I have to pick a topic for my Child Psych class, for a research project. I was thinking about researching different parenting styles and the various outcomes for children. I WAS thinking about studying whether spanking or other techniques like time outs-- which was more effective, but my professor said that I will "have a difficult time finding a psychological source that supports spanking or even considers it as an option for changing a child's behavior." So that was surprising to me. Or I could do how effective behavior modification techniques are with young children such as sticker charts, etc. What do you think? What would be most interesting?
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Help me pick a topic for my project....
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I want to see if the kids who sleep with their parents and hardly ever leave their parents are better adjusted than kids to have a sitter once in a while. No matter how much I read I keep thinking if the kid is NEVER without mum, come the first day of kindergarden it's going to be like world war 3.
No matter what you find, most information is leaning towards the idea of who wrote the book...oooh this sounds like fun, I loved school.
My last big research project for school was the long term effects of same sex parents. During I didn't think it was so fun but after I did.
No matter what you find, most information is leaning towards the idea of who wrote the book...oooh this sounds like fun, I loved school.
My last big research project for school was the long term effects of same sex parents. During I didn't think it was so fun but after I did.
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Hey that would be a good project too, about the same sex parents, that gets my blood pumping.... but I was hoping to do something that would be useful to me personally and raising my kids, you know? I am also interested to do further research on whether my theories about the origins of homosexuality are correct, but then that has only a little to do with children and development.... and finding the stats I would want would be hard.
I am not going to look at just opinion books, I am going to look into a minimum of these: 3 scholarly publications, 2 trade publications, and 1 popular publication. I hope I can find some unbiased statistics.
I am not going to look at just opinion books, I am going to look into a minimum of these: 3 scholarly publications, 2 trade publications, and 1 popular publication. I hope I can find some unbiased statistics.
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Yeah, I found a lot of information which surprised me, like how if given the choice some sheep choose to be homosexual...then I'm like but it's a sheep, not a person...but then again they should know the difference between boys and girls.
I couldn't discount the fact it would be better to be in a home enviroment instead of an adoption, the one kid I interviewed was really greatful to have a home and his own bedroom.
I can understand wanting to learn more about a relavent topic, to you anyway, makes sense. I think your behaviour modification idea sounds really good. I mean think of all the books, websits, parents who swear by ONE KIND of parenting for all kids. There would be a lot of information there...I'd be interested to know why my nephew listens to my hubby the first time everytime...hehe
I couldn't discount the fact it would be better to be in a home enviroment instead of an adoption, the one kid I interviewed was really greatful to have a home and his own bedroom.
I can understand wanting to learn more about a relavent topic, to you anyway, makes sense. I think your behaviour modification idea sounds really good. I mean think of all the books, websits, parents who swear by ONE KIND of parenting for all kids. There would be a lot of information there...I'd be interested to know why my nephew listens to my hubby the first time everytime...hehe
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Princessperky
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I always wanted to do a long term study on how parents put kids to sleep. I have two insomniac relatives, both parents rocked their kids to sleep till they were to big to fit in the chair. I always wondered if there was a correlation. I also always wanted to ask if their siblings are just as insomnic, and if so is that genetic or cause all were rocked to sleep?
But the likely hood of being able to find a parent who HONESTLY remembers what they did to get their kid to sleep say 20 years ago is pretty low. That and the likelyhood of icluding all THREE methods CIO, rock them, and gradual walk out, are pretty small in a major funded sleep study. You know the kind that can actually get a couple hundred parents and follow the kids for 20 years. (I btw have no idea how I was put to sleep, with my children I used the gradual 'fade out')
Another thing I think would be cool is to compare the statistics of Hoime Educated kids and Public Schooled kids and Private Schooled kids. I happen to prefer Home Educating, but then I was also a teacher (disclaimer, no degree) What about all the parents that do not have a telant for teaching? is private school really as good? I personally can't see how traditional Mass, Age based Education can be. But then not all private schools are Age based or Mass. ('course I also think teaching is a skill that is losing ground while more and more people are told they cannot do it and shouldn't try) Oh I guess a disclamer, yes I have seen many different studies comparing Age based, Mass education and Home Education and statistically Home Educating comes out ahead, on IQs, test scores, and adult 'life satisfaction' (which is the most important of the three IMO)
Oh one last silly pet project. The lie of Santa claus in Christian families. I personally don't lie period, but I always wondered if the belief in the unseen is proven shaken. (lied about santa, lied about easter bunny, yet I am supposed to believe in Jesus?)
