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your own parent-child relationship reflecting on the parent-child…
your own parent-child relationship reflecting on the parent-child relationship reflecting on the nature of the relationship throughout your lifespan. If you did not have a parent-child relationship for much or all of your childhood, but had a relationship with a caregiver such as a grandparent, write about that relationship.
Instructions:
1. Reflect on your parent-child relationship at each stage of your development using Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development listed below: (Note: Parent includes the adult(s) who raised you. It could be different people at different stages.)
Industry vs Inferiority (school-age, 5-12 years old)
Identity vs Role Confusion (adolescence)
Intimacy vs Isolation (young adult) or Generativity vs Stagnation (early parenting)
2. self esteem, depression in adolescent, low birth weight, toddlers sleep behavior, co-regulation and effect of parenting styles on children concepts apply them to your relationship at each of the 3 stages for a total of 6 concepts.
3. introducing your family. Each stage should be addressed in separate paragraphs using the concepts you’ve chosen. Some stages or concepts may need more than one paragraph for an adequate discussion.
4. Give a specific example(s) of your relationship to support the link you’ve made to a concept. Find an action, expectation, or a remembered conversation that illustrates the concept. Describe your example and explain how it illustrates the concept you selected.
5. provide a reflection on the insight you may have gained about yourself, your parents, or your relationship with your parents in the reflections you’ve done in this course.
Example:
This example covers the adolescent stage with 2 concepts, Identity Formation and Parenting Style Effects on Identity Formation.
For example, I might write the following link. “According to Erikson, adolescence is the time of Identity Formation, answering the questions, ‘Who am I?” In Chapter 9, Heath discusses two parts of identity formation, moratorium and foreclosure. The moratorium is the time adolescents take to explore various issues related to identity, particularly the issue of choosing a career. Identity foreclosure happens when parents push a child towards a particular career or life choice or when the child makes a choice early before they’ve learned about other options. Parenting Style has a direct effect on an adolescent’s identity formation. Authoritative parents support a moratorium and give their teens time and freedom to decide on a career choice. Foreclosure stops the exploration. Traditional and Authoritarian parenting styles may use foreclosure to control their child’s choices.
My mother’s Parenting Style was Traditional, particularly when it came to a women’s role in society. I began college in a period of moratorium, figuring out what I wanted to do with my life. My mother focused on my being a mother and having a family. My interest in Oceanography was not supported because of the long hours of research and travel involved and the effect that could have on a future family. Although my interests changed several times during my early adult years, she chose to not help me after my first year in college. I would describe her parenting style as Traditional. She had firm ideas about my career and strong ideas about politics and religion. The Traditional parent, like Authoritative parents, uses reasoning and conversations with their adolescents to guide their development. Sometimes they use consequences that can be extreme such as cutting off funds for tuition. Her decision could have made me foreclose on my identity search. Instead, it motivated me to move out and support myself through college. Our relationship was hurt for a while, but she grew to be pleased with my choices and I was pleased to see her change as well.
