...Grandparent parenting is a growing trend that seems to be more common than ever these days. Since it has become more common for us to see teen pregnancy, single parents, and troubled young people having children it has led to grandparents stepping in to fill the needs of these children who have parents that are not available to be parents. They suffer from the lack of parenting knowledge, or legal issues, or simply were not ready to give up their lives to care for their children. Their mentality was no where near ready to be a parent. According to Grandparents Parenting Again website there are 2.4 million families that are maintained by grandparents who have their grandchildren living with them. There are effects to this parenting situation. First of all normally grandparents are viewed as ones who are there to love and spoil grandchildren, and suddenly they are in a role of parent and disciplinarian. This means that the child can miss out on traditional grandparenting from their grandparents. For the grandparents it can create a sense of resentment. It is not intended for a grandparent to feel that way. But there is a sense of freedom that they may have felt when their own children were raised and out on their own, which is now taken from them in place of becoming a parent once again later in life. There is however a sense of heroism if the grandparent has stepped in to stop their grandchildren from being placed in the social services system. These grandparents have saved...
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...Grandparenting Grand parenting over the years has changed due to the life expectancy of adults. They are living longer and now you are more likely to have a living grandmother than a grandfather but both are still living longer. Another change is the amount of grandchildren you are likely to have. In the 1900s you averaged 12.1 grandchildren versus the 6 or fewer grand children you would have in the 1990s Also it is more likely in black and Hispanic households to be raising your children while also being a grandparent. Grandparents whose children moved to another country are no able to see their grandchildren but if you live in the same country you are more likely to see and interact with your grandparents. Another factor of grand parenting is at what age you become one the younger you are the more active you are in the lives of your grandchildren. My grandfathers are both deceased and I have no distinct memories of either in my life as a child but I do remember when my mother’s father was starting to have alzheimer and the day of his funeral. My grandmothers are 20 years apart in age and I saw my younger grandma more as a child and as an adult than my other grandma. I love them both the same but I have more memories with one over the other. The Strengths of Apache Grandmothers In the American way of life grandparents are important but if they do not want to take a very active role in the lives of their grandchildren they don’t have to. In the American Indian way of...
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...Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren Stephanie Cooper 02/25/2014 Abstract A lot of parents are leaving the responsibility of parenting roles due to numerous personal and economic situations. Many of these household may contain three generations, with the most rapid growth occurring in the house holds containing grandchildren and grandparents only. In filling these roles there are numerous health, legal, financial, education, and emotional barriers that make this very difficult to grandparents. If they are not successful the alternative for most of these children is definitely foster is inadequate care. The role of the grandparents is not likely to change anytime soon. References •Joselin D, Brouard A. The prevalence of grandmothers as primary caregivers in a poor pediatric population. J Community Health. 1995 Oct; 20(5):383–401. •Roe KM, Minkler M, Saunders F, Thomson GE. Health of grandmothers raising children of the crack cocaine epidemic. Med Care. 1996 Nov; 34(11):1072–1084. •Minkler M, Fuller-Thomson E, Miller D, Driver D. Depression in grandparents raising grandchildren: results of a national longitudinal study. Arch FM Med. 1997 Sep-Oct; 6(5):445–452. •Jendrek MP. Grandparents who parent their grandchildren: circumstances and decisions. Gerontologist. 1994 Apr; 34(2):206–216. •Burton LM. Black grandparents rearing children of...
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...their surroundings and they are such things like parents, grandparents, smells, and sounds like someone’s voice. As they begin to grow from infancy to adolescence they begin to pick up traits from parents, siblings, or even their friends. Some of these can be bad habits or they can lead to success in a child’s life. Families can affect the development of infants and adolescence, and depending on the circumstances they can be good or bad. Many young girls/boy usually look up to their older sister or older brother. Many of those children can be influences on how on many of their life choices. Relationships can be a very great tool for children, when you show children love and you teach them compassion, love, and mercy, they will typically grow up showing those same traits. They should allow their children to socialize with other children, adolescence, and adults; as infants begin to age they understand and they will question the feelings of how other children act in school, such as bullies, and love interests (a school crush.) Children would like to know the feelings and the expectations of others and as parents in order to help with their children’s development it is important that you show them and teach them with love and affection. It is very important that they understand they difference of hate and love, and that they might be only four letter words however they are very powerful words. There are many different parenting skills that can be affective and there are some that can...
