Pampered Child Syndrome Summary
Jessica Medeiros
Child Development
May 1, 2013
Book Review
The child-rearing book that I choose to read was “ The Pampered Child Syndrome” written by Maggie Mamen. “The Pampered Child Syndrome” is a source of advice for parents or professionals working with children who are “loved to much”, in other words they are given everything they ask for, yet remain unhappy, anxious or aggressive. Dr. Maggie Mamen describes common characteristics of the pampered child, and offers guidance on establishing an effective balance between caring for and nurturing children and maintaining authority and respect. Mamen also identifies the “symptoms” of the pampered child that mimic those of genuine emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders and explains …show more content…
Some topics that were related were; how to care and nurture children, disorders in children, and mainly how to control children’s emotions. In my child development course my professor made it very clear to us that when caring for a child “parenting” is a very important factor in a child’s life. It has also been suggested that parents most definitely matter. “In fact we are the most powerful instruments of change in a family.” There was only a small section the book where it talks about parenting. Which I thought was a little downfall for parents reading this book. There is a bigger section in the book about disorders. In my child development course we took quite a decent time going over several disorders. One specific disorder that was mention in the book was anxiety. When reading over this section of the book I was very connected to what I have learned in my course about anxiety. In the book, Mamen mentions that there are three compents to anxiety which include; physiological which deals with your autonomic nervous system, cognitive which is through yours thoughts and behavioral which is related to avoidance. When looking back to my notes from class these 3 components are also mentioned. Mamen also talks about different types of anxiety, which was also talked about in my course. Stranger anxiety and separation anxiety
Child Development
May 1, 2013
Book Review
The child-rearing book that I choose to read was “ The Pampered Child Syndrome” written by Maggie Mamen. “The Pampered Child Syndrome” is a source of advice for parents or professionals working with children who are “loved to much”, in other words they are given everything they ask for, yet remain unhappy, anxious or aggressive. Dr. Maggie Mamen describes common characteristics of the pampered child, and offers guidance on establishing an effective balance between caring for and nurturing children and maintaining authority and respect. Mamen also identifies the “symptoms” of the pampered child that mimic those of genuine emotional, behavioral, and psychiatric disorders and explains …show more content…
Some topics that were related were; how to care and nurture children, disorders in children, and mainly how to control children’s emotions. In my child development course my professor made it very clear to us that when caring for a child “parenting” is a very important factor in a child’s life. It has also been suggested that parents most definitely matter. “In fact we are the most powerful instruments of change in a family.” There was only a small section the book where it talks about parenting. Which I thought was a little downfall for parents reading this book. There is a bigger section in the book about disorders. In my child development course we took quite a decent time going over several disorders. One specific disorder that was mention in the book was anxiety. When reading over this section of the book I was very connected to what I have learned in my course about anxiety. In the book, Mamen mentions that there are three compents to anxiety which include; physiological which deals with your autonomic nervous system, cognitive which is through yours thoughts and behavioral which is related to avoidance. When looking back to my notes from class these 3 components are also mentioned. Mamen also talks about different types of anxiety, which was also talked about in my course. Stranger anxiety and separation anxiety