Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model
There are many factors, theories, and understandings that have an impact on parental capacity. This essay will take into consideration risk and protective factors, child rights, development, and wellbeing, and attachment theory. This will be done with the aim to further explore Joe’s experience and Alison and Derek’s parenting capacity.
Risk and protective factors are factors that increase or decrease the chance of a certain event occurring. Within the child protection sphere, there are several factors that promote and cause detriment to child wellbeing within a family system. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model distinguishes several risk and protective factors across the spectrums of the ontogenic, micro, exo and macrosystems (Jack, 2012). …show more content…
Consequently, children’s rights differ from basic human rights, in that they are specific to this developmental period (Doek, 2014). Although these rights differ across the field, some of the key rights are as follows; children have an inherent right to life, right to be heard, to protection, to express their own views freely, be registered after birth, have a right to identity, basic health and welfare, and a right to education, leisure and cultural activities (Doek, 2014; Keenan, 2013). It is the responsibility of the parents to ensure that these needs and rights are met by their children through the use of good enough parenting.
There is some debate surrounding the understanding of good enough parenting. Within the social work sphere, good enough parenting can be considered the optimal parenting circumstances in which the child receives the emotional and physical care they need to thrive and develop (Daniel, 2000). However, there is concern that social workers employ the rule of optimism and instead give parents the benefit of the doubt (Giovannoni & Becerra, 1979), therefore, accepting a lesser version of parenting (Edwards, …show more content…
The four types of attachment denote the relationship between the child and attachment figure; secure (60% of children), insecure ambivalent (11%), insecure avoidant (25%), and disorganised (4%) (Ainsworth & Bell, 1970). These relationships act as the basis for all social connections across the lifespan, and are consequently of key importance (Bowlby,
Risk and protective factors are factors that increase or decrease the chance of a certain event occurring. Within the child protection sphere, there are several factors that promote and cause detriment to child wellbeing within a family system. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model distinguishes several risk and protective factors across the spectrums of the ontogenic, micro, exo and macrosystems (Jack, 2012). …show more content…
Consequently, children’s rights differ from basic human rights, in that they are specific to this developmental period (Doek, 2014). Although these rights differ across the field, some of the key rights are as follows; children have an inherent right to life, right to be heard, to protection, to express their own views freely, be registered after birth, have a right to identity, basic health and welfare, and a right to education, leisure and cultural activities (Doek, 2014; Keenan, 2013). It is the responsibility of the parents to ensure that these needs and rights are met by their children through the use of good enough parenting.
There is some debate surrounding the understanding of good enough parenting. Within the social work sphere, good enough parenting can be considered the optimal parenting circumstances in which the child receives the emotional and physical care they need to thrive and develop (Daniel, 2000). However, there is concern that social workers employ the rule of optimism and instead give parents the benefit of the doubt (Giovannoni & Becerra, 1979), therefore, accepting a lesser version of parenting (Edwards, …show more content…
The four types of attachment denote the relationship between the child and attachment figure; secure (60% of children), insecure ambivalent (11%), insecure avoidant (25%), and disorganised (4%) (Ainsworth & Bell, 1970). These relationships act as the basis for all social connections across the lifespan, and are consequently of key importance (Bowlby,