...With the holidays approaching so quickly, I decided to look at an article that relates to the holiday season and it is a big question for many families with young children on whether or not should parents lie to their kids about Santa”? Most of us as children can remember from a young age believing in Santa and would wake up on Christmas day just so grateful for all the gifts that Santa brought. According to psychologist Christopher Boyle and mental health researcher Kathy McKay, the lie of Santa existence is damaging a child because children trust the opinion of their parents and by parenting lying to them it makes children eventually undermined anything their parents say to them. Even though many parents want to give their children and joyful...
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...Aj Pennywell Professor Neagle English 111 30 October 2015 A Parents Impact on Their Child’s Religious Beliefs “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it” (Prov.22.6). This is just one of the many verses of the bible that people have fought over its meaning and its application. The big fuss comes about because many people you take away a child's choice and ability to decide for themselves. Oftentimes parents teach their children their religion from an early age so they stick with them for the rest of their lives. Nowadays a lot of children who grew up in the church are falling away from it and going about life on their own. But what exactly do parents do to keep them in the church? The religious beliefs of a parent not only affect their life, but can also change the way they think and what they believe both religiously and not. They call this kind of upbringing brainwashing, because you are raising them to thinking what and sometimes how you think. As a parent you are to train a child in the way they should go through life in regards to their spiritual walk. They are teaching them about their religion at earlier and earlier. According to Wendy Thomas Russell in her PBS article “How young is too young to talk to your kids about religion?” kids between the ages of 4 and 6, are prepared to start exploring spiritual ideas and concepts. Although this is true at the ages of 12 and 13, it may be too late says Ms. Russell. They do this so...
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...com/2013/07/02/living/cnn-parents-helicopter-parenting-job-search/index.html?hpt=hp_c3 How helicopter parents can ruin kids' job prospects By , CNN updated 12:24 PM EDT, Tue July 2, 2013 CNN.com (CNN) -- Nicole Williams thought she had found the ideal job applicant -- until a phone call came from Mom. Only thing was it wasn't her mom; it was the potential employee's. "She wanted to know everything from where [the job candidate] would be sitting to a review of her responsibilities," said Williams, the career expert for LinkedIn, the professional networking site. "I withdrew the offer," she said. This wasn't the only time Williams had encountered the parental presence of a young employee. She previously had a call from a parent who didn't agree with her son's performance proposal and asked if she could come into her office to discuss. In a presentation in front of new clients, Williams also witnessed a new graduate using the phrase "my dad thinks" as it pertained to the project. As college students and graduates seek entry into the world of 9-to-5 this summer via internships and full-time jobs, parents that previously helped select their child's course load are turning their attention to their child's employer. However, what these so-called helicopter parents might not realize is that their hovering ways can undermine their child's advancement, instead of making them soar. In 2012, University of Cincinnati senior Aubrey Ireland filed and won a civil stalking order against her parents after...
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...And I bet these kids weren't unhappy like some kids can be these days of they can't get playing the Xbox. Money didn't mean anything as a kid back then. To their parents yes, and of course now a days poverty has came a long way from what these pictures show. Times where tough bk then and they got on with it. I can't imagine what the parents went through.And I bet these kids weren't unhappy like some kids can be these days of they can't get playing the Xbox. Money didn't mean anything as a kid back then. To their parents yes, and of course now a days poverty has came a long way from what these pictures show. Times where tough bk then and they got on with it. I can't imagine what the parents went through.And I bet these kids weren't unhappy like some kids can be these days of they can't get playing the Xbox. Money didn't mean anything as a kid back then. To their parents yes, and of course now a days poverty has came a long way from what these pictures show. Times where tough bk then and they got on with it. I can't imagine what the parents went through.And I bet these kids weren't unhappy like some kids can be these days of they can't get playing the Xbox. Money didn't mean anything as a kid back then. To their parents yes, and of course now a days poverty has came a long way from what these pictures show. Times where tough bk then and they got on with it. I can't imagine what the parents went through.And I bet these kids weren't unhappy like some kids can be these days of they...
