How does parenting impact a childs life Read

How does parenting impact a child’s life? Read each scenario of 5 real person and predict how their life turned out? ? ? *Number paper 1 -5 and record your prediction. What generalizations can you make about the impact of parenting? ?

Scenario #1 • Vincent is the eighth child in a family of ten children. His biological fathered him and two of the girls in his family. • The rest of the children have been fathered by various other men. • His mother raised all the children on her own. The family lives on the “other side of town” or in the ghettos. • They had a three room house with no indoor plumbing and only two beds. • Most of the children sleep on the floor. Vincent was known to be a bully who throws rocks at cars, and at children’s heads. He also beat up his girl cousin with a baseball bat. He has aimed loaded guns at people. • His mother beated and whipped him regularly, trying to get him to stop his negative behavior.

“Vincent” Bo Jackson • A retired American athlete and a former multisport professional. • He was a running back for the Los Angeles Raiders • Played left field and designated hitter for the Kansas City Royals, the Chicago White Sox, and the California Angels • A hip injury forced him to retire. • He was the first athlete to be named an All-Star in two major sports.

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Scenario #2 • When Tony was 3, his parents divorced. • Along with his two half-sisters, Julie and Jenny, he was raised by his mother and stepfather in Grand Rapids, MI. • Each summer, he would visit his father in Hollywood for 2 weeks, during which the two would bond. • He idolized his father, and recalled "Those trips to California were the happiest, most carefree, theworld-is-a-beautiful-oyster times I'd ever experienced. "

*When he was 12, he moved to Hollywood to live with his father full-time. His father was a struggling actor who sold drugs, which had a significant impact on him, as the two would often use marijuana and cocaine together. *He accidentally tried heroin for the first time at 14, mistaking the substance for cocaine. [8] *At 15, he broke his back attempting to jump into a swimming pool from a five-story building, missing the pool by a few inches. *He attended Fairfax High School in L. A. , where he struggled to find friends as he had recently transferred to a new school district. Despite his drug use, he graduated with honors in 1980.

Anthony Kiedis • best known as the vocalist/lyricist of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers with whom he has fronted since their inception in 1983. *Kiedis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

Scenario #3 • Jeff lives in a traditional family with a younger brother and his parents. • His family is very religious. His parents were very supportive and loving. • They strived to provide a nurturing atmosphere in their home. • Occasionally Jeff’s parents argue. For the most part, Jeff’s family fits the profile of a typical, traditional family.

Jeffrey Dahmer • An American serial killer and sex offender. • Between 1978 and 1991 he murdered 17 men and boys. • The murders were quite gruesome involving rape, torture, dismemberment, and cannibalism. • In 1994 he was beaten to death in prison.

Scenario #4 • Kathleen, had run away from home at the age of 15 and gave birth to Charlie at age 16. • She spent the next few decades drinking too much, with periods of time spent in jail. • Because she was so young and unprepared for the responsibilities of raising a child, Charlie spent most of his early childhood in foster homes with many different substitute parents. • When Charlie was 12 years old, his mother gave him to social services to find a home for him.

Charles Manson • An American criminal who headed a group called the Manson Family in the 1960’s. • He was convicted of conspiracy because members of his family committed the Tate/La. Bianca murders through his instructions. • At the time, he was an ex-convict who spent half of his life in prisons for a variety of offenses. Because California eliminated the state’s death penalty, Manson was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1972. • He still remains in prison and frequently communicates with the outside world through a website he monitors.

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Scenario #5 • Nancy and Peter married in June 1981 in Kingston, N. H. They had 2 sons. Peter was an executive. • They divorced in 2009. In working through the terms of their divorce, the couple spent considerable time talking about how to provide for their youngest son’s well-being. Nancy received $289, 800 in alimony in 2013 and didn’t have to work. She never wanted to leave her son unattended. • As part of the divorce, both Nancy and Peter were ordered to attend a parenting education program, standard practice in their state, both completed the required sessions.

Adam Lanza- Newtown, CT

What do these scenarios tell you about parenting?