Hw 57

Parenting 101

I feel like having a child and raising a child should be planned out. It should not be a "mistake". There's a difference between a bad parent and a good parent and knowing what you're doing is part of it. Parents should also take responsibility of how they raise their children.That's not to say that there aren't many different ways people choose to raise children.

Parents should want to set a good example for their children. To try and not have their kids make the same mistakes as they did. They should teach their kids right from wrong. Parents should know what they are getting themselves into because parenting is a around the clock job.

How a child turns out is dependent on the parents and environment they provide the child with.Parents have the power to shape a child's life and identity. Parents are a child's foundation, starting ground to becoming who they are.Parent's set the tone for the child's life. A parents should be that child's support, provide them with unconditional love and help aid them in life.Never the less parents and children should ultimately grow and learn with each other.

Reading the text "lesson plan for developmental psychology course" I found the different parenting styles interesting. It agree with me on the fact that parents have an affect on a child's identity/personality.Different parenting styles can either set a child up for success or disaster in life. I think that parents should be a balance of a permissive and a authoritative parent. In the way that the parent should accept that the child is after all a child. They deserve the freedom to make mistakes and be free while also trying to get the child to understand and learn from their mistakes. The parent should reason with the child while still understanding where they are coming from.

After reading "When Parenting Theories Backfire" it is clear that you can't learn how to be a parent from what you read out of a book. It most likely isn't going to work. The parent has to work with the child in order to figure out how they are going to parent them. Every child is going to be different so the parent just has to figure out a way to deal with them appropriately. There isn't a set way to raise children that is going to work for all parents, therefore they have to know what their dealing with in order to progress with their child from there.