Parenting through Modern Family

• ( http://www.hulu.com/watch/445212 )

Do Now

I would like you to think about how you were raised as a child. What type of parents do you have? What were some of the things you think they did well and not so well?

Parenting

The greatest job you will ever love

OBJECTIVES

• For students to compare and contrast different parenting styles

• Describe parenting skills needed for young children

• Understand effective parenting behaviors

Baumrind’s Parenting Styles

• Authoritative• Authoritarian• Permissive• Neglectful

Authoritative

This is characterized by a child-centered approach that holds high expectations of maturity, compliance to parental

rules and directions, while allowing for an open dialogue about those rules and behaviors between the parent and

child.

Clear standards and PermissiveFear dampening a child’s spirit

Encourage independenceWarm and Responsive

Explain motives for punishment/ more forgiving

AuthoritarianThis style is characterized by high expectations of

conformity and compliance to parental rules and directions, that does not allow for open dialogue between parent and

child.

Unresponsive to childs needsStrict enforcement of rules with little flexibility

More likely to spank childChild may lack social competence

No questions askedChildren may rebel against controlling parents if

freedoms are not granted as the grow

Permissive

This is characterized as having few behavioral expectations for the child and is characterized by warm affect. Parents

are nurturing and accepting, but non-demanding.

Responsive to needs and wishesLack control of children

Don’t regulate appropriate behaviorsWant child to like them at end of day

Children have low level of achievementChildren are impulsive

Neglectful

These parent do not care much at all for the child.

Low in warmth and controlDisengaged

No limitsLow responsiveness

Only provide basic needsMore focused on their own needs

Debates/DecisionsMisconceptions

• The following are parenting questions you may need to decide as a parent, possibly with a partner

• To do an Amniocentesis ( Test to find out about baby health) or not to do

• Circumcise or not male babies• Breast feed or bottle (how long?)

– Nutrients that are essential for child.– 6-12 months

• Pacifier or thumb or nothing• Sleep: basinet, swing, car seat or with

parents in bed– When to crib, when to give own room

• Day care or stay home

Considering parenting styles

• ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS AND HAND IN AT THE END OF THE PERIOD

1. What parenting styles were used by your parents?2. What messages about parenting would you like to tell

your father? Mother? Brother or sister? Grandparents? Children?

3. What message about parenting would you like to receive from your children, now or in the future?

4. Consider your own childhood experiences. What is your fondest childhood memory?

5. How can you learn more about effective parenting (list 5)

This assignment is worth 10 points.

Common Issues/Questions

• Types of bottles• Sleep • SIDS (how to protect against it)• What to do with advice given from

family & friends• Post partum depression• Sibling rivalry

Role Playing

• Now its your turn to be the parent.• Your group will pick a scenario and

act it out.• Be respectful, be serious, be

appropriate, and have fun!• Remember – put yourself in your

parents shoes.