Exam 10: Raising Children in a Diverse Society

The __________ doctrine is similar to hierarchical parenting, blending parental love, concern, involvement, and physical closeness with strict and firm control.

__________ parenting combines warm emotional support for children with a demand for significant respect for parents and other authority figures, including older extended family members.

The text points out that children today face demands for achievement from schools, church, recreational organizations, peers and, of course, parents. This "scheduled hyperactivity can produce the "__________ child," who is forced to assume too many challenges and responsibilities too soon.

The rate of child poverty in the U.S. now exceeds that of the nation as a whole.

Many single mothers intended to raise their children without a partner.

According to the text, spanking refers to

Explain the differences in parenting by grandparents and by foster care.

It helps to know that children can be remarkably ___________, demonstrating the capacity to recover from or rise above adverse situations and events.

Children living in poverty are more often __________ than other children.

As adolescents search for identity and begin to define who they are and will be as adults, they need help from their parents. Which one of these is NOT a need listed by the text?

Parenting is one of many opportunities and experiences, or life chances, that is influenced by socioeconomic status (SES)-one's position in society, measured by educational achievement, occupation, and/or income.

In explaining Asian American children's superior high school performance, a few Asian American social scientists have offered alternative concepts that emphasize indigenous __________, which blends parental love, concern, involvement, and physical closeness with strict and firm control.

Authoritative parenting combines emotional nurturing and support with parental direction.

In __________, a grandparent acts as the primary parent for grandchildren.

Mothers spank less often than fathers.

According to the text's discussion, which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of today's parents?

What was formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is now a federal aid program called

The __________ parent's style is indulgent, and often leads to the classic "spoiled child."

Jack is a grandparent and acts as the primary parent for his two grandchildren. Jack's situation is referred to in the text as a __________ family.

__________ parenting combines warm emotional support for children with a demand for significant respect for parents and other authority figures.