Idea Post #8: Spring Semester
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Parental Influence
"The parent-child relationship is the most important relationship the child has. Different parental styles lead to various ways we interact with our children and is an important component that shapes the child's views about themselves and their world."
Source: http://www.mesacc.edu/dept/d46/psy/dev/Spring99/schoolage/family.html
"What can we, as parents and teachers, do to facilitate a child's development in the psychosocial arena? First, we must recognize the child's need and interpret his behavior from his perspective, not our own. Secondly, we can encourage the child and seek to meet his need to belong in a way that he understands. By doing these things, the child builds a good self-image which increases his ability to interact in a positive way with others and leads to the development of effective relationships with important people in his life: parents, siblings, and peers."
Source: http://www.mesacc.edu/dept/d46/psy/dev/Spring99/schoolage/family.html
Annotated Bibliography: Hill, C.R. and Stafford, F.P. (1980). Parental care of children: Time diary estimate of quantity, predictability, and variety. Journal of Human Resources, 15, 219-239.
This journal goes into the specifics of raising children and the how much the child benefits, or doesn't benefit from certain types of parental influence. It goes into the psychology behind the child's feelings and their actions how each varied response from a parent can affect the child in different ways.
Throughout the whole last year, I have been looking into the various ways children are influenced and how that influence affects their behavior and mindset. Looking into parental influence for once, instead of researching educational influence gave me a new perspective on how a child can be influenced. I sought out with this original thought process, and got wrapped up in educational settings that it was time for me to turn back to the parents for some answers as well.
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