...Parental School Involvement is a Plus Parents usually ask themselves if home schooling actually works, or if public schools are such a problem. Parents are reasonably cautious when considering something as important as their children’s’ learning environment. While homeschool and public school focuses on education, the right parental involvement can provide positive effect on a child. Parents have limited involvement with their children at public school. In this case, A father was homeschooling his oldest son. He and his wife have not always homeschooled their son, even though they did not originally set out to do so. they homeschooled their oldest son for two years, the years he was in public schools caused parent to be mindful of other options of appropriate education for their son. He was in public school from 1st to 9th grade. They thought they had legitimate reasons for their decision, to wait a little longer to take their son out of public school and thought they could counter any challenging social issues they received along the way. They were naive. The son was also classified as “gifted;” however, public schools teach to the average and so he spent a lot of time with nothing to do. On the contrary, Home School allows the freedom to explore and learn at the pace of the individual student. Their son also had a bladder issue that made him have serious urgency to use the restroom without really much notice. The parent explained the issue with his...
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...Does a father’s presence and involvement matter in a child’s holistic development? Such inquiry has been highly speculated over the past decades by researchers in order to discover the true impact of paternal parenting significance in a child’s well-being. As generations continually evolve, the traditional father role of being the “breadwinner” of the family is no longer the norm; allowing for dual earners in the family, and for fathers to become more involved in the caregiving aspects for the child. However, as research suggests, there seems to be a reoccurring theme of the different types of fathers: a nurturing, invested father or an absent father, either through unforeseen circumstances or by choice. This paternal absence has led to different...
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...a child in youth sports. With many families having two working parents it may be hard for these parents to properly get involved in their child’s life. The wrong kind of involvement could lead to children being “babied” or leading them to believe winning is what is most important. This brings on unnecessary pressure creating a negative experience for the child. How parents get involved and how they teach sports to their children both have a significant effect on the child’s experience in youth sports. Many parents have become conditioned into thinking one of their only roles in their child’s life in sports, is to be a taxi cab driver or chauffer, and to make sure they’re registered and signed up for the leagues, camps, or clinics. Parents often forget that they can and should be more involved with their children. In the article “The Good Father: Parental Expectation and Youth Sports” the author discusses the father’s role in youth sports. In society, fathers are looked upon as the head of the house, the one who makes all the money. Fathers become involved in sport because it is a way to be a part of their children’s lives, since it interests them as well. Fathers are looked at as the ones that are physically involved with the children, by teaching and showing them how to play the game. Fathers are also said to be the ones who consult with coaches, scout out the opponents,...
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...Promoting Responsible Fatherhood Programming: Factors Affecting Low Income Fathers' Involvement in Child Protection Services and Court-Restricted Access to their Children Fatherhood programs are there to protect against child maltreatment. Child maltreatment is described to be a function of many ecological systems: ontogenetic, microsystems, exosystems, and macrosystems. Ontogenetic factors (individual) refer to fathers with criminal records. It has been documented that over 600,000 men are released from prison every year. Researchers have shown fathers with criminal history can have a positive affect on their child's life. Fathers released from incarceration want involved in their child's development because of the motivation. Studies suggest that parental involvement after incarceration has positive effects for both the parent and the child. Substance use in fathers has been documented to increase the risk of physical abuse and neglect. It was documented that 206 serious chold maltreatment cases have been reported has been involved with substance use. The more drugs the father is indicated to use, the greater the likelihood the reporting of CPS involvement. Child sexual abuse has been described as a long lasting vulnerability risk factor for child maltreatment. In the microsystem factors (family), intimate partner violence or male violence against their female partner is a risk factor for child maltreatment. It is documented that men who engaged in more than...
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...their homes, proper nutrition’s, how to drive, hunt, fish, home maintenance, dating issues, discipline, and a host of other things that their children will face in their life as they grow into responsible adults. The responsibility of raising children begins immediately from the time they bring the child home on the first day. This is when the bonding of the child and parents begins. The mom of course is in need the most help during this time. The input from her mate is vital, as she is feeling the pain of the literal child bearing experience, and really needs the father to be right there to take care of her and the baby needs. There is a huge responsibility of making sure that the baby is fed, bathed, and changed, to cooking cleaning, and doing everything else that mom usually does to keep the home running but cannot be done as a result of the birth of the new baby. If the parents are not a couple, and the father is not able to step in to help, then he would...
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...Story The topic of illegal and legal immigration is a hot topic in the United States. I spent 8 years in Southern California; during my time living there, I met a friend who came to the United States illegally with her family as a child. They are still not citizens and residing here illegally, it is not easy. Ani and her family left Mexico in 2001 because of the poverty and living conditions. Her parents could not support their family with the jobs there. They had no money and nowhere to go so they came up from Tijuana. She said that she could remember being very scared because of the cartel involvement in the area where they lived and were running from. She has 5 brothers and sisters and her parents that came over the border. These cartel members would harass and try to force her father to work for them and do whatever they wanted. Her father wanted nothing to do with any involvement with them. He told his family that they were leaving because he would never be one of them or allow his children to be forced into the cartel world. She remembers late one night into early morning, getting on horses and travelling over the border. Her mother was pregnant at the time with her youngest brother and they were willing to die then to stay another day. Can you imagine how they must have felt? Wondering if someone was going to catch them and either kill them or put them in jail? It must have been terrifying for all of them. They made it here though safely but the struggle to attain...
