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Child-Rearing Practices of Two Generations of Punjabis: Development of Personality and Independence.
Peer reviewedDosanjh, J. S.; Ghuman, P. A. S. – Children & Society, 1998
From 1970-73 and in 1995, data on child-rearing practices were collected through interviews with Punjabi mothers living in Britain; topics included development of children's personality and independence. Findings revealed that enculturation has brought many changes in attitudes of the 1990s generation of Punjabi mothers; however, they still hold…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Attitude Change, Child Rearing, Family Relationship
Direct linkCarlson, Jon; Kurato, Yoshiya; Ruiz, Elizabeth; Ng, Kok-Mun; Yang, Julia – Family Journal Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 2004
The use of knife and fork common in Western cultures has influenced Japanese people not only in terms of eating habits but also Japanese personality characteristics. This influence fosters the notion of segmentation - that all areas of life, including people, can be sectioned into parts and so analyzed. Mind and body are considered two discrete…
Descriptors: Personality Development, Foreign Countries, Values, Cultural Differences
Block, Jeanne H.; And Others – 1979
An objective index of degree of parental agreement was generated by comparing the independent responses of 83 parental dyads to a set of Q-sort items referencing child-rearing values and orientations. This index was found to significantly predict subsequent continuation or termination of the marriage and to relate to independently-described…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Divorce, Family (Sociological Unit), Females
PDF pending restorationBorstelmann, L. J. – 1976
This paper from the 1976 Southeastern Conference on Human Development is an overview of the attitudes that have influenced the research and writings on childrearing form 1920 to 1950. The content of articles in popular periodicals on infants and child care for mothers is reviewed in relation to the themes and scientific movements of the period.…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Rearing, Children, Discipline
Weston, Denise Chapman; Weston, Mark S. – 1996
Noting that we are raising our children in a morally ambiguous world and we have to do more than just discipline them and hope for the best, this book is a manual for raising children who are emotionally and intellectually capable and confident, by means of play activities that imbue a sense of right and wrong. Each chapter of the manual begins…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Codes of Ethics, Consciousness Raising
Davis, Laura; Keyser, Janis – 1997
Parenting is a journey, in which the parent grows and develops along with the child. Effective parents are competent, motivated learners who actively participate in the development of their parenting philosophy. By understanding themselves as individuals and as a team, and by patiently learning about their children through observing their…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Development, Child Rearing, Childhood Needs