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...the parents are to blame because they let the kids get too addicted to the technology. This story is about a family who let their kids get too addicted to their technology house that the kids get so addicted to a room called the nursery which is like a virtual room. Early in the story the kids did not come to dine becase they were too addicted to the nursery. The kids called in from the nursery which is like virtual reality “but with out the headset” they said we may be a little late, but after a little while they called back and said they won't be at the diner. “At dinner they ate alone” This proves that the kids are too addicted to the nursery that they would not even spend time with their parents. Later in the story the parents are to blame for their own deaths. The parents thought that the nursery was too much for the kids and they turned it off and the kids asked to just turn it on for a couple minutes they did, then the kids cried from the nursery and tricked...
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...Role of Parents and Parenting ------------------------------------------------- Childhood to Adulthood [Author Name] Table of Contents Introduction 3 Literature Review 4 Complex Relationship 4 Role of other external agents 5 Division of role between parents (Mother and Father) 5 Major problems 6 Social Interaction 7 Difference in child personality 7 Discussion and Conclusion 8 References: 11 Introduction We are born as child and then gradually transformed to adults. This transformation, from Childhood to Adulthood is often dependent upon lot of factors, both internal and external. This transformation depends a lot upon the inputs given by parents and family members. Through out the research we have tried to figure out the role played by parents and parenting in this transformation. The purpose of the project is to figure out that what are the behavioral aspects of parents that have an impact on the upbringing of child and how parents can effect the transformation of children from childhood to adulthood. The literature tells us that parents who understand their children and who has got control over children tend to shape the future of their kids in a positive way, whereas parents who treat their children as liability and are engage in scolding them losses control over their children. Some of the things worth mentioning for research are: - * There are several factors that parents should consider about the upbringings of their children. ...
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...Defining a Parent Growing up in a single-parent home for all of my life, I’ve learned a lot about parenting. Being a parent is a role that is often underestimated. Parents seldom realize the impact that they have on their kids, and how they can impact the kids’ lives for the better or worse. The world we live in today defines a parent by the house they live in and the car they drive. Being a good parent these days is based off of qualities that are unimportant and unrelated to actually being a good parent. Contrary to popular belief, this is not the way it should be done. Regardless of money and power, a parent is defined by their love, their ability to forgive, and their supportiveness. Parents love for their kids can make a huge difference in their lives. If this love is only temporary, or when their kids do something right or well, that can emotionally hurt the kids worse than many may realize. Conditional love will act as the root of all evil in a relationship between a parent and their kid. It shows the kid that they will be loved based off of what they do and how well they do it, not because of who they are. Unconditional love however, can make all the difference in a relationship. Kids who are loved unconditionally learn that they also should love unconditionally, and that it is the greatest kind of love. They learn that they are loved because of who they are and not what they’ve done. As Margaret Paul explained, “Our children become a mirror of our own behavior, discounting...
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...Lions. Nourishing. Kids. Imagination. Your adrenaline is running. You can see the African Safari slowly coming around in the room. The sun beating down on your neck. In the distance the lions are standing in the watering hole. There walking toward you, slowly, quietly. You think their not gonna see you. By the end the room is dark. Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt,” takes place in a smart home — a home where it does everything for you, from feeding them and rocking them to sleep. Wendy and Peter have always loved the nursery their parents built for them. They remember everything that has happened in the past and the things that have happened now. Without the nursery the kids would have nothing. George and Lydia Hadley call this the veldt. The veldt is a room that you go into and it takes your thoughts and turns them into a reality on a wall. Doing every every thought from the smell to the sound. This is supposed to be a place for them to express themselves and also a way for psychologists to keep track of all thought patterns that are...
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...discussed in the lesson, how would an authoritarian parent respond? A democratic parent? A permissive parent? An authoritarian parent would respond by not letting her go at all, or having a very strict curfew. The parent would also state all the rules that the daughter should obey.If she did not come home on time, break the rules, or be reckless she would not be able to go out on the weekends for a long time. The daughter would be grounded if she did not obey any of the rules. A democratic parent would respond by sitting down with her and letting her voice her opinions. The parent would listen to her point of view of how she wants to go to the party. Then the parent and daughter...
