Parental alienation syndrome

Parental alienation syndrome, at first the term was foreign to me, until after reading the definition I then noticed that not only did I understand its definition, but I could also relate it to my own personal life which was my reason for choosing this topic for my paper. Throughout my paper I will critique the credibility of the magazine article “Teaching Kids to Hate” published by Jose Fernandez of the American Bar Association in June 1988, by comparing it to the following educational journals: “The Parental Alienation Syndrome a Family Therapy and Collaboration” published by Laura G. Sweeney of Nova Southeastern University in 2014 and “Parental Alienation Critics and the Politics of Science” published by Deirdre C. Rand of Private Practice in 2011. “Teaching Kids to Hate” in this magazine article introduces children’s psychiatric professor Richard A. Gardner. During his profession at Columbia he studied children and created the term parental alienation syndrome or PAS which is explained in the article as one parent, the dominant, as having exaggerated hatred toward the other parent. The dominant parent than either consciously or subconsciously uses certain terms or events to get the…

1. The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) refers to an aspect of Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. ZPD is a term used to describe the distance between what a learner can do on their own and what they can do with assistance. Yes, I believe it is possible for a classroom teacher to instruct all children in their classroom based on knowledge of each child's ZPD. Through classroom assessments teachers will understand the academic level of each of their students, and from there, build off of what…

Vygotsky Zone of Proximal development has not only played a important role in children but also adults. The Zone of Proxima devlopment illustrates how scaffolding plays a huge impact in a Childs learning, as they grow up. Without the proper assistance when they are young, they will be unable to do things on their also known as indepence. There are pros and cons to the ZPD. The con to the ZPD is when a child is provided with too much assistance, it can cause them to develop what we call “needy or…

The conception of the ancient struggle of man versus nature has been heavily warped in the modern world. From a contemporary standpoint it is difficult to think passively of the environment. In the light of the impending crisis of global warming and the changes associated with it, it is easy to think of the environment as both a victim and an agent of retribution: the continuously more common occurrences of dramatic weather and toxic surroundings serving as a condemning consequence of humanity’s…

Children develop at different times and no two children will reach the same milestones. The zone of proximal development was introduced by Vygotsky in his sociocultural theory. This theory based on the distance between the knowledge the child currently has, and the knowledge that the child can achieve with the assistance of an adult. In other words, what the child is capable of doing on their own, as compared what they can achieve with the help of an adult. Children are not all at the same Zone…

While the questions of parental leave is most frequently considered in the light of a woman’s ability to take time off from work after giving birth, the importance of paternity leave must also be considered.…

Many cultures enjoy to spend their time working; others tend to prefer to have more free time. The majority of the American’s prefer to spend the most of their time at work and the Europeans much rather prefer to enjoy life and not be tied down to a desk. How is it that they manage to spend more time at home or travel whichever the case may be and still have a decent lifestyle? If anyone were to ask you, "do you enjoy working?" what would your response be? For example, in “America’s Bizarre…

and a childless woman earns 90 cents (Strickland). Strickland proves here that the wage gap is still prevalent today in the workplace. Although the wage gap between men and women has become closer together, the only way the gap can close entirely is to create paid maternity leave. This way, women can take twelve weeks off with their newborn child, and can be financially supported through the stressful and chaotic time. Executive director and chief economist at the Washington Center for…

In America, many believe that taking care of children is a private responsibility this has had led to many work environments to be inflexible and non-family friendly. This perspective was born out of the American ethos of individualism- an ideology that stresses that individuals must be independent and that they are fully responsible for their life outcomes. Hays (2003) argues that this cultural value of self-sufficiency has made us insensitive and nonunderstanding to the social factors that…

There have been many conclusions and ideas on how to decrease the number of abortions and that keep that rate down, but no one has come to a definite solution just yet. The controversy on how to decrease the number of abortions seems to remain to two main solutions. One solution being to require all states to have parental consent laws of underage girls getting abortions.…