But the likely hood of being able to find a parent who HONESTLY remembers what they did to get their kid to sleep say 20 years ago is pretty low. That and the likelyhood of icluding all THREE methods CIO, rock them, and gradual walk out, are pretty small in a major funded sleep study. You know the kind that can actually get a couple hundred parents and follow the kids for 20 years. (I btw have no idea how I was put to sleep, with my children I used the gradual 'fade out')
Another thing I think would be cool is to compare the statistics of Hoime Educated kids and Public Schooled kids and Private Schooled kids. I happen to prefer Home Educating, but then I was also a teacher (disclaimer, no degree) What about all the parents that do not have a telant for teaching? is private school really as good? I personally can't see how traditional Mass, Age based Education can be. But then not all private schools are Age based or Mass. ('course I also think teaching is a skill that is losing ground while more and more people are told they cannot do it and shouldn't try) Oh I guess a disclamer, yes I have seen many different studies comparing Age based, Mass education and Home Education and statistically Home Educating comes out ahead, on IQs, test scores, and adult 'life satisfaction' (which is the most important of the three IMO)
Oh one last silly pet project. The lie of Santa claus in Christian families. I personally don't lie period, but I always wondered if the belief in the unseen is proven shaken. (lied about santa, lied about easter bunny, yet I am supposed to believe in Jesus?)
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snarfywarning
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Linnis said:
Before my one of my cats died, they slept AND "slept" together, had little kitty make out sessions, and ignored all female cats together. SO I guess it can happen with cats AND sheep. tee hee.
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I would be interested in if children who went to some kind preschool program scored any better than children who stayed at home until kindergarten on standardized tests in 3rd and the 5th grade than children who did not. The statistics would have to be based upon children whose parents were from similar income and educational backgrounds.
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I am not in favor of spanking but I thought this little article I found was amusing:
The other day, someone at a store in a small town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?"
I told him that I did have a drug problem when I was young:
· I was drug to church on Sunday morning.
· I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.
· I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather nor how I was feeling about it.
· I was drug by my ear when I was disrespectful to adults.
· I was drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.
· I was drug to the kitchen sink if I uttered a profane four-letter word. (I do know what soap tastes like.)
· I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flowerbeds and cockleburs out of dad's fields.
· I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one, to mow the yard, repair the clotheslines or chop some fire wood, and if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.
· Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack or heroin, and if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would have a brighter future.
The other day, someone at a store in a small town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, "Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?"
I told him that I did have a drug problem when I was young:
· I was drug to church on Sunday morning.
· I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.
· I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather nor how I was feeling about it.
· I was drug by my ear when I was disrespectful to adults.
· I was drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.
· I was drug to the kitchen sink if I uttered a profane four-letter word. (I do know what soap tastes like.)
· I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flowerbeds and cockleburs out of dad's fields.
· I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one, to mow the yard, repair the clotheslines or chop some fire wood, and if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.
· Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack or heroin, and if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would have a brighter future.
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Beth1231
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I loved that class! I did my paper on how violence in video games and movies affect different ages and how they perceive it. Most of my research was off of educational data bases so I suppose most of it wasn't too slanted. It's hard to find things that aren't slanted! I'm reading "Baby Whisperer for Toddlers" and the author is telling her readers that people who spank their children are the equivalent to bullies on a playground! Or, lol, some of the parenting books I have read try to convince me that a child under 2 is not capable of being willful or defiant. LOL! Okay, anyway, maybe my topic will spark an idea. Let us know what you choose
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Yeah.... child under 2 not willful.... they should meet my child.
