The History Of Childhood Disadvantage By Veronica Strong Boag

The book Unequal Childhoods describes observations made by Annette Lareau to shed light on the significance of social class and how it affects student’s learning. Lareau presents her observations by highlighting the two dominant ways of parenting that ultimately affect how successful students become as they transition into adulthood. These styles of parenting consist of Concerted Cultivation where parents put through kids through structured activities, and Accomplishment of Natural Growth where unrestrictive freedom and directives are exercised (20-22).

The author’s main idea and purposes are revealed by a series of anecdotes and allusions. The author gets very personal about the subject, as if she was going through the realization herself. You can see her opinion by the way she refers to certain things. For example, the author brings up an old memory from her childhood in paragraph nine. When she is describing the boxcar children, the words she uses are almost as if they were too

Here the author talks about couple of kids who belong to different social class and race. She mainly focuses on how economical condition affects parenting. Although most of the parents want the best from their kids but indeed they have to balance between their work and financial situation and tune it with their parenting style.

Creating an action plan to help Canadian families affected by the particular issue of the foster care system and how to improve it. When beginning to set this policy it is important to look at the facts to be able to assess the issues that need to be changed.

In the past few decades there has be an increasing amount of children placed in the foster care system. With the amount of rising teen pregnancies and maternal drug abuse means increasing numbers of infants abandoned at birth. There have been many cases of child abuse or neglect that have been on the rise. State and local agencies are unable to suitably supervise foster homes or arrange adoptions. Statistics show that many children will spend most of their childhood and teenage years in the foster care system, which has shown to leave emotional scars on the child. Today, Child Welfare groups are looking for federal funding and legislation to increase programs and services aimed at keeping families together.

The author, Nina Biehal, tells of the treatment in foster care and the need for correction in her article, "Maltreatment in Foster Care: A review of the evidence." The author gives many facts about how the government needs to change the level of care provided for the children. This article is more of a constant reminder of how much still needs to change and the level of care offered to children of abuse today. Unlike the article by authors Kristen Turney and Christopher Wilderman, which bases their article on the number of children in foster care receiving mental health care, Biehal gives evidence to support the problems that result from being in foster care. My essay can use this article to paint a picture of the number of children in detrimental conditions and how foster care developed problems with their system to support my argument.

Knowing that this book is very "wordy", I was excited to determine the readability of the text. To determine this I used a website created by Brian Scott. The site allows users to copy and paste passages from the textbook to be analyzed. From my textbook, I copied and pasted two separate sections. I copied from the introduction of

The main historical force that has contributed to Tom and his family’s situation, is the lasting effects of the residential school system on Aboriginal parenting. Although it is unclear in this case whether or not Tom’s parents are victims of residential schools, the lasting affects caused by residential schools still exists within every member of the Aboriginal community. The common misconception during the time of residential schools was that Aboriginal people were unable to care for their own children, and this responsibility must be put in the hands of the state. This misconception continues to exist within contemporary Canadian society, as the intergenerational trauma that exists within Aboriginal communities, which was caused by residential schools and the sixties scoop, has caused some members of Canadian society to believe that Aboriginal people are still unable to parent their own children. The misconception that Aboriginal parents, in this case Tom’s parents, are unable to parent their children grew due the fact that the development of effective parenting skills and child rearing behaviours within the Aboriginal community was ruined due to the residential school system, as children were separated from their family and were not able to be taught and shown how to properly handle parenting (Collins

In a child’s upbringing, the concept of social class and race plays a pivotal role in a child’s growth and development. In the ethnographic study, “ Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life”, the author, Annette Lareau argue that the influences of children with distinct socioeconomic backgrounds can determine how a child will be raised. The author primarily focuses on two distinctive practices of child-rearing: concerted cultivation and the accomplishments of natural growth. Lareau explains that both of these distinctive patterns of childrearing have their own benefits and drawbacks, but emphasizes on how concerted cultivation and parent involvement allows children to gain a deeper understanding of the world and the ability to fluently interact with social institutions. Also, the practice of concerted cultivation allows children to develop skills that are shown to be beneficial for the future. In contrast, the practice of natural growth limits the child’s language and communication skills, in which they are not adequately prepared for the challenges of adulthood. In my opinion, I believe that the way a child is raised has a significant impact on a child’s future.

This essay is divided into three sections. The first section will articulate anti-oppression perspective and why it is crucial to child welfare. It will also examine the shifts in the Ontario’s child welfare policy. The second section will describe and analyze what an anti-oppression approach to the child welfare in Ontario will look like.

This refers to the implementation of the Aboriginal Child Welfare Policy from the 1930’s/1950’s. 100,000 Aboriginal children were removed from their families mistakenly believed that they would be better off living in a white community. These children were raised by church organizations, fostered and adopted by white parents or given to state institutions. Many of the children grew up not knowing their parents

This thesis addresses the evaluation of preservice foster parents training. To determine its value, effectiveness, and outcomes, the thesis is divided into two separate studies. Where the focus is on providing empirical evidence on how preservice training improves the quality of parenting and its contribution to the care of children once they leave their natural home environment. Specifically, the thesis addresses the ability and the validity of preservice training in providing potential foster parents with the knowledge of five competencies that represent the core of the training program. At the beginning of the thesis, the researcher has defined the term "foster parent" as "resource parent." Reflecting the need to expand the term to include the foster parent, kinship carers, and adoptive parents. Moreover, the thesis is developed as a research study with the approval and sponsorship of the Ontario Association of Children 's Aid Societies (OACAS). Consequently, the thesis, as a research study, has followed the models, rules and regulation of OACAS anticipating to address the purpose of the study. Specifically, the purpose of the study was adopted and implemented in the year 2005 by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. In addition to, it was defined as, "…to meet the needs of children and families being referred to child welfare agencies more effectively" (p. 8). Furthermore, the thesis was divided into two separate exploratory studies using multi-method

In its evaluation, it is a well written book that flows with extreme ease. Although there are certain parts that may be dry, for the most part it is enjoyable to read. Sometimes the details can get in the way of the main arguments and if extracted, the reading of the book would be enhanced greatly. In fact, about one-third of the entire book seems to be extraneous, unnecessary information that could be easily cut out. A removal of these unnecessary comments would make the book much more manageable and enjoyable for a majority of readers. It would no longer feel like a 500 page book but instead a 300 page, enjoyable read. In no way is this book one that can be read in a weekend. Although its arguments are well written and clearly displayed, it takes more than a few hours to sit down and thoroughly understand this complex volume of

The book is well worth reading for all its big and little points, and certainly for its main point, that

For example, I always wondered why little babies wear black bracelets around their hands and learned the reasoning was to warn away the evil eye. Also, the book was organized in a great way and easy to understand because of this organization. I still had a few issues with the book because I felt the book goes too far into details about many different philosophers and thinkers. The author has to realize that the reader may not have been exposed to all the different philosophers and their theories, and an improvement would be for the author to explain these philosophers better.