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Date Posted: 19:34:01 04/04/07 Wed
Author: Rachel Landau
Subject: Parenting

So as I was reading through the chapter, I couldn't help but think about the plethora of information linking particular parenting behaviors with positive child outcomes. First, the organizational scheme in figure 9.1 showing how child behavior, marital relationship, and parenting are all influencing each other. Research shows, happily married parents are associated with better parenting and healthier children and adolescents. The chapter also describes parents as managers and their role in their adolescents' lives to guide them to make responsible choices. Throw in the appropriate combination of Baum's parenting styles used by both parents (coparenting) and you've got the outline of a manual for parenting--my mother always used to say she wanted one :) Anyhow, this information needs to be brought to as many (in my opinion all) couples through a simple presentation with resources for help during the child's development. The book refers to "marriage enhancement programs" that I know little about; however, it seems that such programs should be focused on improving the parents' relationship to be able to then work on providing appropriate parenting to the child/adolescent. I think these programs should be mandatory or strongly encouraged (incentives?) to prepare parents ahead of time and provide support and information during difficult times of child rearing.

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[> Re: Parenting -- Emily Clark, 20:45:56 04/04/07 Wed

I agree- the useful information disclosed in this chapter would be very beneficial to many parents trying to raise their children. I can't help but think of all of my teen parents that I currently teach, who probably don't know much about being parents. All of the information in this chapter on good parenting styles would be so useful to them. I too find it interesting, although not too surprising that a good relationship between parents results in better parenting. I suppose if the parents love each other and are partners in raising the children, it probably makes this process much easier. Counseling services and information should be more available to parents, particularly those considering divorce, since it seems to generally have a negative impact on children, at least in the short term.

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[> Re: Parenting -- Erie Martha Roberts (eroberts@iwu.edu), 04:12:35 04/05/07 Thu

I also think that this information about parenting styles is useful for teaching. I am a first year teacher, just out of college, and I sometimes have no idea what I'm doing. But I do know that I am often in the role of parent-type for my students, espcially since I teach 8th grade. So the idea of an authoritative vs. authoritarian parent can also be translated into an authoritative vs. authoritarian teacher. I think there is more in common between the two than might appear on the surface.

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