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...Limiters also don’t teach their children about the effects of screens or even how to manage screen time as much as parents who mentor. These parents feel like it is their job to manage screen time, which is partly true, but if all a parent does is limit screen time themselves, the child will never learn how to manage screen time on their own. All in all, limiting screen time is a great way to start a kid into the digital world, but as they get older, kids are more likely to completely go against these rules and find their own...
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...And there are a lot of women that look up to the women that play some of the parts on screen. The popular media plays a significant part of the problems that a lot of regular households go through. Everyone wants to be like who they watch on television. Is it wrong to allow our children to watch these shows? Are people losing the ability to raise decent, responsible and respectful children today? Are the adult’s that allow this decent and responsible people? This paper will raise issues about popular media today and display the effects of it on our generation. You will see how the popular media that kids are watching today influence them to have low self-esteem, a lack of discipline and consequences, ability to make grown up decisions, have no or little respect for adults and basically raise themselves. You have TV shows that alter the way that we raise our children. Kids learn a lot of what they see on the T.V. screen. They learn about sex, drugs, how to be disrespectful and disobedient. You cannot turn on the television without seeing half naked women washing their hair or rubbing lotion on their bodies. Indecency is the one thing that plagues us most. We have TV commercials that are basically...
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...children? To answer this question is far from easy as different parents have different ways to teach their offspring. Adopting a proper method requires parents to carefully consider as their decisions will have lifelong effects on children’s growth. Some people say that it is essential to apply harsh discipline to educate children so that they obey rules and stay away from wrongdoings, while others believe that such parenting styles can adversely affect children’s mental development and turn their childhood to unforgettable nightmares. With its drawbacks outweighing benefits, the imposition of iron discipline in raising kids is counterproductive, causes unforgettable sufferings in their memories and negatively affects the whole society. Firstly, it is believed that firm discipline is not an effective way to teach their kids because it only has temporary effects and shows parents’ inability to teach their kids. According to the article “Family Discipline Incidents: An Analysis of Parental Diaries”, “corporal punishment is a failed communication attempt” (Kremer 251-63). It is said that when parents fail to make kids to obey rules, they resort to physical punishments to stop kids from repeating mistakes. However, have parents who implement tough teaching styles ever thought of the possible consequences of their actions? Do kids truly learn something under the control of rod or harsh scolding from their parents? There is a high probability that so scared are children that they...
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...Impact of Divorce on Children Today in society, it is not unusual for a kid to know a friend whose parents are divorced or currently going through the process. It is more and more common for couples these days to separate after years of marriage than it was back in the day. Many adults, however, do not realize the consequences that can come from this when their kids are involved. Dealing with their parents' divorce is not easy for some and can highly affect the way a kid performs in school. Such a huge change in their life can cause health problems that can be life threatening and dangerous. The whole situation is extremely stressing and it leads to the use of drug abuse sometimes in order to find peace. These problems arise when a kid does not know how to deal with the divorce or are having a hard time with it because their parents are also having a difficult time. Parents should make sure they do everything in their power to make sure the divorce process goes easy and smooth and unpainful for everyone, especially the kids; they tend to suffer more out of everyone and can be severely affected by it if the situation isn not handled well by both parents. Dealing with change has a different effect on people. Some take it well, while some simply cannot deal with it. Children are known not to handle change very well, especially when it does not go the way they wanted it to. When dealing with their parent's separation, they tend to go through a bunch of emotions. Some may even...
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...All parents teach and parent their kids differently. In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Atticus the parent of Jem and Scout parents them differently than most parents would. This novel takes place in a small town in of Maycomb in Alabama. Atticus who is the town lawyer has to work a lot so he does not have very much time to care for kids but when he does have time he still cares for his kids and make sure they are making the right decisions to make them into respected adults. One way that Atticus is not the best father is when he does not make time for his kids. Atticus didn’t bring Scout and Jem to the first day of school which normally the parents take them. (Lee 15) This shows that even on the things that most parents would go to he did not because he does not make time for kids. Most parents on their kids first day of school would take time out of there day to take them to school especially on the first day. This shows that Atticus does not make time for his kids even on the important events....
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...Could Make Kids Smarter, explains how homeschooling is a good thing. The author is saying...
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