FRHD 3040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Parenting, Marshall Green, Narcissism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3040
• Professor: David Green

Document Summary

Parenting goals: tasks of parenting, psychological goals of parenting, goals of what you want your child to do, specific developmental goals, different things you want them to know and master at different stages. Interpretive lens: acquisition of important skills, recognition of cultural variations in beliefs and practices, can"t generalize, transmission of beliefs and practices. Look at implications of what it means: both children and parents are involved. Psychological goals of parenting: autonomy and relatedness, no dichotomy, similar goals in diverse cultural contexts, coexistence of collectivist and individualist values in communities. Influences: changes in neat classification of cultures. Learning from others: challenge perspective that we hold, complex conceptualization of children"s development, changes in immigration, political and economical trends. Specific developmental goals: values and developmental goals, generated by world view, personal choice, personal domain, societal domain, moral domain. Indirect influence on child outcomes: typology, authoritative, high parental support and control, authoritarian, high on demand, low on support, permissive.