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Title: Becoming 'parent of your parent' an emotionally wrenching process Author: Mindy Fetterman, USA TODAY Date Published: February 1, 2008 Why Relevant and Summary: This article is relevant to the topic of caring for an elderly parent as the experiences that one may have when caring for an elderly parent are discussed throughout this article. This article has a real life perspective of people going through the motions of caring for and making decisions for their elderly parents. Times of caring for the parents were described in depth from the perspective of the adult caregiver. This article gives a great outlook on the emotional roller coaster that the adult caregiver goes on and how this affects her deeply. How This Influenced My Thinking: This article made me really think about how difficult it would be to care for an elderly adult that is affected by dementia or Alzheimer's disease. Having to make the decision to put your parent in a home that offers better care than you can must be a devastating heart wrenching decision that must be made . Credibility of Source: no

Title: Peer Relations in Middle Childhood Author: Blume & Zembar Date: n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: This article explains how friendship is important in middle childhood. Whether or not someone likes you or dislikes you can really make or break a person. Friends provide all the needs the one self can use at that time and in the future. For one of them being a need for survival because in middle childhood friendship is based on people liking you which then determines their popularity status. Also discussed in this article is the individual need for success, power, status, approval, autonomy, and etc. It also expresses the concerns of rejection in children at this age and it affects them. How this influenced my thinking: This helped my understanding of why it is important for us to connect with others and increase our social skills. I have found a new understanding of the word friendship from this article. Credibility: Seems credible because they cited quotes.

Title: Peer Relations in Middle Childhood Author: By L.B. Blume|M.J. Zembar Date Published: 2007 Why relevant and summary: great information on research and finding of socialization patterns- shows a strong correlation between playground play and future choices in adult relationships. The habit forming patters of socialization developed at an early age impact how we relate to people as we become older. How this influenced my thinking: I was not aware how big of an impact peer relations/friendships in middle childhood had on adults. Credibility of source: seems very credible. On bottom of article states reference: Excerpt from Middle Childhood to Middle Adolescence: Development from Ages 8 to 18, by L.B. Blume, M.J. Zembar, 2007 edition, p. 178-183.

Title: Attachment Theory Author: Saul McLeod Published: 2009 Why Relevant: It's a pretty thorough overview of attachment theory and its theorists. How It Influenced My Thinking: It cleared up some concepts that our text book didn't get deep enough into. Credibility of Source:Simply Psychology, author used plenty of references

Title: Attachment Theory Author: Saul McLeod Date Published: 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: this webpage gives a good look at the attachment theory and how it applies to people. It also walks through the different stages of attachment and where children are at in different points in their lives How This Influenced My Thinking: I felt like it gave a little more information and helped to clear some things up that I was wondering about in the textbook. Credibility of Source: pretty good, well written and well cited information in the article.

Title: Attachment Theory Author: Saul McLeod Date published: 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This article describes the theory of attachment well and the different stages of attachment. How this influenced my thinking: I found it very interesting that Bowlby thought that there is a link between separations with the mom at an early age and maladjustments later on. Credibility of Source: It is from the simply psychology website, seems credible.

Title: Parenting Styles and Adolescence Author: Kimberly Kopko Date Published: 2007 Why relevant and summary: This is an excellent overview of Diana Baumrind's parenting styles through Cornell University Department of Policy Analysis and Management. This research provides an overview of the parenting styles presented by Diana Baumrind, and their impact on adolescent development. How this influenced my thinking: These parenting concepts really interest me and inspired me to reflect on the several parenting styles I encountered as a child moving through a variety of foster homes. It also gave me quite a lot to think about in regards to how I parent my own children. Often I question whether or not a child having grown up in such an unstable environment as I did, is able to be a healthy and 'good' parent. However, after reading through these parenting styles, I have realized that my parenting style is natural, healthy and has a good balance of warmth and discipline. Credibility of source: Cornell University research seems credible.

Title-What is Successful Aging Author-Dorris Date-n.d. Summary and why relevant-Because it shows different factors and definition on what is a successful aging. How it influenced my thinking-It gave me a bigger look at what people believe is aging successfully Credibility-Seems very credible because there are many resources used and shown.

