Parenting Chapter Summary

Since I was a kid, I had a ton of responsibilities, cleaning up after myself, doing chores, managing to not fight with my brother, although we fought all day everyday, but you know, it happens. One thing that I didn't know wasn't normal was parenting your parent. I go to school do all my class work and during recess and lunch I listened to all the other kids talk about going to the park after school and eating dinner together with their parents. When I got home from school, I had to do my homework and then take care of my mother. Bring her things she needed such as food, water, help her with many other simple everyday activities. Of course I wasn't the only one who was her “little helper” as she put it, my dad helped her and my older brother by two years,

“The Myth of Co-Parenting; How it Was Supposed to Be. How it Was” by Hope Edelman and “My problem with Her Anger” by Eric Bartels both explain the strain child rearing and lack of communication can put upon a marriage. The two articles describe their personal experiences with this issue, but the authors have differing points of view on the subject. Although they have different perspectives, both Edelman and Bartels explore ideas of traditional gender roles and unrealistic expectations in relationships.

Would a good parent’s allow their three-year-old daughter to boil her own hot dogs? Parenting is one of the most important pieces in a child's life, and it shows a bond between parents and their kids. However people who don't give quality parenting lead their children through a rough life. In the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, she talks about her life experiences and hardships she had from having inadequate parents. Despite the fact that her parents intention were to help their children unfortunately, they end up harming the children physically, emotionally, and mentally. Although she is not raised in the traditional way, Jeannette overcomes the challenges by persevering through the bad times, finding her place in society, and

I just recently had the opportunity to read the magazine article from The Atlantic titled “The Overprotected Kid” by Hanna Rosin. This article constantly critiques and bashes society along with the parenting styles of today. I agree with Rosin that parents are too protective over their children because parents today are holding back their children and are preventing them from many experiences. Fortunately, my parents were not part of this trend, allowing me to explore and learn from my own experiences and mistakes. Playgrounds are becoming to a point that is almost too safe and children are taking less risks. Playgrounds and parents are not allowing kids to learn on their own and experience life while taking risks.

Caring- the process of looking after the needs and wellbeing of another person due to their age, illness or disability

What makes the perfect parent? Countless magazines and websites strive to answer the question but often possess differing opinions on what techniques and parenting styles will foster the ideal child. In Chaim Potok’s novel, The Chosen, Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders grow up in polar opposite households. While both practice Judaism, their separate sects often highlight differences in their respective upbringings. Literature mimics real life and while reading, I found myself comparing the boys’ friendship to that of my closest friend and I. Despite the drastic divergence between time periods and settings, post-World War II New York and modern day Suburbia, Reuven and Danny mirror my best friend, Abby, and I. Though disputes can arise, contrasting

Parenting has the ability to shape the life of a child; it can be compared to fertilizer, enriching and accelerating a plant’s development. One can question whether certain parenting styles are effective. It can be argued that the parenting style of the Walls family can be dangerous for the children and ineffective. Based on the overwhelming evidence provided by the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, we have come to the conclusion that the Walls parents should no longer have custody of their children.

Harlen Coben in an editorial titled “The Undercover Parent” (March 16, 2008) claims that parents should have conversations about their concerns with teens, and let them know how spyware is a possibility.Should parents of teens and tweens go undercover? Harlen Coben, the author is trying to make parents have conversations with their teens and tween about internet safety, and let them know if spyware is a possibility. I agree but in some opinions i disagree with Coben and his prediction. If you put spyware on your computer, you have the ability to log every keystroke your child makes and thus a good portion of his or her private world. That’s what spyware is at least the parental monitoring kind. You don’t have to be an expert to put it on your computer.

1. The difference between a protective environment and a nuturing environment is that a protective environment is a place where a child is free from harm and can trust its parents and the people around him. A nuturing environment is an environment that is safe and the parents give the child all of its physical and emotional needs.

