Thursday, January 7, 2010

Chapter 7: Settings for Development: Home and School

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  1. Janet BelskyMarch 4, 2012 at 11:19 AM

    Parenting:

    1)Elaborates on the many things parents do that don't fit into the styles framework; discusses new research demonstrating that consistent rules are a core quality in effective parenting; hightlights a preschool study suggesting that when a particular culture prizes a more authoritarian approach to fathering, dads ranked as "authoritarian" have the most well adjusted kids. (All making the point: " Take the parenting styles framework with a grain of salt".)

    2) In discussing resilient children, returns to the research (described in chapter 4) suggesting that while having 2 short forms of the seriotonin gene may indeed make people more vulnerable to negative life events, in a calm nurturing environment this same "plasticity" predisposition may promote thriving.

    Spanking: offers a historical view of changes in attitudes to CP over the centuries; and notes the trend to outlaw this practice in many nations today; adds new correlational data relating to spanking and behavior issues.

    child abuse: updates this whole section; and focuses more directly on issues involved in reporting child abuse;as well as spelling out the specific physical signs suggestive of abuse.

    Intelligence and I.Q tests. Again discusses the Flynn effect--( the fact that our human I.Q scores have been rising so dramatically) to help make the case that for disadvantaged children the environment logically looms large in that a person's test score

    Successful schools; Showcases a high scoring elementary school serving an impoverished "limited English" population offering exciting year round programs in language arts. This school is also unusual because it entices parents to fully participate in the life of the school by offering health care and English lessions.

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