Value Walk!!

1 Intellectual and emotional deprivation of children occurs in more families than we think.

Negative consequences have more impact than positive consequences. 2 Negative consequences have more impact than positive consequences.

Obedience is key when parenting children. 3 Obedience is key when parenting children.

4 Children should be able to determine what they are allowed and not allowed to do.

Parental Impacts The caregivers are the center of a child’s world for a number of years. How many years?

Parental Impacts Maternal Influences- all the effects a mother can have on her child Super mother-provides educational experiences for children and lets them initiate activities Vs. Zookeeper mother- gives children good physical care, but little interaction Very competent= A Low in competence= C

Three major styles of parenting Overly-Permissive Authoritative Authoritarian Descriptions?

Authoritarian Parents enforce rigid rules and demand strict obedience to their authority “My Way or the High Way” Produces obedient and self-controlled children. Emotionally stiff, withdrawn, apprehensive, with not curiosity

Overly Permissive Give little guidance, a lot of freedom (too much), do not hold children accountable for their actions Rules aren’t enforced “Do what you want” Produces dependent, immature children who misbehave frequently Tend to run all over the place

Authoritative Supply firm, consistent guidance with love and affection Balance their own rights and their children’s rights Control behavior in caring, responsive way “Do it for this reason” Produces competent children who are self-controlled and independent Tend to be assertive and inquisitive

Global Parenting Habits Please complete the following tasks to help analyze how American parenting styles compare with parenting styles around the world. Create a Chart that lists multiple facts about each of the different parenting styles. On the back, create a Venn diagram that will compare and contrast American parenting style to a country/region that you are able to research.

Parental Impacts Maternal Influences- all the effects a mother can have on her child Super mother-provides educational experiences for children and lets them initiate activities Vs. Zookeeper mother- gives children good physical care, but little interaction Very competent= A Low in competence= C

Optimal Care The best type of care is shown by proactive maternal involvement-warm educational interactions Parental responsiveness or reactions to a child’s feelings, needs, rhythms, and signals play a huge part in child development Depends on goodness of fit

What is the father’s role in development? Parental Impacts What is the father’s role in development?

What is the father’s role in development? Parental Impacts What is the father’s role in development? -4-5 more hours playing than giving care -play rather than speak -pay more visual attention than do mothers -children who spend time with their father,

Authoritarian Parents enforce rigid rules and demand strict obedience to their authority “My Way or the High Way” Produces obedient and self-controlled children. Emotionally stiff, withdrawn, apprehensive, with not curiosity

Overly Permissive Give little guidance, a lot of freedom (too much), do not hold children accountable for their actions Rules aren’t enforced “Do what you want” Produces dependent, immature children who misbehave frequently Tend to run all over the place

Authoritative Supply firm, consistent guidance with love and affection Balance their own rights and their children’s rights Control behavior in caring, responsive way “Do it for this reason” Produces competent children who are self-controlled and independent Tend to be assertive and inquisitive

Parenting Around the World You have approximately 25 minutes to research in your group and create an informational poster with the following information; -Summary of your 5 cultures and their respective styles of parenting -What does each culture feel about optimal parenting? -What are different strategies used by each culture? -How do they compare and contrast? -Interesting topics you find -What does it say about families? -How do they differ from families in America? -images symbolizing the cultures Ideas from the textbook; Asian-American Hispanic African-American Arab-American

Try to describe as much as you can about what we have talked about. I would like for you to take the remaining time and write a letter to a prospective parent giving them advice about how they should parent their children. Try to describe as much as you can about what we have talked about. 8-10 sentences

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