TEXTBOOK INFO: Bigner, J. J. & Gerhardt, C. (2019). Parent-child relations: An introduction to parenting (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson.
Prior to writing this week’s journal, please read chapter 9, and watch
the video on How to Survive Middle School: Parent Edition: https://binged.it/2nOeKId
In your journal entry please reflect on the following:
Unique challenges of the middle school experience.
How parents can help guide their children during these (often times) challenging years.
Explain self-efficacy and self-regulation.
Share your thoughts on how parents play an important role in helping their children develop these skills and attributes.
You can draw on your own (or other’s) experience for examples.
Reminder: DO NOT QUOTE THE BOOK AS AN “EXPLANATION” OF A TERM, OR TO
DEFINE ANYTHING. Explain things to me in your own words, and then cite
the source.
Journal Guidelines
Although journal assignments will allow students to examine their personal beliefs about parenting, they must include 2 in-text citations to the textbook according to APA formatting, including a full reference at the end.
No direct quotes are allowed in any journal assignments.
Any references to concepts or definitions from the textbook must be
paraphrased in the student’s own words and correctly cited according to
APA formatting.
Each journal entry should be double-spaced, have a word count
between 500-750 words, and should use a Times New Roman, 12 pt. font.
All journal entries should be submitted through Turn-It-In on Canvas.
Journal assignments must be submitted as a Word document.
