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Aug
29

Women who are trying to get pregnant often have lots of pregnancy questions.  They read lots of books about baby development and medical literatures that discuss pregnancy week by week development.  Unfortunately, most couples tend to neglect issues about parenting styles.  If you are expecting a baby, then it is very important to have a clear understanding of the different styles of parenting.  The way you raise your baby has a great impact on his or her overall emotional and mental development.   

As a future parent, you have a responsibility to nurture the baby inside your womb.  You have to take note that the first trimester of baby development is very critical.  At this stage, the survival of the fetus is not yet guaranteed.  So once you confirmed that you are pregnant, you have to immediately consult your doctor to clarify whatever pregnancy questions you have.  Your doctor will also give you a quick overview of pregnancy week by week development.  Based on the information that you can get, you will be able to understand how to take care of the growing fetus.  Of course, your doctor will also give you competent professional advice about dieting, pregnancy exercise, and the right pregnancy supplements.  You have to seriously follow the advices of your doctor to ensure proper baby development.

You may not notice it but your first actions during the early stages of baby development are already part of your responsibilities as a parent.  The mere fact that you are getting the best medical care indicates that you are taking parenthood seriously.  However, knowing the basic pregnancy questions and child development is not enough to become a good mother.  You also need to educate yourself about the right parenting styles.  Parenting issues are more complex and require a significant departure from your usual norms and behaviors.  To completely understand several parenting issues, you should carefully study the different parenting styles as defined by authoritative development psychologists.  

There are three known styles of parenting.  First, there is the so-called authoritarian parenting method.  The authoritarian parent demands and expects so much from the child.  Strict discipline is usually the norm of authoritarians.  This style is seldom responsive to the child’s individual preferences.  The second parenting method is authoritative-responsive.  This parenting style balances strict authoritarianism with responsiveness.  It is usually practiced by parents who have experienced the ill-effects of absolute parenting.  The most commonly practiced parenting method in modern society is permissive-indulging.  Permissive parents allow full development based on the children’s individual preferences.  Permissiveness is highly acceptable in today’s society.  However, extreme permissiveness may spoil the child thus undermining his or her proper psychological development.  

You have to understand the different parenting styles in order to learn how to properly raise your children.  As early as the first trimester of your pregnancy, you should decide which type of parenting method to adopt.  Remember, the overall development of your child will greatly hedge on the way you raise him or her.  Make sure that you have a clear understanding of proper parenting in order to ensure a balanced baby development.  

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Feb
28

There has been a growing phenomenon around the developed world. The birth rate has been falling quite steeply and, in some countries, the average is only marginally above one child per woman. This is not enough to maintain the population in balance. Over time, societies will age and there will not be enough young to pay the taxes to fund healthcare. This change is a direct result of a major cultural shift. Our lifestyles now delay parenthood or postpone it altogether. Ignoring the long-term social risks, there is a more immediate problem. Such medical evidence as there is suggests the problem of erectile dysfunction is growing more common. The reason for this is the redefinition of what it means to be a biological man and woman. Go back fifty years and you find yourself in a time warp that has lasted thousands of years. Men go out to work and the women stay home and have babies. Originally, this was men go out to hunt leaving women to clean the cave. But the spirit of the gender roles has remained consistent over the centuries. But all that changed as the 1950′s turned into the 1960′s. A revolution was coming.

Today, we all understand the force of the words, “feminism”, “gender equality” and “sexual discrimination”. The men running government fifty years ago had no idea what was coming. Now, the cultural dominance enjoyed by men over the centuries is under threat from more confident women. They no longer see their roles as baby factories and homemakers. They demand equality and make career choices that delay child-bearing until later in life. This adds to the stress of modern living. Now consider two other factors. Men are becoming increasingly overweight. This has a direct effect on sexual performance as high cholesterol blocks the arteries and unfitness reduces the stamina for sexual activity. Further, sexual performance slowly weakens over time. If men are expected to wait longer before producing children, the pressure on performance increases and anxiety can induce erectile dysfunction.

It is going to take time for men to adjust to this new cultural landscape in which women are more assertive in all aspects of life. When it was always up to the man to make the running, everything could go at his pace and match his comfort levels. A woman demanding more immediate sexual satisfaction is disconcerting to the older man. The new generation of men who grow up in this new reality will be better attuned to its demands. This leaves viagra as the standard support for aging men. When performance comes under pressure and the fear of inadequacy saps confidence, this drug preserves self-esteem and enables a hard erection in reply to sexual stimulation. It is fortunate this drug came on the market when it did. Feminism was strongest during the 1970′s and early 1980′s and then there was a slight plateau. Viagra has appeared just as the drive for greater equality has resumed with new force. So long as women persist in their drive to delay conception, the birth rate will continue to fall and society will grow older. But men will be better able to rise to the occasion when women do finally decide the time is right to conceive. Thanks to the little blue pill, humanity will continue.

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