Home School and Community

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2. What do you know about the complexity of the
many roles parents fill?
 What are some typical emotional responses of
parents?
 How do both parental roles and emotions affect
their relationships with teachers?
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Nurturer
◦ Importance of attachment
◦ Fathers and mothers as nurturers
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Adult relationships
◦ Parents as spouses
◦ Pressure on marriage
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Individual
◦ Lifelong personal development
◦ Erikson’s adult stages
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Worker
◦ Conflict of work and parenting
◦ Options for working parents
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6.  Consumer
◦ Need for two working parents
◦ Cost of raising a child
◦ Child care “trilemma”: quality care; appropriate
compensation for staff; affordability for parents
◦ Community Member
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Educator
◦ Parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, authoritative
◦ Socialization of children
◦ Preparation for formal schooling
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8. If you can, get a parent to tell you what he or she
has done in the past couple of days. Consider
what roles have been involved, and what varying
demands there are on the parent’s time.
 Consider also what roles seem to be in conflict.
 How would these insights help you as a teacher
relating to families?
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Why do people become parents?
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Expansion of self
Moral values
Sources of affection
Stimulation and fun
Achievement
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10. ◦ Power and influence
◦ Social comparison
◦ Economic utility
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Irrevocability: No turning back
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Restriction, isolation, and fatigue
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Noninstinctual love—acquired over
time
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Guilt—not being the ideal parent
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12. Satisfaction—watching a child grow
and develop
 Anxiety and uncertainty—never sure what is right
action
 Real concern and caring for the child—
a strong emotional connection with
the child
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13. Parenting is complex because of the additional
roles in an adult’s life.
 Parenting is an emotional experience because of
the parent’s deep attachment to the child.
 Both the complex roles and emotions of parenting
affect the nature of the relationship between
parent and teacher.
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