parenting
Explain the author's viewpoint/main idea/purpose
In the article Parenting: The Lost Art, Kay Hymowitz discusses the recent trend in this youth idolizing culture, where the lines between parent and friend are blurred. Without those clear distinctions, “entertainment companies” and peers, rather than parents, are setting the standards for one another without a framework of what is normal or acceptable behavior. The media and so called "entertainment companies" continually abuse power by routinely and aggressively marketing children, many of todays advertising and media programming exhibit immoral and inappropriate behavior that manipulates children and leaves them vulnerable to exploitation.
How does the material in the article relate and connect to the text and other materials presented this week?
The article closely correlates to information from chapter 7 of our text, of different parenting styles. The article shows the trend in parenting is changing to what the book calls permissive parenting. Permissive parenting offers warmth and caring but little parental control. With this type of parenting, the child is allowed pretty much whatever they want, whenever they want. Only occasionally will the parent try to punish or withhold anything from the child and when they do it is ineffective. There is also a connection between the text and article about the outcome of permissive and uninvolved parenting. The article talks about the growing number of suspensions, sometimes as early as preschool; the text talks about children of permissive parents being impulsive and having little self control.
What did you learn from article?
I was shocked to find that such a large percentage of parents are making so many excuses why they are raising their children this way ."Their going do it anyways." is not a good enough excuse. Even more shocking is that it is so common in our society today. Parents today seem to be giving excuses for their problems about their
In the article Parenting: The Lost Art, Kay Hymowitz discusses the recent trend in this youth idolizing culture, where the lines between parent and friend are blurred. Without those clear distinctions, “entertainment companies” and peers, rather than parents, are setting the standards for one another without a framework of what is normal or acceptable behavior. The media and so called "entertainment companies" continually abuse power by routinely and aggressively marketing children, many of todays advertising and media programming exhibit immoral and inappropriate behavior that manipulates children and leaves them vulnerable to exploitation.
How does the material in the article relate and connect to the text and other materials presented this week?
The article closely correlates to information from chapter 7 of our text, of different parenting styles. The article shows the trend in parenting is changing to what the book calls permissive parenting. Permissive parenting offers warmth and caring but little parental control. With this type of parenting, the child is allowed pretty much whatever they want, whenever they want. Only occasionally will the parent try to punish or withhold anything from the child and when they do it is ineffective. There is also a connection between the text and article about the outcome of permissive and uninvolved parenting. The article talks about the growing number of suspensions, sometimes as early as preschool; the text talks about children of permissive parents being impulsive and having little self control.
What did you learn from article?
I was shocked to find that such a large percentage of parents are making so many excuses why they are raising their children this way ."Their going do it anyways." is not a good enough excuse. Even more shocking is that it is so common in our society today. Parents today seem to be giving excuses for their problems about their