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HECOL 410

Parent-Child Relationships

3 units

Winter 2025

Topics

  • Heath
  • History and Theories of Child Development and Parenting
  • ‘Babies’ Video
  • Parenting Infants and Toddlers
  • ‘Angry Kids & Stressed Out Parents’ Video
  • Parenting Preschoolers
  • Parenting School-Age children
  • ‘Growing up Online’ Video
  • Parenting Adolescents
  • Parenting Adolescents & Adolescent parents
  • Varied Family Structures
  • Poster Presentations
  • Mar Young Adults, Older Parenthood & Grandparenthood
  • Way of Being
  • The Parenting Pyramid
  • Child Socialization Strategies and Techniques
  • Families at Risk & Course Wrap up
  • the nature of parent-child relationships and how they develop, primarily from infancy to adolescence
  • models/theories related to parent-child relationships from the perspective of theory and research
  • To develop an appreciation in the diversity of parenting values and approaches to parenting within families and across cultures

Readings

  • Heath, P. (2018). Parent-child relations: Context, research, and application (4th ed.). Toronto, ON: Pearson. The bulk of the course will center on Heath’s (2018) discussion of parent-child relationships. However, I will also refer to other sources and add additional information to Heath’s framework during lecture
    required
  • Makokis, L., Bodor, R., Hanson, T., Pazderka, H., Steinhauer, S., Desjarlais, B., Van Kuppeveld, N., Hapchyn, C.A., & MacArthur, C. (2014). Awina Kiyanaw: Nitsiyihkâson. Edmonton, AB: Blue Quills First Nations College. In addition to the Heath (2018) text,
    required
  • Berk, L. E. (2001). Awakening children’s minds: How parents and teachers can make a difference. Oxford University Press
    required
  • Clarke-Fields, H. (2019). Raising good humans: A mindful guide to breaking the cycle of reactive parenting and raising kind, confident kids. New Harbinger Publications
    required
  • Faber, A., & Mazlish, E. (2012). How to talk so kids will listen and listen so kids will talk. Scribner. [Read the most recent (2012) edition]
    required
  • Faber, A., & Mazlish, E. (2012). Siblings without rivalry. W. W. Norton & Company. [Read the most recent edition]
    required
  • Ginott, H. G., Ginott, A., & Goddard, H. W. (2003). Between parent and child. Penguin Random House
    required
  • Gordon, T. (2000). Parent Effectiveness Training: The proven program for raising responsible children. Penguin Random House
    required
  • Greene, R. W. (2021). The explosive child: A new approach for understanding and parenting easily frustrated, chronically inflexible children (6th ed.). Harper-Collins Canada. [Read the 6th edition]
    required
  • Kohn, A. (2005). Unconditional parenting: Moving from rewards and punishments to love and reason. Simon & Schuster
    required
  • Steinberg, L. (2005). The ten basic principles of good parenting. Toronto, ON: Simon & Schuster
    required
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