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Analysis of the Parenting Role

Abstract

This essay aims to present an analysis of the parental role , by addressing the following subs and showing how they are all interrelated : The development of parenting skills , parental values and attitudes which accompany stages in the development of the child methods of effective guidance , role of discipline (comparing and contrasting discipline with punishment , discussing constructive and destructive elements in parenting styles , identifying at least three categories of parenting styles , including an overview of the parenting

br behaviours associated with each style and the results obtained from each . I refer to concrete experiences , thinking and processing and learning outcomes

Sub One - Discuss the development of parenting skills

Concrete Experience

I have encountered some new parents think that they know everything about parenting but as my children get older , I have realised how much there is to learn . I am now at the point where I realize that there is still a lot to learn but the experience that they have already gained could be of value or interest to other parents . There are ways to accelerate and hone our parenting skills

Thinking and Processing

I believe that if we want to raise happy children we must commit to learning good parenting skills . There are a number of ways of doing this - we can find a mentor , we can study developmental behavior in children so that we know how to distinguish what is normal from what is abnormal .Learning Outcomes

The right type of knowledge will assist us to stimulate our child 's development , whereas with the wrong type of skills we can unknowingly stifle them (Larimore , 2004

Sub- Two - Discuss parental attitudes and values that accompany stages in the development of the child

Concrete Experience

Parental attitudes have a profound impact on the attitudes and psychological development of the child . I once read an interesting statement : Tell a child that he is a naughty boy and it is inevitable that he will be naughty - you have told him that he is naughty , thus he knows that is how he is expected to behave . It is a self fulfilling prophecy . Conversely , tell a child that he is good and behavior to suit will follow . We can definitely instill values and attitudes into our children . I attended my son 's first grade orientation and the headmaster had specifically asked parents to not talk negatively about school , teachers , or education in front of their children - their negative attitudes would rub off on the children . The same is true of anything - I am a booklover , and my husband loves computers - so do my children

Conversely , if the parents were enthusiastic about schooling the children would have a positive approach towards it and were likely to fare much better

Thinking and Processing

Messages that we give can be conscious and subconscious . Parents transmit a wide range of values and attitudes to their children , through either direct tuition or unintentional commentary

Learning...