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A Poem: Different Parenting Styles

To get the children's attention Some parents may yell. Are the kids hard of hearing? I can not tell.

Some parents speak To the children in a kind of hush. Calling the toddlers Cute names And making them blush.

And when they are teens Moms and Dads Keep track of what they do. Watch out teens- There may be a "GPS" Stuck on you!

Some parents May close their eyes to pray, And hope that their Sons and daughters Accept Jesus Christ someday.

No matter what style of parenting No matter what Moms and Dads do, Let's hope they don't forget to say To their children "I Love You."

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External Care and Parenting Styles

There have been many studies done concerning early exposure to child care and the effects of the child and the parenting styles. One institution conducted a study in an attempt to see if placing children with out of home care providers effected the securement and attachment the child has with its parent. Of course after the studies were conducted, it was found that there are many more factors that contribute. The parenting style and the involvement are both key components in how securely attached infants are to their mothers. (Caldera & Hart) There have been studies that show “advantages of child care experiences to socio-emotional development”, that shows the emotional heath and peer to peer interaction is more advanced. (Cardera & Hart) From personal experience I have seen that external infant care is very beneficial for not only the peer to peer interaction, but also infant advancement. It seems even infants watch each other, which helps them to learn quicker than infants cared for at home. Case in point, my daughter started crawling at 5 1/2 months old, while my friend’s daughter who doesn’t interact with other her age still hasn’t even attempted to crawl at 8 months old. It has also been studied that parents that have to use external day care means are typically, more sensitive and responsive to their children than those that are primarily at home. This can help strengthen the infant attachment and/or securement. This may sound odd, being that the child isn’t around the parent as much, but from personal experience it works. Reference Cladera, Y. M., Hart, S. (2004). Exposure to child care, parenting style and attachment security. Infant & Child Development, 13(1), 21-33. doi:10.1002/icd.329