Raising A Thinking Child By Dr. Myrna B. Leacock

Ms. Carol S. Dweck believes that children with a big ego, or a fixed mind-set, will not excel in school as well as someone who has a smaller ego, or a growth mind-set. According to Ms. Dweck on lines 16-20, “The result plays out in children link Jonathan, who coast through the early grades under the dangerous notion that no-effort academic achievement defines them as smart or gifted. Such children hold an implicit belief that intelligence is innate and fixed, making striving to learn seem far less important than being (or looking) smart.” As previously stated in the text, Jonathan’s grades plummeted after he started to work at higher levels of education. The author believes that over praising parents are to blame.

In order for Anaheim students to achieve success we must make some changes such as experiencing different types of situations, and having shorter summers to have more learning time. As well as parental involvement and strong leaders will lead to a better student. For Anaheim students to reach full potential they are in need of realizing and experiencing different situations on their own. In “The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” by Carol S. Dweck, she says that people can learn to be helpless.

Every single child is different, everyone has their own unique traits. Each child progresses at an individual rate, and has the ability to develop as fast or as slow as necessary. In this essay, I am expressing the different abilities that I have noticed that Alexis is capable of, and I am eager to explain their meaning. Every toddler is quickly developing and their actions can be analyzed to assess the rate of development for that certain child. Once or twice a week, we observe the assigned child.

“The Secret to Raising Smart Kids” by Carol S. Dweck is about the development of a child’s mentality when it comes to their self-confidence as well their capability of learning and working hard. Dweck informs the reader that there are two types of children and people in general when it comes to learning as well as growing. One group are the helpless people and one group are those with a growth mindset. Whether a person falls into the helpless or those willing to grow greatly impacts their success as well as their future.

Gun control nowadays seems to be a huge problem and prominent topic of discussion due to the horrific events happening all over the nation from convenient stores to college campuses. A Boise State professor of biology and criminal justice, Greg Hampikian, decided to voice his opinion about control through an article published by the New York Times. After his state legislature passed a bill that permits guns in state colleges and university campuses. Hampikian mocks the state legislature and uses sarcasm and irony throughout the article, but eventually gets his point across towards the middle and end of the article on the topic of allowing hand guns to be on campus.

Children do not come with guidelines or instructions. What they do come with is a crucial set of physical and emotional needs that need to be met. To raise children properly, parents duties are not limited to just food, shelter and protection. Parents are largely responsible for their children’s success in life. Parents are required to teach and educate children. They have to shape knowledge and character into their children to prepare them to face the real world. To be successful with this, parents must provide self esteem needs, teach moral and values and provide discipline that is both effective and appropriate. As the generations have changed, many parenting styles have evolved, as well.

2012). When the program was initially tested, a sample of preschool aged (3-4) African- American children participated in a social and cognitive development program which encouraged

A solution-focused method aids build parents’ to discover problem areas, arrange objectives and build up their independence, skills and reactions to get to the bottom of their concerns. Thus, encourages parents to develop their

The next mediating mechanism of childhood poverty affecting intellectual development is the mother’s involvement with her child. How a child is raised and parented is crucial to the human development at a young age, and is one of the main intervening factors between poor families and the ultimate outcome of the child. More completed models of childhood development in poverty include “mediators such as the amount and quality of time spent by parents with their children,” along with the other aspects of home-learning environments (Duncan, Brooks-Gunn, and Klebanov 309). Parents who live in poverty daily and for longer amounts of time often face lack of food, poor housing, unsafe neighborhoods, unemployment, discrimination, and poor health (Guo and Harris 433). When facing these hardships, impoverished parents suffer from more psychological issues than non-poor parents, which can lead to harsh discipline and low levels of support for the child. When a parent is not supportive or does not challenge a child to preform at a higher

This article was based on the history of how early intervention for children of poverty and with developmental disabilities can have remarkable results and improvement in cognitive, academic, and social efforts. In 1954 the idea of early intervention was introduced considering the Brown v. the Board of Education, the desegregated case that guaranteed the right of all children to a decent education. During this time, psychologists and professors discovered that Black children who were entering public schools were at an educational disadvantage compared to the White children in their class. During World War II an assessment for intelligence was given in which resulted of white men were from a poorer, less educated area of the country scored worse

Each year in the United States four million eager young children walk into a kindergarten classroom with big hopes and dreams of success both academically and socially (U.S. DOE, 2015). But the stark reality facing many of these children is that they are several steps behind their classmates on the journey to success. Even as early as the first grade, 30% - 50% of the black-white achievement gap is already present. (Mead, 2012). Similar size gaps also exist when considering socio-economic levels. “Before even entering kindergarten, the average cognitive score of children in the highest SES group are 60% above the scores of the lowest SES group” (Mead, 2012). These children are beginning their journey without the reading, math and social–emotional skills necessary for their success. The “average math achievement is 21% lower for black than for whites, and 19% lower for Hispanics” (Mead, 2012). These gaps are looming large in the lives of young children.

Parenting is far more difficult than people make it out to be. According to Carol Gioia, a Senior Community Advisor for Helium Network, “Being a parent is potentially one of the most rewarding life experiences a person can have. It might also be the most difficult, for parenting is a round-the-clock endeavor filled with demands and obligations”. Gioia makes a point that not everyone will live up to be “good parents” because no parent is perfect, but they can be good by enforcing a never-ending supply of unconditional love. In the article “What Makes a Good Parent” Robert Epstein provides that some parenting skills have been proven to conduct better out comes in children’s happiness, health, and behavior. In the memoir The Glass Castle, the

Children are the future of the world and need to be nurtured and educated in the best conditions. Thus, parenting is one of the most challenging and admirable responsibilities that people can experience. Parenting plays important roles in the development of children’s characteristics. Some people nurture children depending on their own ways. Others get advice from friends or books. Parenting can be divided into three groups: authoritative, permissive, and democratic parenting.

Reason to Listen: Without learning about effective ways to parent, it can become a daunting task to raise a child.

There are several parenting styles which guide children throughout their life. These parenting styles can be either good or bad and this will have an effect on the child; either a positive or a negative one. This essay investigates the parenting styles from which emerge questions about the role of the mother and the father. It also focuses on the ways that either too much mothering or too much fathering might have an effect on the child’s identity later on in its life.