What is Parenting All About?

Goal Statement

The main goal of this project is to help parents become more comfortable with their “parenting”. There are many fallacies surrounding what parenting should look like and what it will result in and we work to provide information debunking some of these, while offering solutions as well. We also hope that by visiting this website, our viewers will begin to think more about what it is that their children need rather than thinking about if their “parenting” will result in the long term goals that parents have for their children. We hope our website provides the necessary information for parents struggling with the stressors of parenting.

Crowdsourcing

Since none of us are parents ourselves, we wanted to gather some information and insight on parenting from people that are. Each of us contacted people within our circles who currently have children and people who have older children as well. We received 12 responses. We asked multiple questions regarding parenting styles, parenting anxieties, and parenting pressures. Below is a summary of the responses we received from parents.

The information we received from our respondents greatly helped us find where our videos could assist parents. We assist in trying to ease some of their anxieties by assuring parents that they are capable and there is ultimately no "right" way in parenting. Many respondents said that they were worried about granting their children enough exploration, and we find that our videos help in answering that as well. Many parents said that they found advice from other parents, classes, and books to be mopst useful. The information in our videos all stems from developmental science and readings that we found useful. We hope that our videos help assure parents that many of the external pressures recorded should not put hindrances on how they feel about their own parenting.

Videos

Understanding Your Influence as a Parent

Select this video to learn about what developmental science says about the influence that you as parents have on your children’s development.

Meeting Your Child's Needs

This video to the left will help teach you what developmental science says about the best way to support the needs of your young children.

Meeting the Needs of Your Adolescent

Join us in our last informational video to learn what developmental science says about the best way to support the needs of your adolescent children.

About the Authors

James Brand

James will be graduating this spring from Pacific University with a BS of Psychology. Most of his studies have been centered around Veteran populations and emotional resiliency. Post graduation, James plans to continue his education.

Anyssa Markowich

I will be graduating in May 2022 from Pacific University with a BS of Psychology. Most of my studies have been focused on child development since my goal is to work with children after I graduate. I believe that children are our way to a more kind and caring future.

Mary Morris

Mary is a senior at Pacific University with a major in Psychology and minor in Kinesiology. She has worked with kids in many different settings and loves to learn how to teach our future generations. She hopes to continue to work with kids after graduating from Pacific.

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