research proposal

Ashly Mota
English 102 1:00pm
Sonia Begert
April 29, 2013

Research Proposal: How to parent

My research issue is on parenting. My research question is: what does it take to properly raise a happy, successful, and intelligent child? Some things I hope to gain from my research is tips on how to make the right choices in raising a child, how to avoid failing as a parent, and what to expect from children on nature versus nurture.

Chi-Ming, Lee. "Learning to Be a Good Parent across Cultural and Generational Boundaries." Learning to Be a Good Parent across Cultural and Generational Boundaries 40 (2011): 377-85. 2011. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

“Learning to Be a Good Parent across Cultural and Generational Boundaries ", by Lee Chi-Ming, talks about the difficulties of being a parent in this day and age, and trying to meet the cultural and generational expectations of raising a child. Chi-Ming expresses the importance of education for children and how to interact with the school age child when discussing education. Lee gives his idea of what’s needed to achieve academic success through personal experiences. This article is going to help with evidence of things that are needed for parenting for example patience, actually listening, and special attention time.

"Cognitive Stages for Child Development." Cognitive Stages for Child Development. LearningRx Franchise Corp., 2003. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

" Cognitive Stages for Child Development - learning requires basic cognitive skills" is discussing the need for parents to take responsibility and ensure that their children will have all the necessary fundamentals that are required to excel in life. the author mainly describes each stage of development and how they are future building blocks for our kids growth. These skills that are developed, such as sensory/ motor skills, and cognitive skills are also understood to be  different with age ranges.

Fleck, Henrietta. "Learning to Live with Our Children." Public Health Nursing 23.6 (2006): 561-62. Nov. 2006. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

Being puzzled or confused by children is not uncommon to the 21st century. I, for one, see the differences in the way i raise my daughter, compared to the way my mom’s generation raised their children. Henrietta Flecks philosophy about parenting and family life stems from post-World War II and how it has shaped family behavior. "The United States was readjusting to civilian life following World War II, fathers were coming back from the war, moms were returning to the typical "house wife work" and the next generation coming of age to work.. Fleck's touches on belief of value in individualism, and the importance of sharing both privilege and obligation, also how maturity shows evidenced in an ability to make reasonable choices and how to be accountable for these choices.

Myers, Robert, PhD. "Parenting Today." Parenting Today. Child Development Institute, 25 Oct. 2011. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

"Easy ways to raise responsible kids -a guide for parents" goes over ideas of how to get kids of different age and cognitive development to be responsible. Myers says we want our goal to be that our kids will become " contributing members of society". each age range is divided into appropriate daily responsibilities to build and grow our kids personal development. Myers ends his article by reminding us to "keep a sense of humor", which is very important to the raising of a child. if everything is always taken to the extreme, it can result in an ill effect of low self esteem

Plowman, Lydia, Joanna McPake, and Christine Stephen. "STORRE: The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home." The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home 24.1 (2010): 63-74. STORRE: The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

“The Technologisation of Childhood? Young Children and Technology in the Home," by Linda Plowman, Joanna McPake and Christine Stephen talk to sources about the possible ways in which childhood is being transformed by technology, calming that children's cognitive, emotional and social development is not being fully developed and leading to emotional and social problems. Through study's they are able to prove that its in the way the parents are allowing the technology to be used, not the technology itself. based on a survey of 346 families and 24 case studies. This will help support my theory of its how you use it, that counts.  

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