"Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and cognitive development of a child from infancy to adulthood."
This subfield focuses on providing education and support to parents and families, including child-rearing, communication, and family dynamics.
Child Development: Understanding the milestones and stages of child development, including cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development.
Effective Communication: Learning how to communicate effectively with children, partners, and other family members, including active listening, conflict resolution, and problem-solving.
Positive Discipline: Understanding and implementing non-punitive, positive discipline techniques that encourage good behavior and discourage bad behavior.
Parenting Styles: Exploring different parenting styles, including authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive parenting, and how they affect child development.
Family Systems Theory: Understanding the dynamic interplay between family members and how changes in one part of the system can affect the whole family.
Sex Education: Learning about reproductive health, anatomy, and sexual behavior, including how to talk to children and adolescents about these topics.
Child Abuse and Neglect: Recognizing the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect, and understanding how to respond appropriately and seek help.
Parental Self-Care: Prioritizing self-care for parents, including maintaining physical and mental health, seeking support from others, and balancing work and family responsibilities.
Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity: Developing an appreciation for diversity and understanding how cultural differences can affect parenting and family dynamics.
Financial Planning: Creating a budget and developing financial planning skills to manage family expenses and save for the future.
"The most common caretakers in parenting are the biological parents of the child in question."
"Yes, a surrogate parent may be an older sibling, a step-parent, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle, other family members, or a family friend."
"Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing or upbringing."
"In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage."
"Parenting skills vary, and a parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a good parent."
"Parenting styles vary by historical period, race/ethnicity, social class, preference, and a few other social features."
"Parental history, both in terms of attachments of varying quality and parental psychopathology, particularly in the wake of adverse experiences, can strongly influence parental sensitivity and child outcomes."
"Parenting or child rearing promotes and supports the physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and cognitive development of a child from infancy to adulthood."
"A surrogate parent may be an older sibling, a step-parent, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle, other family members, or a family friend."
"Yes, the most common caretakers in parenting are the biological parents of the child in question."
"A parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a good parent."
"Parenting styles vary by historical period, race/ethnicity, social class, preference, and a few other social features."
"Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing or upbringing."
"In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage."
"Parental history, both in terms of attachments of varying quality and parental psychopathology, particularly in the wake of adverse experiences, can strongly influence parental sensitivity and child outcomes."
"Parenting refers to the intricacies of raising a child and not exclusively for a biological relationship."
"Yes, a surrogate parent may be an older sibling, a step-parent, a grandparent, a legal guardian, aunt, uncle, other family members, or a family friend."
"Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage."
"A parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a good parent."