Week 12

This week was probably the best week of the whole semester! We learned about parenting, which is something that really interest me. My professor talked about the needs of kids-which are contact and belonging, power, protection, withdrawal and challenge. We we ran out of time so we were only able to go over contact and belonging and power. With contact and belonging the child's mistaken approach is to undue attention seeking, to stand offish. When this happens the parents need to offer contact freely and to encourage contribution. A child's mistaken approach when it come to power is to control others or to have a power struggle. The parent's response should be to create responsibility through choices and consequences.