You are to submit a 1,500 – 2,000-word typed paper addressing the following:
Your child is now a “tween” (age 11).
- Provide an overview of your child in terms of current physical and personality development, strengths and challenges. Include how your child is doing in terms of their special needs.
- How would you weigh the relative impact of both Nature and Nurture on your child’s development?
- How do Freud’s, Erikson’s, and Piaget’s theories of child development pertain to your child’s development?
- What parenting approach, per Diana Baumrind’s theory, have you typically followed? Why did you choose this approach? What does research say about likely outcomes for your child of this parenting approach? Do you think your approach will change as your child enters their teen years? Why or why not?
- Where are you in terms of Kohlberg’s stages and how has this impacted your child’s moral development?
- Is your child having physical, social, cognitive, educational, and/or emotional problems? What are they? How and why might they have developed?
- How do you view yourself as a parent? What choices did you make regarding raising your child that seemed to have beneficial outcomes? What choices did you make that seemed to have negative consequences? What would you do differently?
- How did co-parenting or single parenting go? What challenges and/or issues did you not anticipate?
- Overall, what did you learn from the experience of raising your child?
| Final Project Grading Criteria |
Maximum Points |
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Maximum points can be earned for exceeding minimum requirements (e.g., higher end of word count, more than minimum number of sources, etc.) |
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1,500 – 2,000 word paper that thoroughly discusses all required areas. No more than 10% quotes allowed. |
65 |
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Proper APA format, including citations and references; All points properly supported with sources. |
15 |
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At least 3 – 5 professional sources, including your text. No Chat GPT/AI |
15 |
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Final Project Grading Criteria |
Maximum Points |
|
Maximum points can be earned for exceeding minimum requirements (e.g., higher end of word count, more than minimum number of sources, etc.) |
|
|
1,500 – 2,000 word paper that thoroughly discusses all required areas. No more than 10% quotes allowed. In-depth discussion, personal insight, all points fully explained and supported. |
65 |
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Proper APA format, including citations and references. |
10 |
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At least 3 – 5 professional sources, including your text. No Wikipedia, blogs, Chat GPT/AI. |
15 |
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Grammar, spelling, clarity of points, and proofreading. |
10 |
Total: 100 Points
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