Title: What is successful Aging? Author: Administrator: Lois Fitzpatrick Date published: no date Why Relevant and Summary: This article/website discusses factors of many aspects of aging and what "successful" aging is defined as. It talks about an overall wellness, spiritually, mentally, and physically. It discusses worrying about things that one shouldn't, and enviromental factors that affect the successful aging of an individual. This article is geared towrds older folks and offers great advice of what an aging individual should implement in order to "age successfully" How This Influenced My Thinking: This article gave me great insight as to what many older people face on a daily basis of aging. This article has made me think of how the younger generations should take all this into account while we are drinking our livers to death. I want to age successfully and this articles encourages that fact. Credibility of Source: .edu website- but know reliable proof that it is credible

Title:  Identity Development Throughout the Lifetime: An Examination of Eriksonian Theory Author: Justin T. Sokol Date Published: March 1, 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: Erikson's theories are relevant to almost all types of research on identity development. Identity development is a life-span process, as Eriksonian theories suggest. This particular publication is an in depth examination of Erikson's theories on identity development: identification in early childhood, Identity formation in adolescence, identity development in adulthood. How This Influenced My Thinking: I agree with the research: Identity development is an ongoing process that continues through adulthood. I see examples of this looking over my childhood, adolescence and adulthood so far. At 32 years old, I can honestly agree with Erikson's theories on identity development - I feel as though my identity (though does not change drastically anymore) certainly continues to develop. Credibility of Source:  This publication is from Graduate Journal of Counseling Psychology at Marquette University, so is likely highly credible

Title: Breastfeeding Across Cultures Author: Keith Goetzman Date: 8/11/2009 Why Relevant and Summary: This just gives an example of the difference between cultures on the topic of breastfeeding in public, or just breastfeeding in general. This gives an example of Mongolian cultural differences. How This Influenced my Thinking: It showed me how different cultures vary, and how something labeled as "taboo" in our culture is completely normal for another.

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Title: Zone of Proximal Development Author: Saul McLeod Date Published: 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: It helped me understand the background of ZPD, its ideology and its motives. How This Influenced my Thinking: I was able to apply it to my life after reading this very clear article. Credibility of Source:It is just a website, but it matches up with other information

author-Saul Mcleod date- 2012 why relevant/summary- This site is relevant in helping to better understand what is meant by Zone of proximal development, scaffolding, and cooperative teaching. It not only provides you with a definition of each term, but also gives you information on Vygotsky, and provides you with sample learning scenarios that help you to better understand his theory. how this influenced my thinking- This webpage gave me insight on what are good ways of teaching someone a new task. It helped me to better understand why a child would have trouble learning a new task, and what can be done to help them achieve their goal. credibility of source- credible with many sources

Title: ZPD Author:Saul McLeod Published:2010 Why Relevant and Summary: This article gave good terminology of the terms needed while writting the essay. How this influenced my thinking: Gave good examples and was clear which made it easier for me to understand Credibiliy: Good for basic knowledge

Title: Mary Ainsworth and Attachment Theory Author: Richard Brodie Date Published: 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: This website has a good video that shows secure attachment with an infant and her mother. It also discusses the other types of attachment; Anxious-Ambivalent Insecure Attachment and Anxious-Avoidant insecure attachment. How this influenced my thinking: This web based article allowed me to get a deeper understanding of the three different types of attachment that Ainsworth studied. Credibility of source: website is secured by GeoTrust

Title: Social Emotional Development: 24-36 months Author: No author Date Published: 2010 Why Relevant and Summary: This is an accessible guide for parents of two year olds to learn ways to help their toddler understand his feelings, encourage early friendships, letting the child lead in play, and supporting older toddlers' developing skills, as well as helping the child learn to resolve conflict in healthy ways, understand reasons for limits/request, use language to communicate needs. How this influenced my thinking: As a mother of two children (fairly recently out of the toddler stage) this gave me quite a bit to reflect on as far as my own parenting and how I can make improvements going forward should I ever have more children, and it would likely influence any advice I may give out to parents of toddlers. Credibility of Source: National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families is an organization dedicated to healthy child development, so this publication is likely backed by solid research.

Title:Dr. Spock: Cultural Differences in Parenting Author: Dr. Benjamin Spock Date:n.d Why relevant and summary: This article is an excerpt from Dr. Spock's book and he gives insight on the role of parents and culture in a child's life. How has this influenced my thinking: It convinces me more that we should raise our children not only as individuals who should strive to make themselves better and successful but also to feel as members of the society and its contributors. Why credible: This is an excerpt from a published book.

Title: Attention Deficit Disorder - An Introduction to ADD/ADHD Author(s):Regina Bussing, M.D. and John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Date Published:Jan 6, 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: It gives a nice overview of what exactly ADHD (and also ADD) is, what symptoms there are and how to work with it. it also gives interesting facts about how long it may have been around, and how many people are diagnosed with it. How this Influenced my Thinking; This just gave me a few extra bits of information about ADHD and its history, i am already familiar with it, as i have a younger brother who was diagnosed with it. Credibility of Source: The authors have degrees, and it is on a credible website about many varying aspects of psychology.

