Mary Kurcinka book “Raising Your Spirited Child” Identifies Five temperament traits of a spirited child. A spirted child often have very high intensity. They are physically passionate and highly dramatic. For example, their laughs or cries will appear to be louder than others. Spirited children often have rough challenges in adapting in a new environment. They do not like many changes and often times takes longer for the child to except the changes. Their emotions are very fragile and can become frustrated extremely easily. A spirited child is also persistent, they are committed on getting the things the way they think it should go. For example, they are very picky with food and will not eat if it is not what they want. Another characteristics…
Child-rearing was an evolving practice within the English upper class from the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. A new adult view of children as mature, fragile and inherently good led to changes in the nursing, care, and discipline of English, aristocratic children.…
Separate societies and groups of people through out the 1500s-1700s had different ideas on how to raise children, some choose the strict harsh ways of child rearing, while other choose a nurturing supportive technique. A few even choose an in between practice, of not excessive coddling or strict discipline. What the parent or society thought was the correct practice could be determined on the time period they were living in, social standing, mortality rates and/or religious practices.…
Child rearing is defined in our book as combinations of parenting behaviors that occur over a wide range of situations, creating an enduring child rearing climate. There are four different types of child rearing called authoritative child rearing, authoritarian child rearing, permissive child rearing, and uninvolved child rearing.…
Mind-set is important for being successful in college. Mind-set helps students to get high achievers in the school and life and make them across the challenges. In the article“The Secret to Raising Successful Kids” by Carol Dweck, we read “our studies show that teaching people to have a “growth mind-set,” which encourages a focus on “process” (consisting of personal effort and effective strategies) rather than on intelligence or talent, helps make them into high achievers in school and in life.” Dweck explained that students need to know the courses when they do the challenges. Take my cousin as an example, he is a high school student. He is a smart student in school, but he cannot get high score for the test. He afraid doing the test and I…
Understand the factors that influence children and young people’s development and how these affect practice.…
The authoritative parent has clear and realistic rules and expectations, a set routine, and consequences when children break the rules. The most important factor of this parenting style is the emphasis on a clear line of communication. Like authoritarian parents, they have high expectations for their children, but unlike that style, they have a high level of responsiveness to their child as…
Please complete the following questions. It is important that you use full sentences and present the questions and answers when you submit your work. The answers to the Discussion Questions are worth 10 points. Use the rubric to guide you.…
There are some factors that may influence the health and development. Smoking can affect the babies’ oxygen in the womb which could affect the growth and development, low birth weight, high risk of prematurely (birth before week’s gestation), asthma and may lead to cot death. Genetic factors – when the baby has condition, which means that it has been passed down to them by one of their parents. Infections and medical conditions – some babies have medical condition which may affect them during their childhood. This could lead the babies having low self-esteem, feeling distress, not making friends and effect their development. Alcohol – having alcohol during pregnancy can cause Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). This could lead the baby, low birth weight, small, learning difficulties, and facial deformity and attention problems.…
Mothers have always been the role model when it comes to nurturing and child rearing. However, since the last couple of years have seen Fathers play a crucial role in the upbringing of children. Take the example of celebrities like David Beckham, Will Smith and Johnny Depp who have shown deep bonding with their babies and have become role models. Melanie Mallers, professor of Pyschology at the California State University states that, “Fathers play a hugely important role in the mental health of their children much later in life.”…
In my line of work as a carer there are different ways of assessing a young person for physical development. Each week young people in my care are given a weekly activity and menu planner in which they complete to show what activities and food they are planning through the week. The young people are encouraged to carry out the activity plan as it is a good form of exercise and helps them develop physically. The menu planner is used to monitor if the young people in my care are consuming healthy balance diet which also contributes to physical growth. Another way of assessing a young person’s physical development is through LAC reviews as this is where the physical measurements are taken and recorded.…
It is important to be able to adapt the tasks to the child’s abilities. For example, if a child were not engaging in an activity because they are upset it would be better to assess the child on another day, as they are unlikely to perform it to the standard they would normally be able to.…
I provide a safe, loving, respectful environment, children have the greatest opportunity to grow and develop. Such an environment should be the foundation of all childcare programs, however, I believe it is an educator's duty to go above and beyond safety, love and respect. We, as educators, should strive to create an environment that is fulfilling, enriching and supporting of all possible learning and growing opportunities.…
The expectations of males and females in parenting and caring are constantly changing. Stereotypically, females are seen as the carer and males are seen as the provider. Societal changes such as equal pay for equal work, work environment policies and changing family structures, i.e. single parents are changing these traditional expectations. This discussion will show how the empowerment of women and men influences the way they function in society.…
“The effective functioning of child rearing processes in the family and other child settings requires public policies and practices that provide place, time, stability, status, recognition, belief systems, customs and actions in support of child rearing activities not only on the part of parents, caregivers, teachers and other professional personnel, but also relatives, friends, neighbours, co-workers, communities and the major economic, social and political institutions of the entire society.” (Bronfenbrenner, 1997:38)…