Essays on Raise Their Children

Introduction

Parents bear many responsibilities every time a child is born. Their responsibilities are recognized not only as morally but also legally. The constitution recognizes the importance of children and outlines the roles and responsibilities of parents in raising their children. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Children and other international organizations are keen in guiding countries on how parents should be guided in the upbringing of their children. The education curriculum is, however also a major influence on the way children are developed until they become adults. But, the major responsibility lies with the parents who due to their ...

Introduction

Parenting is an aspect of supporting a person to develop socially, emotionally, education wise and physically from a child to an adult. Parenting usually exists in an individual biologically related to the infant in question, but in some instances, biological relationship is not a big deal in child bearing. Raising a child to be a responsible adult in the society involves the whole society as other family members, neighbors and the governments besides the biological parents take part. Parental skills are vital because they shape the behavioral appearance of the child in the society, and parental skills could be good or bad depending on ...

Retaining Careers Contribute to Child Well-Being and Future

Introduction The purpose of this literature review is to assess various researches into the positive impacts of being a working mother, and to assess whether or not working mothers have positive impacts on their children’s well-being and future when compared to stay-at-home mothers. Evidence suggests that working mothers can serve as good role models and caregivers for their children in comparison to mothers who stay-at-home with their children (Figes 1) (Heinrich 122) (Sherman 1). The labor participation rate of mothers with underage children was almost 70 percent in 2013 (“Latest Annual Data”). These statistics suggest the importance and ...

The way social norms change and how well people adjust to these changes has always been fascinating. Growing up as a child whose mother was working, I have always come faced with viewpoints that I felt lonely and abandoned, because, they said, I lacked maternal affection. I never understood why affection was measured by the hours a mother spends with her child, because I was raised with much love and nurture, even though I did not see my mother as much as other children that had their mothers at home. I felt resistant to the concept that staying at home mothers ...

Parenting is a process that contributes to the physical, intellectual, social and emotional development of a child and determines how a child is going to evolve as an adult. Parenting style varies from one parent to another. Based on the style of rearing up children, parenting is divided into four styles; authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved (Christopher Spera). Amy Chua, popularly known as the tiger mother, has created furor among western mothers with her famous but controversial book titled "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" in which she has vehemently shown the difference between the Chinese and Western style of parenting. Her ...

After birth, most children are raised by two parents, a father and a mother. Both the parents have certain duties to fulfill when raising a child and both of them are expected to uphold their duties. A majority of parents who are raising their children in this modern era face numerous challenges because they do not assume equal responsibility. When one of the parents begins assuming more responsibility than the other, the shifting dynamics of modern life can lead to problems in raising a child. What many parents fail to realize is that when it comes to raising children, they both need to ...

Child growth and mental health development in a multi-cultural world has many sides. There are numerous factors contributing to the development of a child. One of them is Culture. Ethnicity and culture play a pivotal role in the child-rearing methods adopted by families throughout the globe. Variations like techniques of discipline, expectations related to acceptance of responsibilities, and delivery of religious knowledge differ amongst families. Although parents’ child-upbringing decisions and approaches may be impacted by their individual personalities and family situations, the family’s cultural backdrop as well, will play the central role in how the family rears its children. In a child’ ...

The women's prison system, as a consequence of its inmate's sentences, involves separation of mother from child as the mother is no longer physically capable of taking care of them. However, there are those who argue that women should be able to still raise their children if incarcerated; they argue that the 'critical bond' between mother and child must be maintained, and that the children would suffer for being away from their child. Many of these proponents argue that biological mothers should be the only people who care for their child, particularly newborns; however, research and statistical evidence indicates that ...

A gay marriage is a situation where both people in a marriage union are of the same gender. In most countries these marriages are not recognized by law. In the U.S.A such marriages are not considered legal by the federal government though 3 states in the Union have legalized them. Gay marriages are not only opposed by the existing laws but also by culture which views marriage as a union of two people of different genders. Today homosexuality is considered as a social evil that many a culture is trying to bring down. Gay marriages should not be legalized as these would give the ...

Individuals acquire and develop language from interaction with their environment. One significant element in this environment is the society that an individual lives, or is born in. The individual learns language patterns, usage of new words, and other language aspects from interacting with their community.

I communicate my thoughts through singing, speaking, drawing, writing poems and through gestures. With the use of these tools, I am able to share with those around me what I am thinking and the concepts I develop. I learnt to use these tools from interaction with mainly my peers, family and other members of ...