4.8 Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
Elizabeth B. Pearce
Application and Discussion questions are intended to be used for student reflection and response; in class discussions or online forum discussions.
Key terms are needed to understand the concepts in this chapter and will appear in other chapters in the text.
4.8.1 Reflective Questions
- Explain the importance of caregiving relationships using a child development or parenting theory or perspective.
- What are the benefits to self and to society of nurturing relationships?
- In what ways do social structures such as the economy and the environment relate to changes in family size and structure?
- How does the “child care trilemma” affect equity for families? Consider both families who work in childcare, as well as families who use child care.
- This chapter focuses on disruptive attachment for a wide range of families and children. Discuss why attachment is so important not just to individual families, but to society.
- How does the government influence caregiving, parenting and attachment?
- What are some social stigmas associated with parenting and caregiving?
- Analyze parenting and caregiving from an equity perspective.
4.8.2 Key Terms
These terms are needed to understand the concepts in this chapter and will appear in other chapters in the text.
- attachment theory: a lasting bond or connection between people.
- birth rate: the number of live births per 1,000 women in the total population.
- caregiving: the act of providing support or watching over a person.
- child care: usually used to refer to non-parental care of a young child, often in a paid provider’s home or in a child care center.
- child care trilemma: the acknowledgement that it is difficult to provide affordable, accessible, and high quality care without some kind of subsidy or support.
- concerted cultivation: a parenting style that emphasizes adult led enrichment programs for children.
- dysfunction: behaviors that cause harm to self, others, or society.
- ecological systems theory: a framework that looks at individuals within their environments.
- family form: the structure of a family including the members and their relationships to one another.
- family function: the way the family members behave towards each other and within society.
- fecundity rate: the number of people who want to have biological children who are able to get pregnant and give birth.
- fertility rate: the number of people in a specific age range who are able to give birth.
- grandfamily: a family in which grandparents are the primary caregivers to their grandchildren; usually the parents are not present.
- mortality rate: death, and the rate of death for a particular group or in a particular area.
- multigenerational families: more than two generations of a family living together.
- natural growth: a parenting style that emphasizes child led games and activities, often in multi-age groups from the same family or neighborhood.
- nature and nurture: a discussion about the relationship between biological and environmental factors in a child’s development .
- parenting styles: usually refers to the four styles model including authoritative, authoritarian, permissive, and uninvolved.
- psychosocial model: a framework that emphasizes our relationships and that society’s expectations motivate much of our behavior and the importance of conscious thought.
- public function of families: the aspect of family life related to caring for others in a way that benefits society, especially children.
- socioeconomic status: the status of an individual and family via the combination of education, income, and occupation or career.
4.8.3 Licenses and Attributions for Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms
4.8.3.1 Open Content, Original
“Application and Discussion: Questions and Key Terms” by Elizabeth B. Pearce is licensed under CC BY 4.0.