Parenting

PARENTING.

For the magazine, see Parenting (magazine).

"Parental care" redirects here. For parental care in animals, see Parental investment.

A Nepalese woman carrying a baby on her back

Parenting (or child rearing) is the process of promoting and supporting the physical,emotional, social, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood. Parenting refers to the aspects of raising a child aside from the biological relationship.^[1]

The most common partaker in parenting is the biological parent(s) of the child in question, although others may be an older sibling, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle or other family member or a family friend.^[2] Governments and society take a role as well. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent with good parenting skills may be referred to as a good parent.

 

 

Six Stages of Parenthood

A Stage Theory 

from Parent's View

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In the early 1980s, Ellen Galinsky took a creative approach to stage theory. She looked at family life from the parent's perspective and developed a 6-stage model that described parent development.

The six stages of parenthood (Galinsky, 1987): 1 - The Image-Making Stage During pregnancy, parents "form and re-form images" of the upcoming birth and the changes they anticipate. This is a period of preparation. 2 - The Nurturing Stage Parents compare image and actual experience during the time from baby's birth to toddler's first use of the word "no" (about age 18 to 24 months). This is a period of attachment and also of questioning. Parents may question their priorities and also how they spend their time. 3 - The Authority Stage When the child is between 2 years and 4 - 5 years, parents decide "what kind of authority to be." This is a period of developing and setting rules, as well as enforcing them. 4 - The Interpretive Stage Stretching from the child's preschool years to her approach to adolescence, this stage has the task of interpretation. In this period, parents interpret their own self-concepts as well as their children's. Parents also are concerned with interpreting the world to their children. 5 - The Interdependent Stage During the child's teen years, families re-visit some of the issues of the Authority Stage, but find new solutions to them as parents form "a new relationship with their almost-adult child." 6 - The Departure Stage When children leave home, parents evaluate not just their offspring's leave-taking but also the whole of their parenting experience.

 

Advantages;

1, The stages if properly followed, will surely help the child be a decent and good ambassador for the family and ultimately the society.

2, There will definitely be less crime in the society.

3, There will be peace and development in the society.

 

Disadvantages;

1, The child might become rebellious if the parents are overbearing.

2, If paradventure the child loses the parents to death or otherwise during the course of the stages, they might be confused and thereby stray if there isn’t a similar parental guidance available.

3, If the parents are bad people, they might only succeed in raising a monster that will only succeed in terrorizing the society.