Child Rearing Essay

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What is a child? A term that is too familiar to us even though it is occasionally queried for definition. A child, according to the Philippine Commission on Women (2009), is a human being considered by law as a minor who needs care, attention and nurturing. He or she is dependent to another person, namely the parents’, who facilitates the child growth and ensures their survival. In addition, without the aid of the parent involved in nurturing and providing the child’s primary needs, the latter cannot attain full development. Hence, parents’ involvement during the child’s crucial years is essential to facilitate the latter’s intellectual, physical and emotional stability alongside the child’s values and conducts. Evolution in the Child Rearing …show more content…

On the other hand, evolution in the child rearing process from the seventeenth to twentieth century had contributed in the formation of different practices and law applied by parents nowadays and likewise provides a profound path during the seventeenth century, times where parents are in search of methods on how to teach their children do independent tasks such as using the toilet, doing household chores and cleaning their selves (Berger and Kellner …show more content…

For this reason, to make their role more effective, parents integrated their child rearing approach with traditional ones to recreate a more suitable way of nurturing their children. In contrast to other studies published, claiming that there is a similarity in the approach of both parents, Medina (2001) stated that there is a specific border line separating the role of the mother and the father in raising their children. In this essence, it can be inferred that the difference in the type of child rearing practice used by parents to take care of their children will either enhance or hinder the child’s

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