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Joys and Challenges of Parenting - Coggle Diagram
Joys and Challenges of Parenting
Parenting issues for couples
Negative impact on marital satisfaction
Some felt partner focused more on children than marriage
Father doesn't spend enough time with children
Parents dissatisfied with how child rearing responsibilities are shared
Advantages of co-parenting
Greater satisfaction with family life
Improves relationship with children
Allows women more freedom to pursue outside interests
Brings father into family on emotional level
Myths of Parenting
Children will turn out well if the have "good" parents
Reality: Parents are important in development but they aren't the only factor
Children are sweet and cute
Reality: Children can be selfish and destructive
Good parents can manage any child
Reality: Parents aren't the only part of a child's out come they have personality even when they are born
Today's parents not as good as yesterday's parents
Standards for raising children have gotten higher making it harder to raise children
One child is too few
Reality: Studies have shown only children aren't always selfish and spoiled
Styles of parenting
Parental support
Parental control
Democratic parenting
Authoritarian style
Permissive style
Rejecting style
Uninvolved style