Are Parenting Classes Needed?

          There are many different types of child abuse. There is maltreatment and sexual abuse. Maltreatment is an area that encompasses many different things, such as physical abuse, child neglect, and emotional abuse. Physical abuse may begin with “shaken – baby syndrome” and

Picture this, she is sixteen, overjoyed and excited. That time has come, kicking, screaming, shouting, and crying. Nurses in and out of the room, monitors going off, family standing there as their support system. This describes a typical labor process for most women. What most people do not know is that they are not typically prepared for the worst, or prepared at all. Having a baby is an enormous responsibility that people should be prepared for and educated about. The debate about having these classes in high school has its merits, but ultimately, these classes are too important to discontinue. For several reasons, students should be required to take a parenting class in high school.

A parent’s parenting styles are as diverse as the world we live in today. Nowadays, parents only want what is best for their children and their parenting styles plays a crucial role in the development of children which will in the long run, not only effect the child’s childhood years, but later prolong into their adult life as well.

Children do not come with guidelines or instructions. What they do come with is a crucial set of physical and emotional needs that need to be met. To raise children properly, parents duties are not limited to just food, shelter and protection. Parents are largely responsible for their children’s success in life. Parents are required to teach and educate children. They have to shape knowledge and character into their children to prepare them to face the real world. To be successful with this, parents must provide self esteem needs, teach moral and values and provide discipline that is both effective and appropriate. As the generations have changed, many parenting styles have evolved, as well.

In 2013 an estimated 679,000 children were victims of maltreatment and approximately 3.1 million children received help from Childhood Protective Services in the United States alone. Abuse or neglect can be categorized as maltreatment, which takes many different forms from physical, sexual, or emotional abuse, and parental neglect. It is accepted that childhood maltreatment has lasting effects as the victims grow into adults. One example of these effects is behavioral

The methods or style of parenting, teaching and engagements strong impacts on the child development as it is the primary socialization point for children. It gives children a point of reference as when they are young they grow observing and learning keenly on what their parents are doing. Studies show that, children that are raised by active, involving and playful fathers performs better in school, have higher IQ and can cope with school related stress easily compared to those that are raised in families where father figure is absent or less involving. It also shows

Raising a child is probably the most important thing a person will ever do in life. Yet we constantly hear stories of child abuse and neglect. What makes a good parent? Is it the money you earn? How about fancy schools? In liberal societies many people decide whether or not they wish to become parents. One of the key questions in making this decision is, what kind of parent will I be? Parenting skills range from excellent all the way to nonexistent. Do you think people with low parenting skills have the right to have children? This has been

Child maltreatment, also referred to as child maltreatment and neglect, includes all the various forms of abuse ranging from physical, emotional and sexual abuse to neglect and exploitation. This type of abuse can result in the potential or actual harm to a child's health, there development and dignity.

Parenting class is one of the programs which introduced by National Population and Family Development. The parenting classes play an important role in creating a harmony family and it cannot be neglected by those new parents. Parenting classes are the courses to educate parents to learn about how to take care of their child (Legal Dictionary, 2016). There are various benefits by practicing parenting classes as a compulsory for every new parent. The benefits are reducing parental stress, depression and anxiety, enhance parenting quality, reducing the cases of abuse and neglect of children and socialize with other parents to exchange ideas. However, parenting class are not perfect enough. There is a weakness on parenting classes where the

After analyzing the argument presented in the two guest columns, “Parenting Education should be mandatory” by Kai Fernandez and “Leave new parent alone,” by Sophie Thomas, Ms. Fernandez’s point of view makes the best argument that parenting education for new parents is necessary.

Parenting education programs are in high demand for parents who inspire to be and who are already parents. These programs are a positive influence on the attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and skills of parents to help increase the warmth and closeness of their family (Wandschneider, 2014). Educational programs of this kind are easily accessible through the individuals in ones life, streams of social media and even signing up and going to a class (Wandschneider, 2014). A wide variety of programs that are readily available are not highly researched and are created to focus on educating the parents rather than the child. (Wandschneider, 2014). ‘Raising a Thinking Child’ is a program that is both validated and focuses on teaching children.

Thesis: The authoritative parenting style is the most effective style for producing children that have desirable traits, such as good morals, obedience, compassion and responsibility.

All parents have different views on how they should raise their children and different parenting methods. While having children may be "doing what comes naturally", being a good parent is much

Child abuse is horrible and should prevented! No child should experience these horrors or have them thrust upon them. I will tell you about physical, emotional, and sexual abuse along with neglect. These are the most common forms of child abuse but I'm sure others are out there.

Should parenting class made compulsory? If I were given a choice, I definitely would not suggest parenting class. As much as it have some positive side, it carries more cons than pros. As an individual, I would say that the parenting classes re overrated simply to promote themselves to gain business. Nobody could show solid proof of the effectiveness of these parenting classes. The testimonies that can be heard often is that the parents are able to make new circle of friends and it frees them from always trapped in the house and taking care of the kids. According to an article in HuffPost Lifestyle by Frank Furdi, a Professor of sociology, author and broadcaster, “when human relationships are recast as skills to be managed by professional trainers something very important happens in the way we conduct our personal affairs”. Through this he implements that relationship should happen naturally and not by someone teaching it. When relationship is being taught, it no longer would be love but skill and parenting is definitely not a