Essays on Parenting

A.B. (n.d.). Is parenthood for you? BabyCenter. Retrieved February 03, 2016, from http://www.babycenter.com/ready-for-parenthood. Chapter 6 is about knowing if the couple is ready for the baby. Most people find rearing a child as one of the most important, demanding and time consuming activity. However, quite a number of people do not...

The Sphere of Psychology of Parenting The sphere of psychology of parenting is very heterogeneous. It includes both psychology of paternity, and psychology of motherhood, if meaning a division by gender. Parenthood itself is understood as a socio-psychological phenomenon, which is an emotionally and estimated coloring of knowledge, as well as...

Parenting is an exciting and probably the most admired thing by anyone who has not yet reached the age to hold that responsibility. But what many don't know is that in as much as it is the most fulfilling work one can partake on, it has a list of immense...

Youths are involved in numerous activities. Adolescents especially from the age of 12 and 19 are more hyperactive as compared to individuals in other age brackets. Hyperactivity, though seeming good from the surface, poses adolescents into hazards, injuries and accidents. Such accidents and injuries may be caused by concussions from...

The Debate on Children Obeying Their Parents The position that children should always obey their parents is highly debatable because of the many factors that determine the success of their relationship. To guarantee the success of obeying the societal norms and national laws, children have been socialized in a manner that...

Incidences of early teens displaying disobedience through such acts as talking back, disobeying or arguing with their teachers, parents and older people, especially during the age of two are common experiences. When such kind of behavior lasts longer than six months, parents should take caution since the child may be...

The nuclear or two-parent family has been the most dominant family structure throughout America’s history. Waldfogel, Craigie, and Brooks-Gunn point out that “the vast majority of American children were born into and spent their childhood in intact married-couple families” (87). However, single-parent families have become prevalent causing many children to...

Introduction to Parenting by Ponzetti (15), parenting is any form in which we bring up or raise our children in the environment we live in, or they are exposed in. Parenting is a form of supporting and promoting the emotional, physical and the education or intellectual period of a child...

The Negative Effects of Pornography The use and availability of pornography have become pervasive among adolescents and adults. The utilization of pornographic films, video, and literature is coupled with various adverse physical, psychological, and emotional health consequences. These comprise of the high rates of depression, violent behavior, anxiety, sexual promiscuity, negative...

In the past two decades, there has been an increase in the number of children living in single parenting families. The situation has been worsening as the years goes by due to the many divorces experienced in almost all the parts of the world. It has been identified that as...

A society's fundamental element is the family. The first article's author, "the world closest to us," defines a family as a complex unit that can be compared to the raw material of a writer's lifetime. The relationships that make up the family unit, from the marriage pair to the extended...

Cultures of Parenting Cultures of parenting vary when it comes to family history and social standing within the family. Unless there are instances of environmental readjustments among the parents in a new community, the traditional parenting styles ingrained in every family tend to endure down the generations. One can learn the...