Chapter 13 post 1

There are many things to think about when you are raising children, not only do you have to think about your parenting styles but you also need to think about the type of morals that you want to help your children be influenced by. According to Jonathan Hedit there are 5 types of groups that help influence moral development. After reviewing Hedit’s TED talk I agree that they have a part in society’s morals. However, I also believe that there are other influences. I think that personality has a lot to do with moral development which then leads back to parenting styles. A child with Authoritarian parents is more likely to rebel compared to a parenting using the Authoritative style. This then relates to the Nurture and Nature aspects of development. Depending on the environment and culture that the child is brought up in helps influence the morals of that society, but can still be swayed by the way the parents nurture their children. There are a lot of factors that can influence a child in so many ways, and that’s why being a parent is so difficult. The more I learn in this class the more I really sit down and think about how I want to raise my child and how I’m going to achieve that.