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The Joys and Challenges of Parenting - Coggle Diagram
The Joys and Challenges of Parenting
Myth #2: Children are sweet and cute
Although children can be adorable, they can also be selfish and destructive, as well as extremely active.
children possess the full range of human qualities—positive and negative—that adults must deal with in each other
Myth #10: Parenting gets easier as children get older
Parents typically find that their parenting issues change and become more difficult as children mature
Adolescence is the most challenging stage for many parents, because adolescents are seeking greater autonomy and freedom from parental control.
Myth #12: The empty-nest syndrome leaves many parents lonely and depressed.
“After the kids leave home, some parents suffer from the empty-nest syndrome; others change the locks.”
Many parents enjoy the freedom that comes with not having adolescents at home.
The middle-aged parent may get a job or change jobs, travel, or take up a new avocation
Myth #4: Today’s parents are not as good as yesterday’s parents
Standards for raising children have gotten higher, making the challenge for today’s parents even greater.
Society now expects parents to be more democratic in their approach, to take the child’s feelings into account when decisions are made.
Rejecting Style
parents do not pay much attention to the child’s needs and seldom have expectations regarding how the child should behave
leaves children feeling uncared for even though they are expected to behave and have many rules to follow
Uninvolved Style
parents often ignore the child, letting the child’s preferences prevail as long as those preferences do not interfere with the parents’ activities
children are left on their own without emotional support and a lack of consistent rules and expectations
Democratic Style
parents establish clear rules and expectations and discuss them with the child. Although they acknowledge the child’s perspective, they use both reason and power to enforce their standards.
Children of democratic-style parents exhibit what Baumrind describes as energetic-friendly behavior.
Myth #6: All parents are adults.
As reflected in our nation’s teenage pregnancy rates, many adolescents unfortunately become parents.
Government statistics indicate that 9% of all birth mothers are women age 15 to 19 years