Story time.
My inlaws didn't believe me that my son has strong opinions about music. So we went twice to town with them (40 minutes both ways) today and yesterday to try to find a deal on a couple windows for the house. Yesterday we listened to country music and I didn't say anything because that is what my husband's dad likes. David complained the whole way there and was really annoying and I kept trying to distract him by playing with him. On the way back country music and he complained. He said "nanananana!" (that's David language for NO, I don't like, I don't want, etc.). Today my husband said, "hey lets turn to this station because David likes the music better" and so they did. He stopped mid complaining and his eyes got really big and he started dancing in his car seat!! After two songs, they started talking on the radio station and he started complaining again. So his mom switched it to country and David listened for about 30 seconds.... then went back to whining.... she switched it back to the other station and he started dancing again..... LOL..... he is so willful....
Story time.
My inlaws didn't believe me that my son has strong opinions about music. So we went twice to town with them (40 minutes both ways) today and yesterday to try to find a deal on a couple windows for the house. Yesterday we listened to country music and I didn't say anything because that is what my husband's dad likes. David complained the whole way there and was really annoying and I kept trying to distract him by playing with him. On the way back country music and he complained. He said "nanananana!" (that's David language for NO, I don't like, I don't want, etc.). Today my husband said, "hey lets turn to this station because David likes the music better" and so they did. He stopped mid complaining and his eyes got really big and he started dancing in his car seat!! After two songs, they started talking on the radio station and he started complaining again. So his mom switched it to country and David listened for about 30 seconds.... then went back to whining.... she switched it back to the other station and he started dancing again..... LOL..... he is so willful....
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Puzzled12 said:
Wow this is a great idea.... its so tough to decide what I could find information on.... I don't want to pick something too hard. I have to decide by tomorrow 5pm
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Princessperky
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kids under 2 not willfull! You have got to be kidding! Sheesh they were willful at birth!
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Well i thought about all of the ideas, especially the one about homeschooling v. public school or the effect of preschool on scores... I am relatively sure that the preschool one wouldn't work out because it depends on if the parents worked with their child that they didn't put in preschool. That's a big variable and I just have to read other people's studies. I think that if the parents do nothing AND don't put child in preschool there will be a deficit. Its interesting that a generation ago I am told by my inlaws that you didn't have to know hardly anything to go to kindergarten. Nowadays they want kindergarteners to know all kinds of things.
I feel the same way about homeschooling v. public school, too many variables... if the parents work hard at homeschooling or are lazy, if the public school is in a town with a better school system or not. For example, I would never put my son in the school system in THIS town because I know it is terrible. All three of the children in my husband's family graduated from there, his sister just graduated this year. But I know of a good school 30 minutes from here that has a lot more money in the system, opportunities, better math classes and teachers.... and then there was my school that had an education way better than my husband's...so the quality of public school varies a lot. Inner city schools would be bad. Rich suburban schools would be better.
SOOO on that note I chose to do, "Parenting styles and their effectiveness or outcomes" which is pretty general but hopefully I can narrow it down as I go along, I want to find out what works and what doesn't for motivating and training up young children.
I feel the same way about homeschooling v. public school, too many variables... if the parents work hard at homeschooling or are lazy, if the public school is in a town with a better school system or not. For example, I would never put my son in the school system in THIS town because I know it is terrible. All three of the children in my husband's family graduated from there, his sister just graduated this year. But I know of a good school 30 minutes from here that has a lot more money in the system, opportunities, better math classes and teachers.... and then there was my school that had an education way better than my husband's...so the quality of public school varies a lot. Inner city schools would be bad. Rich suburban schools would be better.
SOOO on that note I chose to do, "Parenting styles and their effectiveness or outcomes" which is pretty general but hopefully I can narrow it down as I go along, I want to find out what works and what doesn't for motivating and training up young children.
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