Child Rearing Family Paper

Assessment of the Child-Rearing Family
John F.
College
Instructor Date: November 1, 2013

Introduction Families are a unit of interconnected individuals that work together to promote health and well-being for one another. Beliefs, values, and culture help to create the distinct characteristics of each individual within the family. A child rearing family was willing to be interviewed and share the internal relationships of their own cultural values. The family was informed that questions would be asked about different aspects of their life, that the information would not be shared with anyone except for the instructor and that no names or other identification would be used in the paper. The topics
Ronny is in the stage of late adolescence to early adult hood. In the adolescence stage, identity vs. role confusion is the central conflict that has to be balanced. In adulthood, Intimacy vs Isolation is the developmental task that needs resolution (Mckinney, 2013). Ronny stated that in his first week of independent living, his friends were his source of comfort and security. He explained that some of his friends in college helped him to find a job, setup class schedules, and find his way around the university. Ronny’s interests in computers, math, and video games helped him to decide that computer science would be the best choice for his major. Ronny liked his first week of school and explained that he was intrigued by the class subjects that he was taking. Ronny showed a lot of interest in technology, he explained to me some differences of computer operating systems and gave advice in what operating system would be best for playing video games on. Ronny shared a graphic design assignment that he created in high school and showed satisfaction and pride in his
Appropriate forms of discipline that were used included timeouts and verbal explanation because it allows the parent to separate the deed from the doer and encourages respect and kindness (McKinney, 2013). The disciplinary method of spanking, a form of corporal punishment, was used by Amy and Joe when Ronny would get too out of control in his younger years. Although Ronny does not exhibit signs of aggression at his current age, spanking usually teaches aggression toward other people and manifests the belief that hitting is acceptable. Additionally, Spanking prevents inquisitive behavior and elicits inversion of emotions and behavior as the child matures. Studies say that spanking is no more effective than other methods of discipline and is not recommended as a method of disciplining children (McKinney, 2013). If Amy and Joe do decide to have another child, using corporal punishment as a method of discipline too frequently may result in aggressive behavior toward others and manifests the idea that hitting is an acceptable manner of behavior. As the child matures these habits could result in harm toward others, to the child, and could lead to a lifetime of delinquency (Gershoff,