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...Parenting Practices Over Generations By Michael Gainer PSY 260 Module 1 Assignment 3 Instructor Taomina 4 March 2014 * 0 Many different aspects in a parent’s culture can affect the way that their child is raised. While conducting the interviews, not only did the generation of parenting show similarities and differences, but also the part of the world played a tremendous role. The cohort effect that the first generation of parenting carried over through the generations of parenting. Although the same life events were not shared, the practices brought from those generations affected the most current generation. While continuing through the generations the contextual factors that played a role in parenting are more noticeable. 1 0 1 | Generation 1: 1940-1960. Raised in a small working village in Italy. The children consisted of 4 boys and 2 girls | Generation 2: 1970-1990. Raised in the United States. The family consisted of 4 girls and 1 boy | Generation 3: 2000-present. Raised in the United States. The family consisted of 2 girls and 1 boy. | Parenting Practice 1: Education | Going to school at this point in time in the area they lived was not an option. The kids instead worked on the farm with the family. | The family moved to the Untied States to give their children a better life. All...
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...Question 1 Which is TRUE about infertility? Assisted reproductive technology includes all fertility treatments in which both egg and sperm are handled. Question 2 Population statistics reflect two important trends. These are: fertility rate; mortality rate Question 3 The number of children born per 1,000 women aged 15-44 is called the: general fertility rate. Question 4 Developed nations such as the United States, Canada, or in Western Europe tend to have __________fertility rates and __________ mortality rates. low; low Question 5 Sophie just had a baby, and her government ensures that she has 16 weeks of paid maternity leave, with 3 additional years of unpaid leave if she wants it. Her husband also has 11 days of paid leave. What country does Sophie live in? France Question 6 The USDA estimates that it cost __________ in 2009 to raise one child to age 18. $286 000 Question 7 A relationship in which one woman gives birth for another person or couple, who then adopts or takes legal custody of the child, is called: surrogacy. Question 8 Several fundamental changes are occurring with the value associated with having children. Which is NOT one of these changes? People are having larger families after a 20-year decline in family size Question 9 In 1970, the average age at which women had their first child was 21; today it is __________. 25 Question 10 When Thomas was adopted as an infant all birth information about his birth parents remained sealed...
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...Xenia Burgara Marajan Hazrati English 103 January 29, 2013 Parenting Every parent has his own personal philosophy of child rearing. Many issues are controversial because there are supporting facts to both opinions. One major issue in today’s society is whether to breast or bottlefeed an infant. Another difficult issue is how to discipline a child. Some parents believe that spanking in certain situations is acceptable, and some view it as child abuse. Many parents believe religion is an essential part of growing into a moral person, and many do not. Family meals are important to some families, and unnecessary to others. Another big controversy is placing a child in daycare. Some couples believe it is completely wrong for the mother to work outside the home. Other couples say that without two incomes, they would not make it financially. When I had my child, I choose to breast feed her. I think it is very important to the infant’s health. Colostrum, the fluid that comes in before the real milk, allows the baby to receive immunity to many infections, and also enables the infant to gain necessary weight faster than bottle-fed infants. In breast milk, eight percent of the cells are macrophages. Macrophages are cells that kill bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Breastfeeding is much easier and more convenient, because it can be done at any time of the day, without preparation. With bottle feeding, there are bottles to wash, formula to mix, refrigeration to worry about, and warming...
