CFD 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Child Care
2 Feb 2018
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Temperament and child rearing: effective parenting depends on, good parental mental health, marital happiness, favorable economic conditions, cultural values affect fit between parenting and child temperament, parents must accept babies" unique dispositions. Measuring attachment security: responses to the strange situation: secure attachment, baby uses parent as secure base, expresses clear pleasure when parent returns, avoidant attachment, baby seems unresponsive to parent, slow to greet parent on reunion. Insecure-resist ant attachment: baby seeks closeness to parent, is distressed or angry when parent returns, disorganized/disoriented attachment, reflects greatest insecurity; baby shows confused, contradictory behaviors. Factors that affect attachment security: early availability of consistent caregiver, quality of caregiving, sensitive caregiving, interactional synchrony. Infant characteristics: family circumstances, parents" internal working models. Child care and attachment security: family circumstances, powerful impact of parenting quality on children"s adjustment, balance of work and caregiving, child care, benefits of high-quality child care, association between long hours in inadequate child care and behavior problems.
