Various Aspects of Parenting
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Various Aspects of Parenting
Introduction
I. Transition to parenting
A) Major influences on parenting
The transition into parenthood isn’t an easy one there are major influences on parenthood and child rearing practices which can be put into four different factors, these are social, political, cultural and economic. Social influences are concerned with how people in society live and work together and the way people in groups behave and interact. Political factors are concerned with how changing legislation affects parenting and child rearing. Cultural influences are how the ideas and customs in a particular society affect parenting and child rearing, whilst Economical factors are concerned with how the financial positions of families and the provisions they have affect parenting and child rearing.
In the transition to parenthood there can be unavoidable complications along the way which affect the prospective parents and the baby these include post natal depression, lack of attachment between parents and baby and economic pressures. Post Natal Depression occurs after childbirth and affects one in every ten mums, it leaves the mother feeling sad and lonely causing here to become easily frustrated and angry towards others. The mother often feels inadequate to take care of the baby causing the baby to feel insecure. The cause of post natal depression isn’t really known but statistics show that mothers are more likely to experience it if they had a difficult birth experience and/or pregnancy, if the mother has not had much support or is having relationship problems, if the pregnancy was not planned, if the mother has previously had an abortion or stillbirth or if the mother has had a history of depression. Post natal depre...
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...rs of their own young children include:
Support groups
Financial support e.g housing
Adequate provisions for parents and children
Family laws and acts
B) Roles in Relation to Parenting
The state should provide family laws and acts that protect the young child. These laws and acts should also endeavour to help provide support for parents as care givers of their own child. The community should provide support groups for parents so they are not isolated. They should provide agencies within the community to assist the families and source in financial/housing support that may be valuable to them. The family/whanau have an influence in encouraging cultural practises within the family home, ensuring culture is passed through the generations. Family/whanau should also ensure that the parents and children have adequate provisions to remain clothed, house, feed etc.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the transition into parenthood isn't an easy one. there are major influences on parenting and child rearing practices which can be put into four different factors.
- Explains post natal depression, lack of attachment between parents and baby, and economic pressures can affect the baby's bonding experience.
- Opines that the state should provide family laws and acts that protect the young child and provide support for parents as care givers of their own child.
- Explains that the age of children, moving house, employment, death, cultural practices, and illness of any family member can affect parents' parenting practices.
- Describes plunket as a free service that provides mothers with support from pregnancy till after birth. they provide information on parenting issues, breastfeeding, infant nutrition, sleeping, child behaviour, and post natal depression.
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