Teaching Assistant: Current Perspectives on Parenting
Undergraduate course, Temple University, Psychology, 2023
Course Goals:
- Understand theoretical and research approaches to the study of parenting.
- Understand the important influence that parents have on the development of their children, as well as factors that affect parenting behaviors.
- Review parenting across different developmental periods (e.g., infancy, preschool, middle childhood, adolescence, emerging adulthood).
- Discuss contemporary issues in parenting, including parenting in non-traditional families, parents at risk, and cultural influences.
- Review and critically evaluate current research related to parenting and child development.