PARENTING STYLES AND VALUES: MECHANISMS OF INTERGENERATIONAL CONTINUITY AND DISCONTINUITY A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Western Carolina University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in School Psychology. By Melissa Florence Littlewood Director: Dr. Bruce Henderson Professor of Psychology Psychology Department Committee Members: Dr. Lydia Aydlett‚ Psychology Dr. Marie Huff‚ Social Work March 2009 TABLE OF
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Personally‚ I have much experience with the diverse topics and research on marriage and family relationships such as divorce‚ cheating‚ dating in my thirties‚ family dynamics‚ marriage‚ raising children‚ parenting‚ and blending families. Nearly ten years ago‚ I was unfortunate to learn that my husband‚ was having an affair which lead to the demise of my marriage and my family. I experienced firsthand the hardships and devastation that comes from broken families and the struggles associated with being
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different parenting style? If you are considered "cool" now could you have come out a nerd if your parents would have used a different parenting style? "Parenting style is one of the primary determinants of your child’s outcome whether he succeeds‚ achieves‚ meets the challenges‚ flounders‚ gives up‚ or runs from or fails in handling life." (6) The purpose of this paper is to describe the outcomes‚ processes‚ labor‚ and techniques of parenting in a psychological point of view. Parenting styles are
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In previous chapters‚ the author described the authoritarian parenting style of her parents and that she was demanded obedience at all time‚ but when she disobeyed her father’s decision and applied to another university instead‚ her father felt proud of her. This is probably because Harvard is a famous university and
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Juvenile Crime and Parenting Education “Will Teaching Parents how to Parent decrease Juvenile Crime” What is the Best Evidence Based Program that can be Implemented and Successful In Reducing Juvenile Crime By Vanessa Figueiras Capella University Dr. Linda Samuels Table of Contents I. Abstract II. Problem Statement III. Introduction IV. Conclusion V. Annotated Bibliography A. Juvenile Crimes and statistics B. Support for parental education & importance of parents
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Compare and Contrast Essay Parenting Style I remember as a child‚ growing up I was always told “ Children should be see and not heard.” I have come to realize that I was raised in a very authoritative household‚ which my mother was firm but also compromising. My mother was forgiving whenever I made a mistake and she listened to my feelings. My mother had a way of getting me to see the error in my own ways when I did something wrong. Once I moved with my father and stepmother I then lived
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Delinquency and Parenting Styles Abstract This paper reviews the effects that different parenting styles can have on juveniles and delinquency. The paper will include authoritarian‚ authoritative‚ neglectful and permissive parenting styles. Juvenile Delinquency and Parenting Styles There are four different techniques to parent a child; authoritarian‚ permissive‚ neglectful‚ and authoritative. Juvenile delinquency has been found to be closely related to the type of parenting and support a
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What constitutes “good parenting?” There is no social concept or definition on what to constitute good parenting. There are no instruction or guidelines written for parents until you become a parent yourself; the definition varies by culture‚ place‚ or gender. Because of differences in background that individuals possess‚ it is understandable that there will be different styles of parenting. Parents are considered the first teachers of the child’s life‚ not only talking or walking but also teaching
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many would argue that parents are overprotective. This is simply not the case. Parents must be more responsible for their child or there will be consequences. Recently‚ many parents have become enlightened by the nostalgic ideology called free-range parenting. This is the belief that parents should let their children experience life more freely instead of choosing how they experience it. A typical action of free-range parenting is letting a child roam without parental supervision‚ which slightly threatens
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Attachment Parenting: Following Your Instinct For most parents the impulse to love and protect their children instinctively happens the moment they are brought into this world. Often times‚ parents describe the feeling of holding their bundle of joy for the very first time as love at first sight. Why is that? Research has shown that this indescribable surge of emotions between parents and their offspring can be attributed to the natural hormone‚ oxytocin. The release of oxytocin has been linked
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