When it came to his parents Rodriguez parents really didn't care to much about him reading. When Rodriguez mentions his mother’s instruction to him " don't write in your books so we can sell them at the end of the year." (Rodriguez pg 190). That's the first sign that shows they don't care much. Worried more about money it's clear that they don't have time to try to care about what their son is reading or even ask what type of book it is. That's makes Rodriguez fade away more from people and more into reading where he doesn’t feel as Lonely at times. Another example is when Rodriguez compares to reading in school to reading at him claiming in school the teacher and Liberian appreciates him reading. At home it's different stating "he hears his

When you were little did your parents ever let you go somewhere by yourself? Whether it was to go get the mail, to go to a gas station or the store to buy some milk or even just left you at home for a couple of hours while they went to work or the store or where ever they needed to be, you were left alone for a few hours. Well in the article “The Overprotected Kid”, Hanna Rosin explains what she sees when she brings her 5 years old son Gideon to The Land. She tells us about what are some of the kids are doing like learning how to start a fire so they can stay warm, she see some boys using an old mattresses like a trampoline which they are having fun doing flips on. She describes the land like a junkyard but safer, there is no slides, monkey bars, seesaws or swings there to keep the kids entertained what there is there is tires, a frayed rope swing, or whatever is already there or whatever gets donated. She sees some kids are using a walker that the elderly neighbor donated, it is being used as a jail cell but the next day it could be used as something else. You never know what the kids will come up with. What toys are there they are ignored. She sees a stuff animal faced down in the mud and another sitting behind a broken chair. In the article, “The Overprotected Kid “ by Hanna Rosin, she successfully persuades the reader that it's ok for kids to be alone and to let them go play with friends as long as they agree to come home at the time you tell them to.

This article, The Undercover Parent, addresses the dilemma of the privacy of american children today. It is assumed in the article that there is a broad belief in america that teens should have their privacy and be trusted with the technology that they are using. The author argues against this and claims that parental oversight is necessary with teens today. He mostly argues that the safety of the child is at stake and that predators have the ability to prey on teens that aren't wise. The author brings up the point that it having talks with your child about uncomfortable topics such as pornography is important, and that it is easier to have these talks when they have some sort of context. Then he goes on to give an example of a father

In “Stepdaughters,” a short-story written by author Max Apple, Helen Harrison is feeling scared about her daughter, Stephanie’s, passion for shot-putting and worried that this passion will motivate her to go as far in her career as the Olympics. As the narrator and stepfather of this story creates the setting, the reader learns that Helen is opposed to Stephanie’s shot-putting, while the stepfather tries to remain neutral. After the stepfather tries to comfort Helen by assuring her Stephanie will not be an Olympic athlete, as she is only fifteen years old, Helen argues, “Of course she will be, look at what she did with Stepdaughters [a club that Stephanie founded], look at her grades, look at what that slimy coach told us.”(133). Although,

When they leave school, with a strong resume to their credit, they should be creative and effective thinkers, communicators, and doers. Anyone who thinks we've arrived at that goal is fooling himself”. This quote shows that in both texts common core and tests should not be the end of the children's grade because that does not make good people in the world but instead makes good tests takers. This point really shows the other's purpose for writing this article (that main goal being to improve the way education is given). In my opinion the fact that these quotes are coming from credible sources makes me really people there needs to be a change that happens soon so our future children don’t have to have education that makes them good test takers and by no means makes them ready to go out into the society and face what the world has in store for them. Why haven't they changed the way we learn? Why do they insist on tests being so important? Is my child actually learning what they needs for the rest of their life? These are many questions that need to be asked for the next generations

Parenting is a subject that often comes into question by our society. While parenting comes in many in different forms, it can be classified into two general categories: Chinese and Western. In today’s world, it seems that the Chinese methods of parenting are generating more prosperous children than the Western approach. In “The Roar of the Tiger Mom”. Amy Chua discusses the dramatic contrast between the concepts of Chinese and Western parenting. She goes in depth to justify why she believes that the Chinese parenting style will yield better results than the parenting of the West. Her examples of personal success with Chinese parenting attempts to convince the reader that putting your children through rigor will ultimately result in success.