How Parents Influence Their Children
| How Parents Influence Their Children | | By Brittney Smith |
| How Parents Influence Their Children | | By Brittney Smith |
DEP 2004: Class meets at 11:00 A.M.
April 13, 2013
Professor Perry Davidson
DEP 2004: Class meets at 11:00 A.M.
April 13, 2013
Professor Perry Davidson
For my research paper, I interviewed two people, a male and a female, from the adolescent, middle adulthood, and late adulthood age groups. As the interviews were written, I did not spend a great amount of time with the interviewees regarding the interviews, but I know each personally and was easily available if they had any questions or were unsure of the meaning of a question. I decided to conduct the interviews on paper because some of the questions could be considered difficult and I wanted the participant to have the time to think their answers through carefully and thoroughly. In conducting this project, my main goal was to discover the general opinion of the influence that parents have on their children, the effects that different parenting styles have on a child’s development, and how the influence and parenting styles could be good and bad. I expected the answers to all be somewhat similar, as I believed the participants’ opinions on good and bad parenting to close to one another. The differences in opinions that I looked for in their answers, I expected all to be based on their age and gender. The adult participants all have children of their own, so I expected theirs answers would reflect their experience just as I expected the adolescents’ (who are both childless) answers to reflect only what they believe to be true. Likewise, I expected the differences between the opinions of the opposite genders to reflect the differences between mothering and fathering parenting roles and styles.
Adolescent Interviews When reading the answers given by my adolescent interviewees, I had to keep in mind where they were in terms of cognitive and social development. According to
| How Parents Influence Their Children | | By Brittney Smith |
DEP 2004: Class meets at 11:00 A.M.
April 13, 2013
Professor Perry Davidson
DEP 2004: Class meets at 11:00 A.M.
April 13, 2013
Professor Perry Davidson
For my research paper, I interviewed two people, a male and a female, from the adolescent, middle adulthood, and late adulthood age groups. As the interviews were written, I did not spend a great amount of time with the interviewees regarding the interviews, but I know each personally and was easily available if they had any questions or were unsure of the meaning of a question. I decided to conduct the interviews on paper because some of the questions could be considered difficult and I wanted the participant to have the time to think their answers through carefully and thoroughly. In conducting this project, my main goal was to discover the general opinion of the influence that parents have on their children, the effects that different parenting styles have on a child’s development, and how the influence and parenting styles could be good and bad. I expected the answers to all be somewhat similar, as I believed the participants’ opinions on good and bad parenting to close to one another. The differences in opinions that I looked for in their answers, I expected all to be based on their age and gender. The adult participants all have children of their own, so I expected theirs answers would reflect their experience just as I expected the adolescents’ (who are both childless) answers to reflect only what they believe to be true. Likewise, I expected the differences between the opinions of the opposite genders to reflect the differences between mothering and fathering parenting roles and styles.
Adolescent Interviews When reading the answers given by my adolescent interviewees, I had to keep in mind where they were in terms of cognitive and social development. According to