Running head: CHILDRENS WORK 1

To be a Parent

Skyler Clark

Salt Lake City Community College

Childrens Work at Home Human Growth and Development PS !!"" # "$% Tues& Thurs '("" pm !')*)$"!*

CHILDRENS WORK 2

Childrens Work at Ho e !o "e a #arent

It is i $ortant %or $arents to assist their &hildren in "e&o ing' Not onl( &an &hildren learn to a&&o $lish tasks) "ut through this the( gain a sense o% a&hie*e ent and de*elo$ a sense o% sel%+e%%i&a&(' When &hildren reali,e that the( are de$ended u$on) the( %eel needed- this in&reases their sel%+estee ) as .ell as sel%+&on%iden&e' Ha*ing &hildren .ork) and $er%or tasks is /ust as &ru&ial as

de*elo$ing a goodness+o%+%it .hen the &hildren are "a"ies' 0a"ies .ith a goodness +o%+%it are ost o%ten se&urel( atta&hed to their $arents' 1llo.ing &hildren to .ork s all tasks allo.s the &hild %eel to

has a si ilar result' !he o$$ortunit( to $er%or

in*ol*ed) in&luded) and needed in their %a il( en*iron ent) and $re$ares the $er%or in a&ade i& and *o&ational duties later in li%e' !he &hild de*elo$s $ro"le

sol*ing skills through $er%or ing di%%erent tasks' a(

O%ten the &hild .ill not understand the task to "e done' 2or e3a $le) a $arent

instru&t a &hild to load the dish.asher %or the %irst ti e' It is "est i% the $arent hel$s the &hild) and guides it to $er%or the /o" &orre&tl(' #erha$s the &hild is asked to

load the dish.asher again) "ut this ti e .ithout hel$' While loading the dishes into the slots) a "o.l .ont %it in the .a( the &hild .ants' No. the &hild has &hoi&es.a(s to o*er&o e this $ro"le ' He &ould ask a $arent %or hel$) he &ould "e&o e %rustrated and ra the slots) or the "o.l into the a&hine until it either "reaks or /a s "et.een %or the

a("e the &hild .ill

o*e other dishes aside to allo. roo

"o.l' !hese $ro"le s sol*ing skills .ill "e needed o%ten in li%e) and ought to "e de*elo$ed %ro a (oung age' 1%ter all) is o*ing a %e. dishes to one side o% the

CHILDRENS WORK 4 dish .asher so di%%erent than o*ing a %e. *aria"les to the other side o% the sol*ing skills it is eas( to

e5uation so the( 6%it78 With .ell de*elo$ed $ro"le i agine that the &hild .ill "e a"le to &o$e .ith

ost issues .ith .hi&h it is %a&ed in

li%e outside o% the ho e) "ut %irst the learning inside the ho e en*iron ent needs to take $la&e' !asks su&h as these are &onstant in da( to da( li%e' !he /o"s that .e .ould gi*e a &hild to do are things the a*erage $erson likel( does .ithout thinking' I% there is a to( in the iddle o% the hall.a() ost $eo$le $i&k it u$' !here isnt likel( u&h

thought "ehind it- $eo$le ha*e hard+.ired the sel*es to $ut things in their $la&e' It &ould e*en ha$$en in the arket- an ite has %allen on the %loor) a &an o% "eans

$erha$s) and one .ill $ut it "a&k on the shel%' 1ll o% these si $le tasks that .e take %or granted are signi%i&ant a&hie*e ents %or &hildren' !he( are &onstant) and it is i $ortant that &hildren learn to look a%ter and) &lean u$ a%ter the sel*es at a (oung age' !hese tasks ought to also "e $rogressi*e) u&h like a &hilds de*elo$ ent o%

linguisti& skills' 1s a &hild learns and gro.s its *o&a"ular( and so$histi&ation in s$ee&h de*elo$s also' !he la"ors &hildren are entrusted .ith ought to "e si ilar%irst si $le and s all) and $rogressi*el( ore in*ol*ed and &o $le3' 2or e3a $le) ore i $ortant and

an ele*en (ear old &hild &ould "e &a$a"le and trusted .ith

&o $le3 duties than those o% a se*en (ear old' Whilst $ainting a roo ) an ele*en+ (ear+old &hild &ould "e trusted to hel$ $aint a roo in a house) .hereas a se*en+

