Parenting Assignment: Examining the Modern Parenting Landscape

This assignment analyzes the article "The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting," exploring the evolving landscape of contemporary child-rearing. The student identifies the main idea of the article, which centers on the increasing demands and expenses associated with modern parenting. The assignment highlights key facts supporting this idea, such as the significant financial investment parents make in their children's upbringing, the pressures of intensive parenting, and the financial commitment to enrichment activities. The student also connects the article's concepts to related textbook readings, emphasizing the importance of parental involvement in a child's psychological and emotional development. The assignment further critiques the article by pointing out potential biases and inaccuracies, specifically questioning the correlation between income levels and parenting quality. Finally, the assignment defines the new term "Executive function" discussed in the article, which refers to predicting essential life outcomes within childhood, thereby providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges and complexities of modern parenting.

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Your Text Title Parenting
Title and number of article/issue The Relentlessness of Modern Day
Parenting
Briefly state the main idea of this
article/issue
The main idea of the article is that modern
day parenting has become time consuming
as well as difficult and expensive (Miller,
2018).
List three important facts the author uses to
support the main idea
Facts that support the author’s main idea:
Firstly, nowadays parents have to invest
more while raising their children than the
amount spent when the child is in high
school (Miller, 2018).
Secondly, intensive parenting is promoted

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so that white parents can maintain their
superiority among parents who has low
income and differ from them in colour
(Miller, 2018).
Thirdly, parents spend a lot of money in
enrichment and other activities that has
resulted in more expenditure on the child’s
education (Miller, 2018).
List information or idea discussed in this
article/issue are also discussed in your
textbook or other readings that you have
done? List the textbook, chapters and page
numbers
Parents are nowadays focusing a lot on the
upbringing of their children and investing
time with their children has a positive effect
on them as the child feels psychologically
and emotionally secured and healthy
(Morrill, Hawrilenko & Córdova 2016).
When parents spend time with their children
then the growth of the latter becomes fast
and positive (Morrill, Hawrilenko &
Córdova 2016).
List any examples of bias or faulty
reasoning that you found in the article/issue
One of the things that is faulty in the article
is that white parents have less children so
they can invest more time and money on
their children(Miller, 2018). However, this
is not true as parents who have low income
and more children try every possible means
to give the best to their children even when

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there are many. Good parenting does not
depend on money.
List any new terms/concepts that were
discussed in the article/issue, and write a
short definition.
One new term is Executive function that
means to predict essential life outcomes
within childhood (Miller, 2018).

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References
Miller, C. (2018). The Relentlessness of Modern Parenting. The New York Times, p. Page 1
Morrill, M. I., Hawrilenko, M., & Córdova, J. V. (2016). A longitudinal examination of
positive parenting following an acceptance-based couple intervention. Journal of
Family Psychology, 30(1), 104.