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...& Castellino, 2002). Through these interactions, children learn skills they need to engage with others and to succeed in different environments (Rogoff, 2003). They learn how to manage their emotions and behaviors and establish healthy relationships with adults and peers. They also learn how to adjust to new situations and to resolve conflicts .When parents have warm, trusting, and reliable relationships with peers, family, community members, and service providers, they are more likely to have positive relationships with their children. To work toward the Parent, Family, Community and Environment: Positive Parent-Child Relationships Outcome, providers and programs can: provide emotional and concrete support to parents,1.respect diverse parenting styles, 2.value cultural differences and home languages, 3.reinforce the importance of fathers and other co-parents, 4.help parents connect with other parents and community members and resources, and model warm, responsive relationships by engaging in these relationships with parents and other family members The objective of this chapter is to present the child interaction theory as a useful framework for assessing and promoting positive parental competency in children. This is too discussed: 1) Positive Parent-Child Relationships Boost Child Development and School Readiness, and 2) Building Positive Parent-Child Relationships from the Beginning. Dr. Barnard’s PCI Model is the relationship between...
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...Chinese mother has recently received a lot of critic on her new book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which is described as “how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids” (p. 2, l. 4). Though most people have criticized her mother’s raising technique, Sophia Chua thanks her mother for pushing her to do that extra limit. She says her mother’s “tough love” parenting methods actually has raised her to be an independent thinker who has lived her whole life at 110 percent. Mother and writer Amy Chua has surely used strict parenting, not letting her kids attend to a sleepover or even having a playdate, making her playing violin and piano in her sparetime. Sophia Chua uses an example of how her mother and dad pushed her to learn something new in a school-assignment by not letting her interview her grandparents, which would have been the easy way out, but instead pushing her to interview a terrifying Israeli paratrooper. All in all, Amy Chua used strict child-raising technique, and though Sophia Chua admits that it was not a tea party, she is glad that she had a so-called tiger mom. In text 2, parenting guru Dr Bryan Caplan claims that children should be allowed to eat pizza and watch more television. He thinks that parents try to hard when bringing up their children, instead they should stop trying to control them, stop making...
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...Department of Justice Ministère de la Justice Canada Canada WORKING DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN A Selected Literature Review Research and Statistics Division October 1997 WD1998-2e UNEDITED Research and Statistics Division/ Division de la recherche et de la statistique Policy Sector/ Secteur des politiques WORKING DOCUMENT THE EFFECTS OF DIVORCE ON CHILDREN A Selected Literature Review Research and Statistics Division October 1997 WD1998-2e UNEDITED The views expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the Department of Justice Canada. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1 2.0 LIMITATIONS OF THE RESEARCH .............................................................. 3 3.0 FACTORS AFFECTING CHILDREN’S POSTDIVORCE ADJUSTMENT ................. 6 3.1 Child Characteristics............................................................................ 6 3.1.1 Gender ................................................................................. 6 3.1.2 Age at Divorce ....................................................................... 8 3.2 Family Characteristics.......................................................................... 9 3.2.1 Socio-economic Status .............................................................. 9 3.2.2 Ethno-cultural Background...................................................
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...so are the styles of parenting that is used. Parents use different approaches to influence them in raising their children to become well rounded adults in today’s world. This can also depend on the social and cultural demands that are felt at present. Psychologists have always been interested in how children are developed by parents and thus research has seen where children were raised in different environments can at a much later time in their lives grow up to have the same personalities, where there is also the fact of those that are raised in the same environment grow up to have different personalities. Baumrind’s four parenting styles have shown the different manner in which parents have contributed to their children development on their lives. In the Authoritarian parenting rules and regulations play a significant part in this style, parents expect their children to be focused and to follow the strict rules that are applied by the parents with little or no interference. Authoritative parenting still follows the rules and regulations part, but allows the parents to listen to their children and have a two way communication process. Permissive parenting makes little or no demands on children, punishment rarely happens; it is conducted more like a friend basis than a parent. Uninvolved parenting shows the parents non involvement in the child’s life, the child can basically do as he she pleases. The parent only provides the basic needs. Grandparents spend an adequate amount...
