Parenting

How does a person grow up to be who they are? Most people would say it’s the way one’s parent raises them. “A helicopter parent is a term used to describe an overprotective mother or father that discourages a child’s independence by being too involved in their life” (dictionary). Basically, it sounds like a child’s worst nightmare. We live in a society today where we feel the need to constantly protect our children. But a line is drawn when overprotection occurs. There are parents that give…

The style of parenting that I think my parent used is the style of the Helicopter parents. According to the book, the Helicopter parents are defined as the following; lives revolve around their children, hover over children and rescue them whenever they have a problem – leaves children unequipped to handle challenges. My parents have always been very involved in my life. They always knew what was going on in my life and they were always there for anything that went wrong in my life. No matter…

When my group compared the Tallinger family to the Driver family, there were many differences in their parenting styles that affected the child either negatively or positively. The Tallinger family was a middle class family who brought up their child using a concerted cultivation type of parenting style. While the Driver family brought up Wendy with a accomplishment of natural growth style. As previously discussed, concerted cultivation, in general, is a better way to raise a child compared to…

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…

for her parenting skills and her thoughts on Westerners parenting, though, one thing they don’t think about is cultural differences. Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, wrote an article focusing on chinese parenting. SHe uses the term “chinese parenting” lightly, because she knows of many other parents that are of different nationalities that qualify in this parenting category as well. In this writing, Amy talks about chinese parenting and the differences between it and western parenting.…

gets to continue to have a stable and close relationships with both parents(Co-parenting, 2013). The key ingredients for a supportive co-parenting relationship includes joint investment in the child, valuing the importance of the other parent for the child or children's growth and development, respecting the judgements of the other parent and ongoing communication regarding the child or children's needs. Co-parenting that involves both…

of different parenting styles. Extending from low - maintaince parenting all the way to firm authoritarian parenting. “Two Kinds” is an excerpt from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, realistic fiction novel. Excerpt one is from the chapter “Dreaming of Heroes” and excerpt two is from the chapter “Field of Dreams.” Both are from Friday Night Lights, nonfiction novel, by H.G. Bissinger. The readers are exposed to two drastic parenting lifestyles that affect their children's life. Parenting leaves…

Children don 't come with an instruction manual, parents aren 't required to take a course on child rearing, for the most part parents are left to figure it out on their own. This can be quite overwhelming at times. Fortunately, there is help available through family members, friends, and books. Utilize all of the help that 's available to you, because as they say, it truly does take a village, raising children isn 't something that any parent can do all on their own. There are no perfect…

wise to create a parenting plan to determine how custody and visitation work. When making a plan, parents need to discuss how their children will be cared for and the certain responsibilities of each parent. They may be unsure of what to include in a plan to make it most effective. For this reason, a parenting plan walk through template is important to follow to ensure all aspects of custody and visitation are covered. One of the first determinations a template provides is a parenting time…

countries. However, the “traditional family” is no longer as common and there is a great diversity of family structures in today’s society. Single parenthood, cohabitation and same-sex parenthood are some of the nontraditional family forms. Same-sex parenting has become more common recently in countries such as the United States, partially due to the increased options for same-sex couples to become parents, such as raising a biological offspring of one of the parents, adoption, donor…