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What do you know about the complexity of the many roles parents fill?

What are some typical emotional responses of parents?

How do both parental roles and emotions affect their relationships with teachers?


Nurturer◦ Importance of attachment◦ Fathers and mothers as nurturers

Adult relationships◦ Parents as spouses◦ Pressure on marriage



Individual◦ Lifelong personal development◦ Erikson’s adult stages

Worker◦ Conflict of work and parenting◦ Options for working parents


Consumer◦ Need for two working parents◦ Cost of raising a child◦ Child care “trilemma”: quality care; appropriate

compensation for staff; affordability for parents

◦ Community Member


Educator◦ Parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive,

authoritative◦ Socialization of children◦ Preparation for formal schooling


If you can, get a parent to tell you what he or she has done in the past couple of days. Consider what roles have been involved, and what varying demands there are on the parent’s time.

Consider also what roles seem to be in conflict.

How would these insights help you as a teacher relating to families?


Why do people become parents?◦ Expansion of self◦ Moral values◦ Sources of affection◦ Stimulation and fun◦ Achievement


◦ Power and influence

◦ Social comparison

◦ Economic utility

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Irrevocability: No turning back Restriction, isolation, and fatigue Noninstinctual love—acquired over

time Guilt—not being the ideal parent


Satisfaction—watching a child grow and develop

Anxiety and uncertainty—never sure what is right action

Real concern and caring for the child—a strong emotional connection with the child


Parenting is complex because of the additional roles in an adult’s life.

Parenting is an emotional experience because of the parent’s deep attachment to the child.

Both the complex roles and emotions of parenting affect the nature of the relationship between parent and teacher.


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