Attachment parenting

jobs need. While parenting includes another human being and when becoming a parent, you are responsible for everything pertaining to that child, you should not have to request permission or get a license. Parents are a child’s role models. From an early age children tend to think of their parents as great, mighty human beings. They talk highly of their parents even though they are aware of some of the things they know their parents shouldn’t do. While it is true some…

Parenting Critique The purpose of this paper is to take an in-depth look at the article, Ways to Build Your Teenager’s Self-Esteem published by healthychildren.org, to verify if the article’s recommendations for building adolescent self-esteem are supported by scientific evidence. The article suggests that parents can positively influence their adolescents’ self-esteem by implementing four behaviors while interacting with their adolescent, which are, (1) be generous with praise, (2) criticize…

with. Going back to my first example on page 116, Gabe’s letter to his son, while reading this I came to a realization about the kind of parent I want to be. I doubt that Gabe intended anyone to take his letter this way, but I was amazed at his parenting skills in this situation. His letter is so full of love, wisdom, and encouragement; I pray that God will grant me the same wisdom when I have children of my…

Chua and her parenting way In her article “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior,” which was published in the Wall Street Journal on January 8th, 2011, Amy Chua, a professor at Yale Law School, claims that children who are raised by Chinese mothers grows up to be more successful in their life and have a better future than those who are raised by Western mothers. Amy Chua states that Chinese parents spend most of their time on their kids’ academic activities, while Western parent spend most of their…

What makes the perfect parent? Countless magazines and websites strive to answer the question but often possess differing opinions on what techniques and parenting styles will foster the ideal child. In Chaim Potok’s novel, The Chosen, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders grow up in polar opposite households. While both practice Judaism, their separate sects often highlight differences in their respective upbringings. Literature mimics real life and while reading, I found myself comparing the boys’…

pressure and stress to the job of raising children. With no one to share day-to-day responsibilities or decision-making, single parents must provide greater support for their children while they themselves may feel alone.” (Stresses of Single Parenting) Single parenting…

Continuity of Parental Favoritism and Sibling Rivalry Many people might believe that parental favoritism is only in childhood. In reality, parental favoritism has lasting effects on both the parent-child relationship and on the children themselves. “In this study, last-born adult children were substantially more likely to be named as those to whom their mothers were most emotionally close, and firstborn children were most likely to be chosen as those to whom their mothers would turn in crises…

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World brings to light the consequences of losing one’s individuality. All around the world, children are told to be themselves. No one wants their children to be exactly like other children; they just want their child. They yearn for their child to be individual. However, one cannot deny that people will agree more often if they all shared a similar mindset. For example, if everyone in the American government thought the same way, bills and laws would pass more rapidly,…

Mommy Dearest In many places in the world there are mothers who live vicariously through their children because they could not exceed in their own lives so they push their kids to do things that they wish they had the chance to do. Sometimes tis can be a good thing because their over determination for their kids may cause the kids to go into a good path for their future leading them to have a successful life. Often times, their over determination can cause their kids to take the wrong direction…

The world puts pressure on individuals by setting high societal standards one must achieve in order to be considered successful in life. Family also plays a significant role in one’s life, as parents expect their children to succeed and follow specific paths in life. However, young adults often feel burdened by the need of having to meet the expectations of both family and society; leading many individuals to develop high levels of stress. In Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild both Chris McCandless…