Reflection On Style Of Caregiving

ECED 1003-Emotional Development and Early Relations

Prepared by Janet Foster

15% of Final grade

Reflection to “Style of Caregiving”-Chapter 4

Grade: 15%

Due Date: _____________¬¬¬___

1. Styles of Caregiving: Think of two adults you know well, who have had a role in guiding your development and behaviour as a child or young teenager (could be a parent, teacher, relative, etc...). Showing two different styles, answer the following for each person:

Person #1_ my mom_________________________________ (6 marks)

1. State and describe the type of discipline used, provide examples

2. Control out of our movement make sure we don’t stray

My mom has an authoritarian style of discipline. She thinks she is guiding and advising me in her own good way while I did not feel it was the best parenting style for me. An example of that is

Describe how you see your style of Caregiving at this point. Do you feel past experiences will affect the way you guide children`s behavior? As I grew up in a house having two different caregiver’s style and after growing up and having my own children. I do understand more my mom’s rules, and I do respect my dad’s open minded approach to parenting.

As a mom, I do copy my mom in respect to being over protective when it comes to my boys. Like her, I don’t see any reason for sleeping over and wherever they go and whatever they do I should know their plans and keep track of them.

I do try to copy my dad and be open in discussing how important it is to work hard especially with my eldest child, he struggles with academics does not seem to care about studying. I try to talk to him and find out what his interests are so he can pick the right subjects in high school to lead him to the right path, I want him to engage with what he enjoys so he would do his best .

I was very influenced by the way the way I was raised. I have a mixed caregiver style, sometime I am authoritative like my mother and sometimes I am authoritarian like my