Parents play seven roles. The seven roles that parents play include: the parent as nurture, in adult relationships, as an individual, as a worker, as a consumer, as a community member, and as an educator. Parents have all these roles which make their life more difficult, but a teacher could make it easier. Teachers look for ways to support parents in the seven different roles of parenting, which help parents a lot. First of all, teachers can include practical ways to support parents in the nurturing role of parenting. Two possible ways that I believe teachers could support parents are by giving the child homework activities (takes up to ten minutes) that they have to complete with both their mother and father or by organizing activities after
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Teachers could be extremely helpful to parents when they are low on money. The information that teachers could give parents is valuable. If teachers know of any special deals that parents would like to know about, they could let them know about it. It will help parents to save a couple of dollars. Teachers could also help parents find out about resources, such as the food bank or government help. They could also make a suggestion to the parents that one of them should work night shifts and the other morning shifts. This will help save the money that they would have to spend on childcare. If not, then “child care is necessary to pay for some kind of after school care until parents return home from work,” (Gestwicki, Page 67) which is really …show more content…
They have a hard time because they don’t know what to teach their child. Teachers could help parents by scheduling an appointment to talk with each parent. Talking to a teacher will impact the life of a parent because they’ll know what their child needs to learn. It will also help the teacher know what their students have already learned. They should also recommend articles on the types of parenting styles there is. Learning about them will assist the parent in knowing what’s best for their children. From what I’ve read, it is better to be an authoritative or assertive/democratic parent. Happier situations result for children when parents are authoritative because parents recognize “children’s needs for guidance and direction while understanding and accepting the slow process of children’s learning about the world” (Gestwicki, Page 72). Authoritative parents are also warm and
Teachers could be extremely helpful to parents when they are low on money. The information that teachers could give parents is valuable. If teachers know of any special deals that parents would like to know about, they could let them know about it. It will help parents to save a couple of dollars. Teachers could also help parents find out about resources, such as the food bank or government help. They could also make a suggestion to the parents that one of them should work night shifts and the other morning shifts. This will help save the money that they would have to spend on childcare. If not, then “child care is necessary to pay for some kind of after school care until parents return home from work,” (Gestwicki, Page 67) which is really …show more content…
They have a hard time because they don’t know what to teach their child. Teachers could help parents by scheduling an appointment to talk with each parent. Talking to a teacher will impact the life of a parent because they’ll know what their child needs to learn. It will also help the teacher know what their students have already learned. They should also recommend articles on the types of parenting styles there is. Learning about them will assist the parent in knowing what’s best for their children. From what I’ve read, it is better to be an authoritative or assertive/democratic parent. Happier situations result for children when parents are authoritative because parents recognize “children’s needs for guidance and direction while understanding and accepting the slow process of children’s learning about the world” (Gestwicki, Page 72). Authoritative parents are also warm and