I find this particularly intriguing because as an early childhood educator, I have often said that I help raise peoples children. In doing this, I feel like a major influence in their lives and I also have many differences in how I feel they should be raised in comparison to the parents. I do not feel that parents are always positive influences in children's lives, and although I believe that they do have their own network, we are here to guide them as well as their children Unfortunately many parents have other obligations, and the child ends up in our care for more time then they are home and awake.
With the second part of this assignment, I am unsure of if I am supposed to post to my two colleagues here, or on their blogs as well, the way it is written seems to me that I am to post them here, and then additionally post 2 comments on our week 8 blog.
Each and every one of you who has interacted in our class has had an impact on my views and thinking about child development and about my masters degree in general. I am sure we will meet in a class again soon. A special thank you to Lydia O. and Lorren T. for producing quality discussions and excellent commentary. Congratulations to everyone on finishing this course!
With the second part of this assignment, I am unsure of if I am supposed to post to my two colleagues here, or on their blogs as well, the way it is written seems to me that I am to post them here, and then additionally post 2 comments on our week 8 blog.
I loved your quote. I found it to be really inspirational and a quote to live by in the Early Childhood Field. Congratulations on finishing the class. I found reading your post and discussions to be very interesting.
ReplyDeleteThat quote is absolutely true, I wish more parents and people thought like that. We can only do so much, it's the parents that ultimately have the final influence.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your words of encouragement and advice through the course. It has been great getting into the minds of others regarding child development. I wish you much success in other courses in the future.
Interesting quote. It is important for us as early childhood educators to remember that although we sometimes think we could do better, the parents are the ultimate decision makers when it comes to their children.
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