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...Fathers’ Perspectives on the Emotional Impact of Managing the Care of Their Children With Cystic Fibrosis Claire C. Hayes, MSc, BSc, RCN, RM, RGN Eileen Savage, PhD, MEd, BNS, RCN, RGN In this article, fathers' perspectives on the emotional impact of managing the care of their children with cystic fibrosis (CF) are examined. The constant worry of living with the unpredictability of CF was highlighted in this study, drawing on interviews with eight Irish fathers, who experienced difficulties communicating their concerns to others. Despite efforts at not dwelling on CF, fathers described being surrounded by constant reminders. To minimize the emotional impact of managing their children's care, fathers described living from day to day rather than looking into the future. These findings demonstrate the need for supportive interventions in helping fathers manage the emotional demands of caring for their children with CF. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Key words: Fathers; Children with CF; Emotions; Worries YSTIC FIBROSIS (CF) IS a progressive, lifeshortening, multisystem disease of the exocrine glands, which predominately affects the respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract. Increased mucus production in the small airways resulting in progressive lung disease is the primary cause of death (Orenstein, Winnie, & Altman, 2002). Improvements in life expectancy into the third and fourth decades can be attributed to scientific and medical advances in treatment interventions...
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...Sam Dawson is a single father to a little girl named Lucy. He lives in Los Angeles in an apartment with his daughter. He has an intellectual disability. He has the IQ of a seven-year-old child. He has some challenges when he talks and he acts like he is a young child. I would categorize Sam as mild to moderate intellectual disability, because he was capable of doing things on his own, with some little help. He was able to have a job and take care of his daughter, but he did have some challenge and difficulties than a normal person would have. Some background information on his family life is, when he was a child his mother got sick and died, so Sam went into an institution. He considered the people that worked at the institution to be his family. He says in the movie that he was abused in the institution; the people that worked there would hit him a lot. Sam, father was not around, he left Sam and his mother when he was very young. I believe Sam parents were separated because his father left them and his parents did not have any involvement in his life, because his mom was sick and his dad left and he was place in an institution. The movie does not discuss whether or not Sam, has any sibling or not. The family circumstances, I think directly affected the child’s social-emotional, behavioral and academic well being because, because I think putting him in an institution helped him become very social and express how he feels, and he is extremely smart for having an IQ of a seven...
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...choice ✓ Readability (E) (S) (NI) (US) Support: ✓ Direct quotations are used for support ✓ In-depth, clear analysis ✓ Avoids plot summary (E) (S) (NI) (US) Process: ✓ Participation in Peer Reveiw (E) (S) (NI) (US) (E) = Excellent (S) = Satisfactory (NI) = Needs Improvement (US) = Unsatisfactory Royal Bugh Mr. Zima English 102 WWA Research Paper Rough Draft 4/2/2013 Both Parents Should Assume Equal Responsibility in Raising a Child This is an article titled, Both Parents Should Assume Equal Responsibility in Raising Children. The article contains a great deal of information about the importance of both parents. The article states that the father is important because, “…by his masculinity nature, will be better to give his child the sense of braveness and teach him to defend himself against anyone who could hurt him in his environment. For playing out similar situations in the house with his child, would certainly increase the child’s...
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...It has been said by Karl Taro Greenfield that: “The harsh truth of every relationship, even between those who love each other, like fathers and sons and daughters, or husbands and wives, is that the love is always unequal”. When a child is little, everything their parents do is seen as perfect, a parent can do no wrong. As a child grows older, they start to see that their parents are in fact flawed and this can cause an inward conflict for the child. Psychology has done a lot of research about family relationships, especially the relationship between a mother and her son. Sigmund Freud himself came up with the Oedipus complex, which is when a boy has an attachment to the mother, which in turns results in aggressive and envious feelings toward...
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...into their adulthood. (McBride, 1998) As you grow up, you are taught many life lessons from your experienced parents. Your parents' duty is to nurture you, so that you can grow up to become a person who is strong and able to support yourself. (Allen, 2013) Parents must realize that when it comes to raising a child, they both must put in an equal amount of effort so that the child learns new things, prevents family breakdowns or arguments and prevents the child from straying off the 'right' path as they say. It is a typical situation where the father is the one who is assumed as not being apart of raising their child. The first reason why both parents, a father and mother, should have equal opportunities to raise their children is that the father, by his masculinity nature, will be better to give his child the sense of braveness and teach them to defend themselves against anyone who could hurt them in their environment. By the father involving himself in this way in his child’s life would certainly increase the method of analyzing any trouble they could possibly find themselves being involved in in the future and enhance and revive their self-confidence and sense of responsibility. (Allen, 2013) Even though I agree that a mother should give her son/daughter a sense of tenderness to keep their children...
