Family Involvement Paper
Family Involvement
Allison Manuel
ECE 313
Instructor Carly Davenport
9/3/2012
Family Involvement Family centered early childhood programs are just one category of the Early Childhood Education Program. This program offers the unique opportunity for families to be involved in their child’s education to the fullest extent. As an educator in a family centered program we must encourage certain behaviors from our children at school, and expect their parents to encourage these behaviors at home as well. These behaviors include: attachment, self-help skills, empowerment, pro-social skills, and self-esteem.
Attachment is often an issue with family centered programs.
“Attachment is the deep and enduring connection established between …show more content…
In a family centered program we are often the family’s resource to assist their students to achieve success. Children often doubt their abilities to learn and be smart because their parents may get frustrated when helping them with their homework. When a child sees that his parent is having a hard time with doing an assignment the child is to do they become scared that the assignment is too hard. The parents may be having issues with the assignment not because they do not know how to do it, but because they do not have the time to do it. They may be stressed out or busy working and caring for their children. In many single parent homes the child is often with non-parental care-givers as their parent is usually at work to make ends meet. There is nothing worse than hearing a child say that he cannot do something, or that he is stupid, or he just wants to give up. Our children- be them students, or our biological children- take cues on how they should feel and react to something from their immediate care-givers. If a young child falls he will look to the nearest adult to see how he reacts and then he will interpret what he sees and react accordingly. If we are positive role models and we encourage the child to have self-efficacy skills they are more likely to adopt a positive attitude about learning. “As children develop self-efficacy and begin to embrace some positive thoughts, they …show more content…
Encouraging a healthy self-esteem can be done as simply as asking a child what s/he learned at school and actually listening to what the child says. Giving the child attention and feedback will help them to feel like an important part of the family. Some people feel that in order to foster a child’s self-esteem means to buy them all the popular toys, clothes, accessories etc. When in truth, simply allowing the child to feel loved, accepted for who they are, and important will increase or maintain the child’s self-esteem. Society today tends to focus on the physical attributes of people rather than what is on the inside. There are many beautiful people who are seen as ugly because their personality is such. On the other hand there are physically unattractive people who are seen as beautiful because their personality and kindness for others shines
Allison Manuel
ECE 313
Instructor Carly Davenport
9/3/2012
Family Involvement Family centered early childhood programs are just one category of the Early Childhood Education Program. This program offers the unique opportunity for families to be involved in their child’s education to the fullest extent. As an educator in a family centered program we must encourage certain behaviors from our children at school, and expect their parents to encourage these behaviors at home as well. These behaviors include: attachment, self-help skills, empowerment, pro-social skills, and self-esteem.
Attachment is often an issue with family centered programs.
“Attachment is the deep and enduring connection established between …show more content…
In a family centered program we are often the family’s resource to assist their students to achieve success. Children often doubt their abilities to learn and be smart because their parents may get frustrated when helping them with their homework. When a child sees that his parent is having a hard time with doing an assignment the child is to do they become scared that the assignment is too hard. The parents may be having issues with the assignment not because they do not know how to do it, but because they do not have the time to do it. They may be stressed out or busy working and caring for their children. In many single parent homes the child is often with non-parental care-givers as their parent is usually at work to make ends meet. There is nothing worse than hearing a child say that he cannot do something, or that he is stupid, or he just wants to give up. Our children- be them students, or our biological children- take cues on how they should feel and react to something from their immediate care-givers. If a young child falls he will look to the nearest adult to see how he reacts and then he will interpret what he sees and react accordingly. If we are positive role models and we encourage the child to have self-efficacy skills they are more likely to adopt a positive attitude about learning. “As children develop self-efficacy and begin to embrace some positive thoughts, they …show more content…
Encouraging a healthy self-esteem can be done as simply as asking a child what s/he learned at school and actually listening to what the child says. Giving the child attention and feedback will help them to feel like an important part of the family. Some people feel that in order to foster a child’s self-esteem means to buy them all the popular toys, clothes, accessories etc. When in truth, simply allowing the child to feel loved, accepted for who they are, and important will increase or maintain the child’s self-esteem. Society today tends to focus on the physical attributes of people rather than what is on the inside. There are many beautiful people who are seen as ugly because their personality is such. On the other hand there are physically unattractive people who are seen as beautiful because their personality and kindness for others shines