Parenting Practices of Generation

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Parenting Practices of Generations

Introduction

Children and adolescents who for various reasons are living without parental care or who are at risk of losing are the most exposed to poverty, discrimination and exclusion factors, which in turn, may make them more vulnerable to abuse, exploitation and neglect. Parenting refers to a dynamic process that is persistently evolves dependent on the communication that occurs between children and parents, as well as between their environments and families.

Additionally, it is vital to think the extensive social context while endeavoring to modify, predict and explain parenting. Parenting practices are a central node in the link between culture and adaptive human development. The parents of each generation have the important task of ensuring continuous enculturation of the next generation; specifically, prepare children well for functioning in physical, economic and psychosocial situations of their own culture.

Discussion

A study was conducted by Kotchick and Forehand (2002), identified that externalization behavior and parental practices across generation are mixed and to some extent varied. Generation 1 parents are associated with later externalization behavior, and antisocial behavior, along with difficult parenting in comparison to other two generations. The practices of parenting are quite similar in terms of supporting and promoting the intellectual, social, emotional and physical child development till the child reach adulthood (Conger, Wallace, Sun, Simons, McLoyd & Brody, 2002).

However, in terms of parental practices such as child rearing, monitoring, harsh discipline and positive parenting, these generations responded in a different manner. From the above table, it become apparent that child rearing that refers to the whole and complete development of a child by providing good care in terms of social, intellectual, emotional and physical well-being of a child is practiced by Generation 3, while Generation 2 give relative importance to child rearing in comparison to Generation 1, who shows little concern about the child development (Strom, et.al, 2001). Other parental practice refers to monitoring, or keeping an eye on, or scrutinize on the child's activities, which is not adopted or preferred by the Generation 1; however, Generation 2 and Generation 3 adapted this parental practices to some extent and to a high extent, respectively. Likewise, Generation 3 and Generation 2 adapted harsh discipline to control their children, while this practice is rejected by Generation 1, as they perceive harsh discipline will not discipline children, but direct them towards wrong path. On the other hand, positive parental practice is adopted in developing a child, rather than punishing approach because this practice will help children in gaining academic competences, along with self-confidence, but other two generation do not agree with this parental practice as they think that punishing is essential to discipline children (Leventhal & Brooks-Gunn, 2000).

Generation 1: Years children were raised (1990 - till today)

Generation 2: Years (1980 - 1989)

Generation 3: Years (1950 - 1979)

Parenting Practice 1: Child Rearing

To some extent

Relatively high than G1

To high extent

Parenting Practice 2: Monitoring

No

To some extent

Yes

Parenting Practice 3: Harsh Discipline

No

To some extent

To high extent

Parenting Practice 4: ...