01/12/2011- Project Question
What is the prominent parent type in Tibetan families located in McLeod Ganj, and does this parenting type fit into a category described by Baumrind, or is it something completely different?
Notes on development: This may be one of the hardest assignments I've had since I came to BYU, not because of an intimidating length requirement or a strict grading rubric, but because it requires me to be decisive and really take responsibility for my project and my learning. Although this is the question I'm proposing now, and it's really getting warmer to what I am really after, I feel as if it isn't quite there yet and I'll need to make revisions.
Here are some points that might eventually change my question:
-I'm really interested in finding out if parenting styles are different between families who have been settled for a good amount of time (say, 10 years) vs. families who have recently settled in the area (say less than 5 years). Should I focus only on this?
-I don't want this to be a comparative study between families in the location and families stateside, that's why I'm hesitant to study according to Baumrind's theory. However, Baumrind's theory has been cross-culturally analyzed and the findings are very similar. Should I still plan on comparing my findings to Baumrind's theory or drop it completely?
All-in-all, I'm satisfied with my question for now, and am looking for feedback to help me further develop and revise it.
What is the prominent parent type in Tibetan families located in McLeod Ganj, and does this parenting type fit into a category described by Baumrind, or is it something completely different?
Notes on development: This may be one of the hardest assignments I've had since I came to BYU, not because of an intimidating length requirement or a strict grading rubric, but because it requires me to be decisive and really take responsibility for my project and my learning. Although this is the question I'm proposing now, and it's really getting warmer to what I am really after, I feel as if it isn't quite there yet and I'll need to make revisions.
Here are some points that might eventually change my question:
-I'm really interested in finding out if parenting styles are different between families who have been settled for a good amount of time (say, 10 years) vs. families who have recently settled in the area (say less than 5 years). Should I focus only on this?
-I don't want this to be a comparative study between families in the location and families stateside, that's why I'm hesitant to study according to Baumrind's theory. However, Baumrind's theory has been cross-culturally analyzed and the findings are very similar. Should I still plan on comparing my findings to Baumrind's theory or drop it completely?
All-in-all, I'm satisfied with my question for now, and am looking for feedback to help me further develop and revise it.
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25 Questions Assignment 01/10/2011 Julia Merrill
India Field Study
1) Does the Baumrind parenting style even work/apply abroad? If so:
2) What is the most prominent parenting style used in Tibetan families?
3) Do these parenting styles cause the same effects consistent with Baumrind’s theory?
4) What kinds of relationships do the Tibetan children have with their mothers?
5) With their fathers?
6) Siblings?
7) Extended family? (more in the picture?)
8) How do children of one parenting style perform in school vs. another parenting style?
9) Is there a difference in all of the above between social classes?
10) Is there a difference in all of the above between children who have recently come over and those raised in the village?
11) Do they apply the same parenting styles as I’ve studied or are they completely different?
12) How does religion play a part into parenting?
13) How do the children in the community interact with one another?
14) Do the parenting styles lead to increased rate or decreased rate of development? Moral, and cognitive?
15) Do the parenting styles change according to the gender of the parent?
16) According to the gender of the child?
17) According to the order of birth of the children?
18) Are the children generally more or less indedependent?
19) Is there a difference of expectations set for the children?
20) Is the language development of the children slower because learning multiple languages?
21) Is there a healthy attachment between mother/child?
22) Father/child?
23) Siblings?
24) How much are the extended family involved in parenting?
25) How can I learn all of these things? (observation, interviews, etc?)
