Friday, May 24, 2013
Research that Benefits Children and Families
If I could conduct a research study without restrictions, I would choose to research parenting styles and the affect each style observed has on the child's behavior. I am a believer that parents are the child's first and most influential teacher. Seeing the correlation between parenting style and behavior would be very interesting to me. As I gain more experience as a teacher (17 years so far), I see how many parents are very lax in their parenting responsibilities. Children, then, come to school with expectations of getting their way or not having to follow directions. It is a tough battle, at times. I would hope through a study on this topic, parents would be able to see that children need parameters to feel safe and free to explore their environments and that for society to operate efficiently and fairly, all citizens need to adhere to the same rules. Parents can begin to instill these concepts in their children before they ever begin school.
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Laurie,
ReplyDeleteYou picked an awesome topic to research. Parenting styles are so different based on culture, demographic region, religion, their own parents, etc. This would be an interesting topic to fully see how parents have become laxed and nonconcerned with their children's behavior, especially at school. It is important that parents understand they are their children's first teachers and they need to be consistent and instill the rules and follow through with behavior consequences. So many time parents threaten and use unreal consequences. Children then believe they do not have to follow the rules because they will eventually get their way. I sometimes feel parents think teachers and schools need to teach respect, when it actually starts at home. I believe this ties into our ethics topic this week to. We do have an ethical responsibility to be responsible for our children and that comes with being parents all the time, not just when it is convenient. Great blog Laurie, Melissa
Laurie-
ReplyDeleteGreat topic! I see too many children come into my classroom these days with no sense of respect, discipline, or taking responsibility for their actions. On the other side of that, I see parents come in who act more like their children's friend than their parent. I would be interested to see the findings of this tyoe of research.
Hi Laurie,
ReplyDeleteYour post was great. It made me think and reevaluate why I have chosen to continue my studies in Early Childhood Education. I hope to work with families and parents of young children to show them the way to good parenting skills and concepts. Your post reminded me that most parents do not even understand about parenting styles and the detriment that they are causing to their family structure by allowing their children to not have any boundaries.
-Beau
Hello Laurie, I agree with your that most parents are very lax in how they deal with their children's education. It is not like when we were coming up when parents were very involved down to the school lunch. Because of how we let our government officials and state legal officials do what ever they want without a challenge, then we lose when it comes to what we parent's want best for our children. Because of this reality, I took my own personal stand and began to home school my child not because I want total control, but because I want her to have a decision in what she wants to learn and how she wants to learn it. I want to see her develop at her own speed and so far she is doing very well and I can't wait until my 2 year old is ready so he can get started.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great post and I see that your concern for children vs. just teaching tells me that you think about more than just test scores and how you class looks to the state or your principal and that means you have compassion for what goes in the minds of your students which is equally important to just being a baby-sitter in some of these parents eyes.
Kudo's!!!
Oba Bomani...2013