Introduction After covering 262 pages of Raising Adults: A Humane Guide for Parenting in the New World, the reader would read four chapters, with plenty of subtopics, that enlightens him or her concerning teenagers and how to approach them. The author, Jim Hancock, fulfills his purpose within this book: to cultivate “people determined to be more intentional, more skillful, more realistic, more effective” concerning their relationships with teenagers. He successfully fulfilled his purpose by structurally discussing the current cultural composition of teenagers, and previous generations; strong relational skills that may aid an adult into becoming an effective parent; and practical strategies to raise adults. Although this book is extremely beneficial for any parent, it does have a con for me: it is too verbose. Namely, it could state what it attempts to convey in fewer words. After …show more content…
To certain issues, I have a better understanding of not only how to approach it, but why it may occur. After reading his writings, I felt that I knew the personality of Hancock since the book included plenty of personal stories (e.g., of his parents and his children) and he had a distinct writing style. Although I may subjectively dislike this writing style since it appeared to be excessively verbose (i.e., he could say what he is trying to convey in fewer words), the book remains beneficial. Conclusion Workers who work with adolescents and, especially, parents would enjoy this book since it would bring understanding and the reader could personally relate to the author. As the author evidently strives to effectively raise adults, parents likewise strive. In this endeavor, since this book provided a history of the adolescent’s culture, the current state of the adolescent’s culture, relational qualities to implement while approaching teenagers, and how to practical respond to teenagers’ issues. Overall, this is a beneficial
In this book therapist Mary Pipher writes about her experiences at work with adolescent girls. It is intended to make the reader aware of the perils of being a teenager in today's sexualized and media-saturated culture. She talks about how this new and more hostile environment affects adolescent girls' emotional growth and development, and how hard it is to stay true to yourself while trying to fit in with peers. For the most part this book is Dr. Pipher's attempt to reach out to adolescents, as well as their parents and teachers, and tell them that this "problem without a name" is not a death sentence but rather a journey to adulthood, and tells adults how to help these impressionable young girls through what might be the most trying period of their lives.
Barbara Katz Rothman, professor of sociology, once said "Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength." This illustrates clearly the symbol of the mothers in this society. This symbol could also shape people’s thinking about mothers. I totally agree with her assessment. For instance, I believe that everyone is using his or her own symbols during social interaction, such as languages, gestures and other sign language. In another way, this is called symbolic interactionism.
Around the age of 11 to 14, children are typically seen as no good preteens who do not need to be fed any more fuel to their anti-authority behavior. Children within this age group are typically found on a confusing path of finding their own identity. From the time they were born, they had their parents, or guardian around the corner to help with any confusing moments. Around ages 11 to 14, children are seeking to become young adults, and they feel as if they have to do it on their own. With literature, educators and parents can still guide the children to the right path of becoming a proper young adult.
Parenting is a key factor in how children make life choices and go about their ways. In “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, Walker portrays a girl who goes off to school and returns home to her mother and sister a completely changed person. In “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan, Tan demonstrates a mother who challenges her daughter into pursuing different roles to ultimately achieve that “child prodigy” standard. Both short stories reflect on the idea of how parenting can change a person to be better or worse. Good parenting is setting guidelines for the child to follow but also creating a stable and positive role in the child’s life. Bad parenting is not caring or letting the child do as they please with no guidelines or consequences. The question arises though of exactly what is good parenting? Both stories pursue two different relationships among mother and daughter and how their different parenting skills affected the child and how they became.
Sooner or later, adolescents will reach adulthood and their development is very important. The biggest influence to the growth of young adults is education, taught by teachers as mentors and facilitators. As a teacher may consider, he or she must focus on the differences between age groups, and grade level as well. Selecting an adolescent novel must reach a reasonable degree of acceptance. Teachers can enlighten their students about life through literature, thus the students will become more familiar with the unsuitable materials – the immoral values of life.
This study examined the relationship between the individual, adolescence’s family, and the school’s climate and how that impacts the adolescence’s behavior. During the stages of adolescence is where a person develops a lot. Due to this there is vulnerabilities that can pop up in an adolescence life. From their peers rejecting them to the adolescent dropping out of school. There are connections between the aspirations of the individual, the amount the family supports the individual, and the surroundings that the
In other industrialized nations, teenage turmoil was a fraction of that seen in the U.S. The author proposed that turmoil was the result of infantilizing- a phenomenon largely attributed to American culture. When treated like adults, teens are capable of rising to the...
Growing up can be an extremely complicated process. The changes that occur are physical, emotional, and mental. All aspects of growing up can be triggered by puberty, or possibly traumatic experiences that happen in that person’s life. In a traumatic event, not just the person being attacked or traumatized can be affected. According to the Australian Institute of Family Studies, “Diagnostic descriptions of what constitutes a traumatic event ... clearly suggest that mere knowledge of the exposure of a loved one to a traumatic event can be traumatizing as well.” (Kleber). In Louise Erdrich’s novel, The Round House, one can see the how Joe was forced to grow up before he was ready because of the trauma he had experienced. His brain wasn’t fully
..., the teens of our society are faced with more challenges than the ones before them. Because of this, many parenting books quickly become dated and people find that you can’t predict raising adolescents from a book. However, when teens take the initiative and read for their benefit in books such as 7 Habits, there is always something to learn, in any generation. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens will eventually fall short of the evolution of generations, but there is always something to learn from basic steps like Covey’s. There is nothing new under the sun, and without mention of recent events and technology...with mention of recent events and technology...and even mention of events and technology we haven’t yet seen, when a book is based around skills and habits teens will need at any age and circumstance, the advice given in this book will never fall short.
Rosen, Christine. "The Parents Who Don't Want To Be Adults." Commentary 127.7 (2009): 31. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 13 Dec. 2013.
Successful resolution of this psychosocial stage of development is imperative in order to acquire an enduring incorporated sense of self and to progress to the next stage of development. Society and one’s culture also contributes enormously to the commitment or prevention of dealing with the challenges faced during adolescence. Regardless of what challenges are faced during this stage of development, overcoming it is a fundamental necessity in order to progress into a strong-willed and stable individual in
Successful parenting may be judged by many different standards. Raising a child to be a respectful, mature, and independent adult requires a great deal of effort. There are several parenting styles, and not all lead a child to reaching their full potential. Overpowering sternness leads may lead to a rebellious child, while passive parenting may lead children to inept for the challenges of adulthood. Parenting requires more than teaching children submissiveness, or building of self-importance. Children learn best from a role model who is admirable. Parenting is a great opportunity to set the course of one’s entire life in the right direction.
Throughout our life, it can be marked by developmental changes in every domain of life: our physical, cognitive, social, personalities, and morals. Due to some important researchers such as Erickson, Freud, Piaget we are able to understand the development of each of these domains. Each stage of it’s life has it’s own difficulties and events that can determine a person’s life (Mogler, 2008). During the stages of adolescence, they are very vulnerable to a lot going on in their life such as fitting in, peers, family, school, activities, and society, and not to forget the ups and downs of puberty. Adolescence can be viewed as a huge part of many children’s lives where in this part of their life they try to find teenagers experience physical, cognitive,
Bauman, Lawrence. The Ten Most Troublesome Teen-age Problems and How to Solve Them. New York: Citadel Press, 1997.
As a child begins to enter adolescence, there appears to be a rise in conflict between the adolescent and parents. The amount of conflict differs from family to family and is dependent on many factors. It is mainly due to the changing characteristics and growing of the adolescent and the way in which the rest of the family adjusts to these changes.