Greetings Dr. Edwards and Colleagues,
During this course my goal was to discover ways to impact single parent families in a positive way. I wanted to find out if there were any resources, establishments, organizations or individuals in society that would share suggestions and ideas. My desire and what I connected with the most was geared toward how we can help remove the stigma of a child not feeling socially accepted by society because they were brought up in a single parent family.
The literature I discovered during this research is
considered information that has helped me justify actual practice and assisted
me in connecting the dots of how children develop in environments that often
become challenges to them because of their family marital or socioeconomic
status. The beginning of the course I
learned about the foundation of contextual factors and how children are shaped
by the environment they are developed in.
Whether it is a single, two parent home or in a dis advantaged or
affluent community; children begin to experience certain types of stress,
anxiety or trauma. Throughout the
matriculation of a child’s development I have learned that families from past
history with Marsha Hawley (Laureate Education (Producer), 2015) and her
Japanese American family were afforded the opportunity to develop resilience
when faced with biases and microaggressions during their time in the internment
camps. In addition, the Japanese
American family modeled hope for families in society today that you can endure
and be successful even when faced with challenges of being a single parent
family.
What I thought to be surprising is how single parent
families are stereotyped and are struggling with the way society has channeled
the value of their family. I'm glad that I researched this topic on single parent families because it affords me the opportunity to share the importance of society, communities and families working
together to treat everyone, everyone with equity and to prove that all families
are valuable (Derman-Sparks, L. and Edwards, J.
O., 2010).
Through this course I have been enlightened by the following: Contextual factors,
how single parent families experience stress and trauma, the low points and
strength of internment camp experience, biases and microaggressions, cultural
dissonance, research and interviews (Laureate Education (Producer), 2015). This research project is considered a resource in helping to create a positive impact on single parent families. In addition, this project shares how optimism
has the ability to influence the affect on academic
development of a child, self-esteem, behavior in and out of school, the future
of a child and the perspective from a child on school related business. Together as a society we can make a
difference in the life of each child and two parent families going forward
Derman-Sparks, L., & Edwards, J. O.
(2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves. Washington, DC: National Association for the
Education of Young Children.
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