A parent is worth more than what is stated in “How Much Do Parents Matter?” To a child, a parent is their entire world. A parent is there to support, raise and build up a child. They are there for protection and guidance. When you think of the word ‘Parent’ what comes to mind?
In Uri Friedman’s conversation with Robert and Sarah LeVine, the authors of “How Much Do Parents Matter?”, they discussed what the purpose of a parent is. Through their entire conversation the LeVines claimed that parents are just ‘sponsors’ for their children and that they don’t matter as much as we think. Robert and Sarah want to promote parents to be more of a sponsor to their children, rather than a role model. They said that parents mattered but in a different way. A child would be hopeless without their parent. Just think of it, if the parent was a sponsor of their child, the child wouldn’t be raised correctly. There wouldn 't be that satisfying feeling of always
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In America, a typical family contains two parents and they both raise their few (2 or 3) children. But if different cultures are looked at, a child is raised so very differently. In Mexico, both parents are working during the day, trying to provide for their big families. A typical family in Mexico consists of five children. The oldest child would have to take care of, and raise the younger children during the day. In Nigeria, mothers do not have close contact to their children. The only close contact they have is when they are breastfeeding their child. But a mother in Nigeria won’t even look at her child. A Nigerian mother is almost the complete opposite of a Gusii woman. A Gusii woman is all about close contact. There is no one way to raise a child. But a child does need to have contact and interaction with their parents, that’s how children grow. If a child does not have contact with his/her mother or father, then they won’t be able to establish feelings and
The role of nurturing parents in a family is an important factor that helps in the growing of personal independence and is the basis for emotional stability.
There are also cultural differences in the four attachment theories and this is possibly based on different countries where infants are either separated more or less from their caregivers than in the United States (Broderick, P., & Blewitt, P., 2015). However, it is good to know that maternal sensitivity and attachment security has been successfully replicated across cultures so it seems as though with infancy that there are not too many cultural differences when it comes to these relationships (Broderick, P., & Blewitt, P., 2015). What needs to be kept in mind about cultural differences is the differences in context across cultures and how different meanings and connects can be
The way individuals raise their children determines on their culture and family dynamics. In the beginning, we meet Ponijao from Namibia, South Africa being raised by his mom and another woman in their village, there is no father in the picture. He grew around siblings, other children and animals in his village. It was normal for his mother’s bathe him with saliva like an animal. While that may strange to others, it is completely normal for Ponijao’s family. Ponijao family dynamic is not nuclear, which makes it complex. Complexity happens when the nuclear family is not present in the living arrangement or parenting style. Roles and relationships differ from the normal man and woman household or marriage structure (Carlson & Meyer,
The role of a father is more than just another parent at home (Popenoe, 1996). Having a father, the male biological parent in a child’s life is important because it brings a different type of parenting that cannot be replicated by anyone else (Stanton, 2010). Fathers who are present and active in a child’s life provide great benefits to a developing child (Popenoe, 1996). Having a father brings a different kind of love. The love of the father is more expectant and instrumental, different from the love of a mother (Stanton, as cited in Pruett, 1987).
In my opinion, parents are the result of a young person’s actions. Parents or caregivers have the biggest influence in their children's lives. I think that the way you raise your children will reflect who they become and their morals. Growing up, a child learns by copying what their parents do for example for me, I got the habit of biting my nails from my mother. Cooking, cleaning, driving, are taught to us by our parents, therefore; children learn to carry on those skills they learn and use them in the future.
What is a family without a parent? A good parent has the image of a provider. Parent is the one that meets all the material needs of the household. The one who worries that nothing lacks to his/her children. Works double shifts and weekends. A good parent has not yet met the present needs, when others have been created; he/she wears out feverishly. But yet he/ she still have time to have the unique experience of seeing the children grow. Having children is a major life-course event no matter what country people live. Children alter how men and women live and how they can allocate their time. Money is required to support children, and there is also more to do in the households with children. Historically, women have done the extra work chil-dren create. Who engenders ch...