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...Child-rearing Practices and Parenting Styles January 15, 2013 Child-Rearing Practices and Parenting Styles Every aspect of one’s life has a distinct effect on his well being. This aspect can possibly be from emotional, environmental, physical, to social aspects of life. Family is connected and a part of each aspect, hence why the family can never be excluded in everyone’s life. Looking more into the influences of the smallest unit of the society, there are many factors that contribute to the impact brought by this agent that seeks for attention. One of these factors that affect an individual’s personality is the way his parents raise him up. Parenting in the early years is an exciting but challenging time, it is never an easy task. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship, it dwells on how a parent or a guardian in some cases brought up a child providing his needs, ensuring safety, disciplining, showing love and affection. Parenting in simple words is guiding and supporting your child into an outstanding life until he is old and capable enough to do it by himself. How is Parenting Usually Occurs Nowadays in Terms of Disciplinary Strategies? The rapid phase of time is slowly changing the customary and conservative practices of raising a child inside a Filipino family. Base from what the elders often told the youngsters, the way of upbringing they had experienced during their childhood into adulthood life was a...
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...offers opportunities to explore creative and athletic interests outside of the school system. A family from the underclass may have more adversities than most. Our text noted that many of these families struggle with the cost of basic necessities of child rearing. Government and social services are essential in providing financial assistance in most of these families. Many of these families are led by single mothers or grandparents. Statistics show that these families may not have financial security and this insecurity is passed from generation to generation. The family may reside in an unsafe area and the school system lacks the materials needed to provide an education strong enough for the children to prepare the children to succeed in higher education. Extracurricular activities, creative or athletic, are not readily available to families from the underclass due to lack of funding and institionalized prejudice. Four types of parenting styles: Authoritative - parenting with a democratic lean. Controlling yet flexible. A "give and take" attitude towards parenting is evident. Rules and demands are rational. These parents are engaged in their children's upbringing. Communication is important. The...
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...James Austin RHET 105 All My Life For Sale Gold Cross Necklace: This Hawaiian manufactured gold cross necklace is the perfect combination of sophistication and subtlety. The simple, lightweight build of the gold chain in combination with the cleanly designed gold cross presents a stunning necklace. This necklace was purchased and resided in Maui with my grandfather for about 15 years. Worn daily, this necklace has been all around the world including incredible destinations such as Ireland, France, England, Africa, Japan. This necklace has given strength and power to my grandfather to help overcome life obstacles while also providing security when accomplishing great things. When it was past down to me, this necklace has seen many of my accomplishments like my confirmation and graduation. Having seen many beautiful sites and endeavors, this simple gold cross necklace has provided me with a gateway to my grandfathers past accomplishments and always reminds me to never stop working hard. Price: $1,000 Gold Notre Dame Mini-Helmet: This miniature Notre Dame gold football helmet will be a prized possession for any true Notre Dame Football fan. The details in the structure of this helmet are very realistic. The actual padding inside the helmet, the face guard, and mouth protector make your feel as if you are in the game yourself. My grandfather was a University of Notre Dame graduate in 1953, and ever since then he has been all about supporting Notre Dame. This helmet...
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...A Time I Should Have Listened I. Introduction A. I scream, You scream We all scream for Ice Cream B. At the age of eight, I wanted things but didn’t always have money to buy them C. I didn’t have any money to buy Ice Cream. I stole the money from my grandma, and I suffered for it. II. Body A. My grandmother told me I couldn’t have Ice Cream 1. I had to eat all of my lunch first but didn’t want to. 2. She told me to not ask again for Ice Cream 3. I told her, Okay I wouldn’t and would ask my mom later. B. I went in my grandmother room and took $1 so I could buy an Ice Cream cone. 1. I waited for her to leave the room and go to the basement 2. Then, I stunk outside to buy Ice Cream. 3. My grandmother came outside looking for me, to find out I was licking on an Ice Cream cone. C. I got caught eating the Ice Cream cone, even though my grandmother told no I couldn’t have one. 1. I had to Apologize. 2. My grandmother made me write her a letter on why it is wrong to not listen to an adult, and to never steal from anybody. 3. My mother ended up taking my DS, and other games. plus I couldn’t go outside for 4 weeks. III. Conclusion A. Finally, I realized that not listening to your grandmother and taking money from her was wrong which resulted in a miserable summer break. B. I would say to everyone, never disobey your grandmother or steal money from her because they remember everything and my grandmother still...
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