Haitian Family Observation Report

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PART A There are many different cultures in the United States. Many families have relocated here over the years. Today I completed an observation of a Haitian family, who has lived here in Maryland for the past 8 years. I observed the mother named Daphne age 34 and her daughter age 7. I arrived at their home on Saturday morning @12pm. I paid close attention to the child’s demeanor when I arrived. Per my request Daphne who is a co-worker of mine did not inform anyone that I would be conducting this observation. I was introduced simply as her co-worker. Daphne and I sat in the family room and behind us followed her 7 year old Dominique. Once all the formal introductions were completed and we were settled, I began to focus on Dominique looking for the developmental norms for a 7 year old child. Dominique sat alone at the computer playing a developmental pattern game. She appeared to be very focused on the screen. She then stopped for one second and said ‘Excuse me MaMa I’m…show more content…
Some cultures parenting styles are very different than that of Americans. So I decided to observe a family of Haitian decent to see what differences existed within their parenting skills. There are three parenting skills I focused on first being authoritative. “The authoritative parenting style is about setting limits, reasoning with kids, and being responsive to their emotional needs”. (Gwen Dewar, Ph.D.,) Secondly is authoritarian. Authoritarian parenting, also called strict parenting is characterized by high expectations of conformity and compliance to parental rules and directions, (Gwen Dewar, Ph.D.,). Lastly there is permissive parenting. Permissive parents have the belief that really showing their child love and feeling their love, in return, is their ultimate goal in parenting. They do love their children and are highly bonded to them. But their relationship is one of equals rather than as parents to

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