The characterization of motherhood is established by many factors in both cultures. Society establishes an expected behavior of a woman before and after birth. Motherhood has been established and the trends have accumulated, which now influence how motherhood is characterized in these two cultures. Male-female relationships establish the role of the father in the characterization of motherhood. These societies are changing and the views are becoming different, but the role of the mother will continue throughout.
What are family values? One hundred years ago I feel this would have been an easier question to answer than it is today. Changing family structures and social norms have created a more fluid form of what we envision as a family. Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines a family as both “a group of persons with common ancestry” and as “a group of individuals living under one roof.” As we have discussed in class, a family is not simply nuclear anymore. In the stories we have read we have examined nuclear, single-parent, extended, and community-based families. All of which held the same feeling of importance and love for the people in it. With every family being unique, each holds their own set of beliefs or values which poses the question, what
good parenting abilities are vital to maintain a viable relationship with children. The value of a father in
One of the most important things to parents is that their child grows up to be a caring, healthy human being. Parents were actually asked what the most important thing they wanted for their children was. “The most common response, given by 48% of the parents, was making sure their child grows up to be a moral person.”
The universality versus cultural specificity debate both have aspects that make sense and can be applied to childhood development. On one side, supporters of the argument for the universality of parenting suggest that certain types of parenting styles will produce the same child development outcomes in different cultures. On the other hand, the argument for cultural specificity states that different parenting practices vary from culture to culture, and that culture ultimately determines the outcomes of child development. Each culture has specific styles of parenting that instill values on children particular to that culture. Each individual has characteristics of what their parents taught them, which gives every individual their own personality. Both sides present logical information on the cultural impacts of parenting on child development outcomes.
A parent is not only the loving mother who holds you close to her for nine months and then many years, or the dad who plays baseball with you and intimidates his daughter’s dates. It is someone who is there for you from the start, guiding you to the right path of knowledge and teaching you how to stay on the right path independently. A parent does not need to have any biological associations to the child in order to be a parent to them. A parent must have certain characteristics to be rightfully called a parent. For many years psychologists have defined ways to correctly support a child to adulthood for parents all over the world. Some people conclude their practice of parenting their children after the child reaches the age of 18, and some have the duty as a lifelong job. As years pass so do generations and media changes very constantly and plays a factor in how children act and respond to certain stimuli. There was a study done in 2009 and people in Poughkeepsie had answered a poll that revealed overall every age group finds it harder to raise a child in today’s day and age than it had been in previous generations, but the older the parent is, the longer the generation gap would be and that factors in the difficulty of understanding how media works with a child’s psychological set up. What a child watches on a television screen is what the child will imitate through behavior. However, parenting is not a book written by a doctor, parenting is having a family, and creating memories, also ensuring that your children live in a nourishing environment for their emotional, mental, and physical health. The accepted goal of a parent is to ensure that their child or children grow to be mature and able to both support themselves and a f...
Many people have their own struggles in life, especially when it comes to wanting the best for their children. In “Mother and Daughter” by Gary Soto, the family of two have a struggle with money. In “Charles” by Shirley Jackson, the parents of a young boy are worried about the influences that are being exposed to their son at his elementary school. The authors both used dialogue and story descriptions to prove that parents want what’s best for their children.
There are many approaches to parenting and everyone has their own preferences as to what they think is best. In a fast paced rush around society, it is hard to know what the best choices are for your children. There is a struggle to balance what needs to be done with what can be done, and this has negative and positive feedback on the children. Parents play a critical role in shaping and guiding their children into functional confident adults. An effective parent will learn as they teach in order to grow into understanding with their children.
The word “Parent” comes from a late middle English, old-French, and Latin root from the 1660s. The definition for parent “V: be or act as a mother or father to (someone)”, I like the manner since the child picks whether the individual deserves the right of a mother or father role in their life. A parent is an individual who obtains that responsibility to take care of a child. The child presents the title “parent” to a worthy individual, though a biological Mother or Father cannot declare the right of a parent if they haven't earned it. The individual that exits the responsibility of a child with no concern of coming back losses the “title” to become a parent.