead him to become the…

advocating ethical therapy. PCIT is behavior based, family oriented therapy. It is designed to develop parent child relationship through interaction. “In this modality, child directed interaction can help facilitate the development of effective parenting techniques and reductions in behavior issues and may also lead to a stronger familial relationship (Parent Child…,…

There are always constant changes in the world today, based on the transformations in one generation to the next. One generation that lead another generation to the next is Baby Boomers, they were born between the years 1946 and 1964 (The Boomers 1). This era was known for a huge population increase from babies being born once World War II was over. Baby boomers are not only described for life stages, but also transforming in new directions. Children from this generation lived in a poor society,…

Informative Synthesis on Millennials Nicholas, Arlene J; Stapleton, Wen, Starrett, & Kilburn and Wilson, Maureen offer a variety of opinions on Millennials, They explain who they are, their vast knowledge on technology and online courses, and receiving timely feedback. The opinions of these authors vary and at times contradict each other due to some of the surveys conducted, they also agreed on other subjects even though their papers had nothing to do with each other. The reader will read and…

Children are extremely vulnerable. They are impressionable and emotionally immature. A parent’s job is to help his/her child grow and develop so he or she is not vulnerable anymore. That’s what a parent is supposed to do. But what happens when parents don’t do their job; what happens to their children? Having good self-esteem is so important for children. Parents are supposed to provide love and support, so their children will have positive feelings about themselves. Pecola Breedlove is a…

For example, while the self-control theory holds effective parenting as the source of crime, what of those who are raised in a foster home or who receive little attention from their parents but yet do not commit crime. The self-control theory also fails to recognize those that have had misbehavior corrected by their…

their choice on whether or not they can handle the role of a parent. Parenting is hard work. It requires decisions on feeding, sleeping, discipline, and medical care. Also, there is a conflict between conformity and independence in that in our society, we value differences and culture. [Dr. Gleason’s lecture] However, at the same time, we want people to conform to certain behaviors, such as parenting styles. The development of parenting styles first appeared in psychologist Diana Baumrind’s…

Feinberg in his prominent work titled “A Child’s Right to an Open Future?” claims that parents should “sent [child] out into the adult world with as many open opportunities as possible, thus maximizing the chances for self-fulfillment” (Feinberg, 1980, p. 134-135). This right impose limits on parents’ influence on children, including limitation of their influence in regard to choice of culture and religion. Thus, Feinberg believes that parents violate children’s right to an open future if they…