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Child Rearing Practices May Vary

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:39 am
by gemma123
Can I please have some help with some questions as I cannot find answers to them.

1.b) List 5 examples of how child rearing practices may vary

7. Some families may require additional information and support form the wider community.
a) What information can you make accessible to families about the community services and resources available to them?
b) How you can assist families to access these services and resources?
c) What processes can be put in place to ensure their currency?

Re: Child Rearing Practices May Vary

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2017 9:41 pm
by Lorina
Parenting encompasses a number of different aspects, including beliefs, values, goals and behaviours. Each of these dimensions can influence, and be influenced by, child characteristics such as temperament (Chen & Luster, 2002), as well as aspects of the macro social system in which children grow up, such as war, the political climate and policies of multiculturalism and assimilation (Rosenthal, 2000). Parenting is also affected by physical and social contexts, childrearing customs and the psychological characteristics of adults (Boushel, 2000; Rosenthal & Roer-Strier, 2001).

Parenting goals, discipline beliefs and developmental expectations as features of the social context in which children participate and thus experience directly. Parenting goals are objectives that adults have in mind when raising a child, such as independent or obedient behaviour. Discipline beliefs are attitudes held by parents and carers about the appropriateness of particular approaches to discipline, such as teaching, removing and spanking. Developmental expectations encompass ideas about what can be expected of children at different ages, such as the age at which a child is expected to reach key developmental milestones (e.g., smiling, crawling and identifying colours). Developmental expectations are generally thought to influence the way in which adults interact with children, although adult/child interactions are multi-determined (see Chen & Luster, 2002 for examples of other influences on parenting).

Ref: Differential Parenting

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Lorina