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...Effects of Single Parent Homes on Children Abstract Throughout the world, there are numerous children being raised in single parent homes. This paper is a summary of the increase of children raised by single parents and the effects it has on them. Single parent homes will consist of households with at least one child under the age of 18 and only one parent as a result of divorce, death, or parents having never been married. The effects on cognitive, social, and emotional development of these children will be compared to that of children raised in two-parent homes. Effects of Single Parent Homes on Children The American family dynamic has seen a drastic shift in the past few decades. The nuclear family structure, consisting of a father, mother, and children, has been rapidly decreasing as more and more children are being raised in single-parent homes. Divorce, parental death, or couples having never been married are some common circumstances leading to single-parenthood. Being a single-parent and sole provider for children can be a difficult and overwhelming task. Having to single handedly juggle all the responsibilities of career, maintaining a household, and raising children is hard on not only the parent but it takes a toll on the children, as well. When compared to their married-couple counterparts, the effects on cognitive, social and emotional development of children raised in single parent homes is made apparent. They are placed at a disadvantage and their...
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...P2: Explain the potential effects of five different life factors, on the development of an individual. These are the five life factors on the development of an individual Genetic Biological Environmental Socioeconomic Lifestyle 1: Genetic – Psoriasis. My mother inherited Psoriasis from her mother. What is Psoriasis? Psoriasis is a common skin problem affecting about 2% of the population. It occurs equally in men and women, at any age, and tends to come and go unpredictably. It is not infectious, and does not scar the skin. There is more likely to be a family history of psoriasis in people who get it when they are young than in those who develop it when they are old. A child with one parent with psoriasis has roughly a 1 in 4 chance of developing psoriasis too. If one of a pair of twins has psoriasis, the other twin has a 70% chance of having it too if the twins are identical, but only a 20% chance if the twins are not identical.ihiu8ggoyf Treatments fall into three categories: topical – creams and ointments that are applied to your skin phototherapy – your skin is exposed to certain types of ultraviolet light systemic – oral and injected medications that work throughout the entire body My mother finds it difficult to wear short sleeve tops as she doesn’t like the way that her skin appears. Its can also cause my mum some pain (burning sensations, itching and flakey skin). My mother has had this since she was a child and has been to see her GP who...
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...periods with my parents. During these periods work was always set aside. My father and I frequently read the newspaper or other materials together, and my mother and I frequently played with my dolls and other feminine things. My father and I were very close to one another. The times we spent together were exceptionally important to me. One of the most special thing my father and I did together was the learning I did with him. He taught me to play sports, to enjoy nature, and to enjoy the art of discovery. I was enthralled by my mother’s role in my life as well because we did things that were typical of other females my age, but those things simply didn’t seem as fun or enjoyable as the things my father and I did when we spent time together. I thoroughly enjoyed playing softball, football, and basketball. I also enjoy hiking, camping, and swimming at the lake. There was nothing as important to me as being outside and doing traditional male activities because they came natural to me. Furthermore, my mother seemed to be trying too hard to capture my interest in things such as dolls, dress-up, and other female things that simply were a bore to me. I merely enjoyed my time with her because it was her way of trying to bond with me, but my real enjoyment came when I could be outside doing some activity. There was never a chance that I would be bored outside. I clearly remember as a child the first time my father taught me how to play basketball. At first we practiced without a ball, and...
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...Sarksian have shed new light on the subject of minority families and their differences to the traditional nuclear families in their essay, “The Color of Family Ties.” According to their work, those of White descent make up most of all nuclear families which can be described as a father, mother and children all living in one household. Gerstel and Sarkasian point out that it is not always the case that, “Black and Latino/a, especially Puerto Rican families are more disorganized than White families, and that their families ties are weaker,” as they are often thought of by those in politics or the media (62). In fact Gerstel and Sarkasian write, “Blacks and Latinos/as, are as likely as Whites-and in some ways more likely-to be supportive family members” (63). This is evident in Roger Jack’s “An Indian Story” and Melvin Dixon’s poem, “Aunt Ida Pieces a Quilt.” Both these writings exhibit great examples of minority, untraditional families with very strong ties and supportive relationships and yet it is arguable that one family is lacking in kinship. “An Indian Story” by Roger Jack is a story a young boy who many refer to as Jack and his nonnuclear family. When Jack is just a young boy his mother dies then his father remarries and starts a new family, which makes the boy uncomfortable with his living situation so he decides to go live with his late mother’s sister, Aunt Greta. It is apparent that even before he decided to move with Greta, Jack was very close to her when he states, “I walked...
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