Parenting Young Children
Exploring the Internet, Television, Play, and Reading
A volume in the series: Lifespan Learning. Series Editors: Paris S. Strom, Auburn University and Robert D. Strom, Arizona State University
Published 2010
Parents feel that a fast-paced lifestyle requires constant hurry to complete the next task and causes them to lose control over how time is spent. This environment makes it more difficult to build relationships with their children and teach them to honor priorities, care about others, maintain health, manage conflicts, and achieve balance.
Our cross-cultural studies of families have found that the most important gift parents can give their children is spending time together. Being together without multitasking or other interruptions increases sharing, in depth conversations, learning, and closeness. This book shows how to prepare children for school by providing the following experiences.
• Parents have a new obligation, introducing their children to the Internet. Parent and child Internet visits are presented for each chapter with guidelines for teaching online. Information about child development stages are provided for parents on additional Web sites. You can link to these Web sites at Information Age Publishing (http://www.infoagepub.com/strom-young-children)
• Parents and children spend more time watching television together than doing other things. Conversation questions are provided as a tool that parents can use to find out how children interpret events they see and detect learning needs.
• Children will more likely become creative adults if they receive support for imagination and curiosity. Examples illustrate the merits of playing alone, playing with friends, and pretending with parents.
• Boys and girls like bedtime stories and are motivated to read when they see parents read for pleasure. Children’s books that are recommended for discussion reinforce values parents hope to convey.
• Parents are responsible for teaching foundation lessons about socialization. Methods are described to foster development of child self-control, getting along with others, managing fears, and setting goals.
• Parents benefit from feedback on how well their goals and practices reflect principles of child development. A parent self-evaluation form includes questions and answers to identify personal strengths and learning needs.
This book is for parents, grandparents, and other educators of young children ages 3 to 8.
CONTENTS
PART I: TEACHING AND LEARNING 1. Exploring the Internet Together. 2. Conversations and Socialization. 3. Young Children as Consumers. PART II: FRUSTRATIONS AND FEARS 4. Hurry, Patience, and Frustration. 5. Understanding the Preschool Soldier. 6. Managing Fears and Worries. PART III: SELF-CONTROL AND DECISION MAKING 7. Self-Control and Adaptability. 8. Mutual Rights and Getting Along. 9. Setting Goals and Self-Evaluation. PART IV: PLAY AND IMAGINATION 10. In Defense of Pretenders. 11. Learning to Play With Children. 12. Observing Children at Play. PART V: CREATIVITY AND CURIOSITY 13. Curiosity and Asking Questions. 14. Guidelines for Watching Television. 15. Solitude and Reflective Thinking. References
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