Ecology of Parenting

Influences

Progressive

Religious

National

Ethnic

Similarities in parenting across the world

"Ensure physical health and survival."

"Develop behavioral capacities for economic self-maintenance."

"Instill behavioral capacities for maximizing cultural values, such as morality, prestige, and achievement."

Temperate Types of Children

Easy

Difficult

Slow-to-warm-up

positive mood

reactions are moderate or low in intensity

slowly adapted to new situations

intense reactions to negative moods

withdrew in new situations

Parents' Life Stages (from infancy to adolescence)

  1. Image making
  1. Nurturing
  1. Authority
  1. Interpretive
  1. Interdependent
  1. Departure

By: Autumn Van Hoose