Exam 11: Parenting Life Now

One of the base goals of parenting is to meet the ________ needs of children, which means ensuring they become productive, contributing members to society.

During this stage of Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory, the focus of sensual energy is the mouth and the tongue; the emphasis for personality development is thus centered on breastfeeding.

How parents negotiate their childrearing beliefs and share in everyday parenting responsibilities is referred to as _____.

Married fathers or single mothers tend to suffer more from work-family role conflicts than single fathers, such as being late, childcare, missing work, leaving early, or work -related travel concerns

Although Erikson was a student of Freud's, his psychoanalytic theory differed somewhat from that of Freud. How so?

According to Baumrind, ________ parents are "obedience-and status-oriented, and expect their orders to be obeyed without explanation" (1991, p. 62). To put it another way, these parents are very demanding and controlling over their children, but at the same time, they are not very responsive, warm, or affectionate towards their children.

Over many years, research into the changes associated with parenthood, be it through birth, adoption, or the formations of stepfamilies, has centered on four primary areas. What are they?

During this stage of his Psychoanalytic Theory, Freud believed that children were intensely interested in the physical differences between men and women. He also maintained that the focus of the sensual energy during this stage was the genitals, and believed that children engaged in self stimulation of their genitals to derive pleasure.

Since 1970, the proportion of households made up of married couples with children has decreased, while the proportion of households with single parents has increased.

Explain "participatory caretaking" as it relates to grandparenting.

At this age, children understand racism.

Who, according to the patriarchal family structure, is the authority over the household?

_______ is the Western cultural belief that a mother should give of herself unconditionally, and focus all of her time, energy, money, love, support, and every other resource she has, on raising her children.

Very little empirical evidence supports the notion that children's emotional well-being and academic success are linked to co-parenting efforts.

How do fatherly play habits affect the development of a child?

This model of single parent families does not assume at its base that single-parent families are out of the norm. This model assumes that every family form has strengths, or protective factors.

Briefly define sociocultural theories of child development.

Current divorce laws and "gender-neutral criteria" for rearing children has made it more difficult for fathers to gain custody of their children following divorce than in years past.

What are the consequences of a fatherless society?

Briefly explain cognitive theories of child development.