Child Language Development and Parenting Styles
by emily raese
1. Action Plan
1.1. Action: Speak to families I babysit for
1.2. Action: Observe children at the nursery I work for and document what I know about their language growth trajectory
2. Sources
2.1. Option: Cutting, A. L. and Dunn, J. (1999), Theory of Mind, Emotion Understanding, Language, and Family Background: Individual Differences and Interrelations. Child Development, 70: 853–865. doi: 10.1111/1467-8624.00061
2.2. Option:Margaret R Burchinal, Ellen Peisner-Feinberg, Robert Pianta, Carollee Howes http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4405(02)00107-3
2.3. Option:The effects of socioeconomic status, race, and parenting on language development in early childhood. Pungello, Elizabeth P.; Iruka, Iheoma U.; Dotterer, Aryn M.; Mills-Koonce, Roger; Reznick, J. Steven Developmental Psychology, Vol 45(2), Mar 2009, 544-557.
2.4. Option: Predicting cognitive-language and social growth curves from early maternal behaviors in children at varying degrees of biological risk. Landry, Susan H.; Smith, Karen E.; Miller-Loncar, Cynthia L.; Swank, Paul R. Developmental Psychology, Vol 33(6), Nov 1997, 1040-1053. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.33.6.1040
3. Plan
3.1. Goals
3.1.1. Complete Paper by last week of school
3.1.2. Discuss Parenting styles, language development, and potentially goal self to discuss resulting attachment styles
3.2. Paragraph Structure to align with progress of language growth?
3.2.1. Session Rule 1
3.2.2. Session Rule 2
3.3. Define Problems this Paper will face
3.4. Form Action Plan
3.5. Prioritize Ideas and Sources
3.6. Figure out Paragraph talking points
4. Problems
4.1. Should discuss attachment styles and extroversion in relation to language?
4.2. Should child care centers be considered in this paper as well?
5. Essay Structure Ideas
5.1. Parental styles and development structures as defined by theorists
5.1.1. Sub Idea 1
5.1.2. Sub Idea 2