1. I personally enjoyed reading Module 2 because it uses real-life problems in association to development. Although they offer many theories, I do have to say that I do not agree with all of them. One part of this module that relates to me personally is the section on parental employment. According to the studies in the book, they say that parental involvemnt either has little or positive effects on the children-especifically for girls. For example, the book mentions that a girl with a working mother has higher aspiration and higher academic achievements. Also, it mentions that if both parents work, the father is more involved with the children. HOWEVER, I have to disagree with this claim. While growing up, both my parents worked. As a matter of fact, my dad traveled while my mom took care of my dad's business. In this case, my dad did not have too much involvement with us, his children. When he was home he did give us attention, but for the most part, he was gone for months at a time. Also, my mom was not able to care for all the responsibilities at home and work, although she still did a good job at it.
Overall, I feel that working parents might influence a child to have high academic achievement IF they value education. My parents did value education, so I did my to be a good student. In addition, I feel that working parents have a positive effect on children in the academic aspect of things, but not when looking at it in an emotional perspective (may be negative).
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Krysta,
ReplyDeleteGreat argument. I really agree with you that it isn't so much a parent's job that helps students do well academically but whether or not they value education, I have seen many instances similar to the ones you described and I absolutely agree.
Good Observation, i think working parents can have a good or bad effect on thier children, deoending on how involved they are in their childrens lives and their school
ReplyDeleteI almost went on a rant on my blog about that, because the book does not give enough evidence to show cause-and-effect; they seem to be more correlational studies than experimental.
ReplyDeleteI thought I'd also mention that--the books says that children of working mothers tend to have more household responsibilities. This can certainly be true--but having parents gone working all the time can also mean that the kids are always at the house across the street (my house, before we moved to Michigan) and don't always get enough parental attention.
Emely and Sabrina are sweet girls, and we really like their parents, too, but both their parents are gone working all the time. Their dad, Mario, is actually around more of the time than their mom is, and they have good relationships with both of their parents. But oftentimes they would walk home from school with my younger siblings and my mom, and stay at our house for hours, rather than being home alone.
They often preferred to be at our house than their own, too, and I hardly blame them. At our house, there is a lot of play, a lot of interaction, and it is a healthy and happy place to be, with lots of people. Sure, they play at their house, too, but... all those times I was babysitting them, I spent a lot of time trying to find things to do that would get them away from the TV, because the Disney channel can get to be really tiring after a while.
Anyway, thought you'd like that story... :)
I definitely agree with disagreeing with the fact that two working parents has a positive effect on the children.
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