(ear+old &ould "e entrusted .ith &leaning the .alls' 1n ele*en (ear old &ould &lean a .indo.) *a&uu the &ar$et) .ash the &ar or the dog) &lean the sho.er) or e*en ( o.n

look a%ter a (oung &hild' !asks si ilar to these are .hat I .ould assign

CHILDRENS WORK 9 &hildren' 1t se*en I .ould allo. ( &hild to unload the dish.asher) or take out the ore

trash) or si ilarl( si $le tasks' 2or an older &hild) the tasks .ould "e &hallenging) "ut %itting to the &hilds age and aturit('

:ust as the tasks gi*en to &hildren o% a (ounger age di%%er %ro

those gi*en to

an older &hild) the &hores o%ten di%%er a&&ording to the gender o% the &hild' !here are so&ial ele ents that $la( a role here as to .hat &hores a &hild o% a &ertain gender re&ei*es' 1 %e ale &hild in a Na*a/o settle ent %or e3a $le age to .ea*e "askets) "ut this &hore .ould not "e gi*en to a ore &o onl( taught to a( learn at a (oung ale &hild) the( are

ake /e.elr(' ;"igorrin'org< E*en in t($i&al 1 eri&an

so&iet() $arents o%ten $re%er to gi*e &ertain tasks to &hildren a&&ording to their gender' 1 (oung girl a "o( and his %ather a( hel$ her other "ake a &ake) and .hilst the( are &ooking

a( "e o%% gathering %ire.ood) killing a &hi&ken) or other su&h ore as&uline in 1 eri&an &ulture' ( &hildren to hel$ .ith an(

&hores .hi&h are $er&ei*ed to "e When I "e&o e a $arent di%%erent tasks %ro %a il(

(sel%) I $lan to allo.

a (oung age' I ho$e to ha*e a &lose+knit %a il( .here ea&h

e "er &ontri"utes to the household and hel$s one another' !o do this I ( &hildren' !here .ill "e a

$lan to ha*e &hores "e a routine as$e&t o% dail( li%e %or

&hart &learl( sho.ing .ho does .hi&h &hore) and all the &hildren .ill ha*e the o$$ortunit( to $er%or ea&h task %ro .eek to .eek as the( rotate .ith the other

&hildren though the duties to "e done' O% &ourse a&&ording to the &hilds age the( a( not "e a"le to $arti&i$ate in a &hore until a later ti e) "ut on&e the( ha*e atured su%%i&ientl() ea&h &hild .ill ha*e an o$$ortunit( to $er%or ' I al.a(s had /o"s to do in and "e&a e ( &hildhood' !he tasks I .as to $er%or &hanged

ore &o $le3 as I aged' In (ounger (ears I .as res$onsi"le %or $utting

CHILDRENS WORK = ( &lothes in the ha $er) $utting ( to(s a.a() and a("e hel$ing ( >other

.ith &ooking' I $rogressed and .as later allo.ed to set the ta"le) &lear a.a( dishes) .alk the dog) load the dish.asher) and do in&reasingl( ( laundr(' !he tasks "e&a e

ore &o $le3 as I gre.) "ut the &hores .ere not di*ided a ongst the the or&hard then hel$

&hildren a&&ording to gender' I .as allo.ed to $i&k %ruit %ro (

other "ottle the ' I had the o$$ortunit( to hel$ $aint roo s) to irrigate the o. the la.n) to $ut u$ .alls) to nail studs) $aint

or&hard) to dig dit&hes) to

door%ra es s&ru" the .alls) the toilet) and sho.ers' Ea&h o% these tasks .as gi*en to e as I atured- at se*en I .as e*en allo.ed to ha er nails into the house (

$arents .ere "uilding' During e*er(thing) onl( the adoles&en&e'

( s&hool (ears I .as allo.ed to do /ust a"out

ost &o $le3 or dangerous tasks "eing .ithheld until

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