Summer in the The 1000 Islands

Parents usually have the best intentions – like protecting their children from life's hardships and preparing them for adulthood. However as with many other aspects of parenting, the results do not always match the intentions. Overprotective parents generally want to protect their children from harm, hurt, pain, failure, unhappiness, bad experiences, rejection, and disappointment (Lindsey 1). However, parents must realize that overprotective parenting has certain side effects. Parents believe that they are doing a favor for their children by keeping them safe without realizing that this parenting style can have severe effects on children such as robbing children of the essential life skills that they need in order to have a healthy

Parents have a significant amount of influence on how their children will act, behave and do certain things in today's world which base off of their skills. Not all parents will acquire impressive parenting skills and be able to raise their children properly in society. In a memoir called The Glass Castle, by author Jeannette Walls shares her life story and how it may be perceived as normal. In Jeannette’s life, she along with her siblings are raised by a father and a mother who raises their family in a way that society would view as unusual or problematic. Parents are the adults who have certain ways and skills on how their children are raised in which could be considered a problem, society, on the other hand, has certain views but isn’t necessarily the problem.

Grown children can benefit significantly from parental help. Young adults who received financial, every day and emotional support from their parents have reported clearer life goals and more satisfaction than young adults who received less parental support (Fingerman & Furstenburg , 2012). This closeness to parents, signals an overall change in the cultural climate of what relationships take place in people’s lives today versus in generations past. This change is made true by, delays in marriage, more Americans choosing to remain single, and high divorce rates, a tie to a parent may be the most important bond in a young adult’s life (Fingerman & Furstenburg , 2012). However the negative side to this can also lead to adult children feeling stifled and there even older parents sometimes feeling as though the children will never grow up. Research shows that parents and grown children alike reported awkwardness, viewing intense parental support in adulthood as a sign of harmful over-involvement. Parents reported less gratification about their own lives if they believed their children were too dependent (Fingerman & Furstenburg , 2012). So although help is great, it is the idea that this help can in turn cause more good than harm that is the issue. With the economy not yet having fully come back full swing and an ever changing definition of marriage coupled with

Parenting style can influence whether a child succeeds or merely survives. The authoritative parenting style may be an effective parenting style in theory, however like communism, it is not as effective in practice. Children need to learn through friendships and develop social skills. Being able to connect to the outside world expand the mind and imagination, giving the children skills that help them think critically. On the other hand, being a permissive parent can also damage the child’s development. While letting the children succeed on their own, they provide the child with a lack of drive and motivation to achieve.

My hometown was Mesa, Arizona. As a kid, it was wonderful growing up there. Mesa is now much larger than it was when I grew up there, but as a child, your world always seems much smaller than it really is. We were very active as kids. My family and I spent a lot of time outdoors. We were very into sports as my brother and I both played soccer throughout our childhood, from a young age through high school. Every season was a new sport and during the summers when temperatures reached over 110 degrees, we’d tend to leave our hometown for cooler weather. Summers were often spent at the lakes either water-skiing, wake-boarding, or jet-skiing. Family friends would gather at the lake for a week at a time, or sometimes just the weekend to enjoy time in the sun and in the cool water. When we weren't on the water we'd be fishing or hiking. During the evenings, we'd cook, play games, and relax by the campfire.

In society parents are given the role of guidance. Some parents perform this task better than others. Studies show only 50% of college students feel that their parents adequately supervised them as children. Family Life Magazine also states,” parents need to be actively involved all throughout the child’s life; parents are responsible for what the child views as morally or ethically wrong.” In this generation, parents rely on technology to raise their children. An example of this statement would be a website referred to as ABC Mouse, which teaches children the basic foundation of learning. Therefore, allowing these advertisements could serve as a wake up call to this generation of parents to participate in the development of their child or children. Researchers proved, children that had heavy supervision from their guardian were happier long term than others who did not receive that same attention. In time, children will be revealed to the catastrophic manner of society. It is in the parent’s best interest to insure their child knows how to handle these media

Jane English presents the view that grown children have certain moral duties towards their parents and owe them a certain portion of their daily routines to their parents. It is considered that parents are the closest society members with their children and provides their children with all the necessary resources of life. Parents take good care of their children, and when the children have reached a certain level of age and career, then they should also do the same for their parents in terms of care and respect (Jennings, 2014).

Parents play a significant role in their children’s life. How children grow up dictates the quality of life and the success they can achieve in their adulthood. Nobel Prize winner and University of Chicago professor James J Heckman once said, “Early learning begets later learning and early success breeds late success, just as early failure breeds later failure.” Parents establish a foundation for a child’s personality and education achievement. Most parents aspire to give their child a better life than their own. They devote a considerable amount of time and energy to ensure their child develops physically, mentally and emotionally. Parents depend on how they grew up themselves and their experience to

The World's Strictest Parents was interesting because it was truly an account of the families' life. The teenager’s outright rebellion against their strict foster parents increases the tension, excitement and drama of the show. Even so, the host families in the program show a genuine concern towards the teenagers because they are

From infancy to adult, people are making decisions all day long. How long to study for the upcoming test? What sport to play? What college to attend? As choices are made, often goals are set to ensure maximum potential are achieved. This process of decision-making and goal setting is overbearing shadowed by the authoritarian style of parenting. Children rarely have an opportunity for open dialogue when and goals are made. As children strive to achieve the targeted goals set by their parents, they are well aware that nothing less than perfect is acceptable. Failure to achieve goals results in parental disapproval and reprimand. In some circumstances, parents withdraw support as a means of rebuke. This support may

Certainly, most parents’ today have the desire to raise healthy, happy, successful, well-rounded, children with good character. Parents are following the vast amounts of ‘how-to” advice that society continues to generate, believe they are doing everything “right”, but do not seem to be achieving the desired outcome (Boteach 1). Parents are left with more questions than they began with, children continue to encompass the negative characteristics and the divide between what is desired and what is produced continues to grow. Therefore, this paper will examine the cultural, societal, parental, and communicative causes to why this is happening.

THESIS: By wearing a mask of deceiving helpfulness, the current system hijacks the role of the parent in choosing what is acceptable for our youth

Growing up is normally considered to be a difficult time in the lives of most individuals. As children, most individuals can recall their parents sitting them down to talk about certain situations in order to give them a bit of advice. Maybe, the majority of the time, the advice may have been for their best interest and at other times just out of simple care. Yet, no matter the reason, it was done for guidance and out of love. Many times children seem to overlook the advice and wisdom of their parents, only to find their best efforts to make choices harder than expected and not as productive as they may have hoped. Yet, there are

Effective parenting can assist in promoting intellectual curiosity, motivation, and desire to achieve. It helps protect children from developing anxiety, depression, eating disorders, anti-social behavior, and alcohol and drug abuse. (Davis, 2004)

In order for society to effectively cultivate productive, progressive adult members, it is essential that childhood remains a