Title: Attention Deficit Disorder Author: Regina Bussing and John M. Grohol Date Published: 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: This article describes the different symptoms of ADHD, and the different subtypes of ADHD. How it Influenced my Thinking: I was really surprised by the number of children in america that have ADHD. It says on average one student in each classroom will have it. Credibility of Source: Seems like a very credible source.

Title: Attention Deficit Disorder: An Introduction to ADD/ADHD Author: Regina Bussing, M.D. and John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Date Published: Jan. 6, 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: This site grants a broad and detailed overview of many factors dealing with ADHD. How This Influenced My Thinking: The up-to-date research regarding the history, treatments, and causes of ADHD of this site have been illuminating and helpful. Credibility of Source: 7- Sources are cited at the bottom of articles, from credible sources.

Title: Suicidal Thoughts More Common in Kids With Autism: Study Date: 3/21/2013 Author: Amy Norton Why relevant and summary: This article reports on the findings of a scientific study published on the "Research in Autism Spectrum disorders" journal, that children on the spectrum have a higher chance of contemplating or thinking about suicide than their typical peers. This is especially pronounced in those families where the mothers are depressed as well and bulling happens in school. The author reports on both sides which support and are against such findings. How has this changed my thinking: As a mother of a child on the spectrum I am really concerned and interested in finding out how this disorder will affect him, as he grows and what can i do to help. Source credibility: This article was published on an online news magazine and reports findings published in an academic journal.

Title: Overweight and Obesity Author: Mary L. Gavin Date Published: October 2012 Why Relevant and Summary: Firs defines overweight and obesity by talking about BMI, then discusses effects of obesity and follows with ways of helping an obese child and how to be able to support them through the changes being made. How This Influenced My Thinking: This article has some great points on how to parent an obese child and comes with recommendations by age Credibility of Source: Very credible- found on kidshealth.org and author has her M.D.

Title:Childhood Obesity Facts Author:No Author Date Published:2013 Why Relevant and Summary: How This Influenced My Thinking:I didn't realize that being an obese child could lead to so many different risks Credibility of Source:VERY! Its the center for disease control.

Title: Childhood Obesity Facts Author: None Date Published: Feb. 19, 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: Includes facts on childhood and adolescent obesity. Also includes health effects and prevention. How This Influenced My Thinking: After our class discussion on BMI, it made me wonder if perhaps the statistics listed regarding overweight children are based off of BMI. Even though BMI is a good place to start, it is certainly not an accurate indicator of our children's body composition. Credibility of Source: High.

Title: Childhood Obesity Facts Author: unknown Date Published: Feb, 19 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: This is a short and sweet overview of some of the health problems that can be faced by children who are obese. How This Changed My Thinking: I never realized the short term versus long term challenges faced by these children Credibility of Source: Very credible, CDC with lots of references

Title: Baby Brain Food Author: None Date Published: 2011 Why Relevant and Summary: Provides information on optimal nutrition for healthy brain development in infants. Though this particular article focuses on nutrition that is beneficial for the brain, the website as a whole places an emphasis on helping parents to raise bright, intelligent kids from a very early age. How This Influenced My Thinking: It emphasized how even the simplest of activities makes an imprint on a baby's mind. Credibility of Source: good. Has world-wide influence.

Title: Understanding the Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development Author: Child Welfare Information Gateway Date Published: 2009 Why Relevant and Summary: Thorough information and support on: How the Brain Develops, Effects of Maltreatment on Brain Development, Implications for Practice and Policy. This article presents relevant information for our human development class as well as resources for further research. How This Influenced My Thinking:  Brain development greatly influences me and I am always looking for information that I can put into practice. I have experience in working with youth who have faced maltreatment at an early age and I can see the lasting effects it has had on them. I am glad this area is being researched  Credibility of Source: Very credible- based on research

Title: Talking To Your Kids About Sex date: May 2005 author: American Academy of child and adolescent psychiatry why relevant and summary: This article offers an overview on what to expect as your child approaches middle childhood and adolescence. It explain what to expect the question to be at certain stages and how much information to give and how to present it. how has this influenced my thinking: I have a 7 and a 9 year old and I am very interested to know as much as possible about this topic. I was very surprised to read how the professionals contributing to this article find it a OK to explain to an 8 year old the basic concept of conception. credibility of source: it was published on the "American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry" website.

Title:Talking about sex and puberty Author:No author Date Published:No date Why Relevant and Summary:It give a clear explanation of puberty in each gender and how to talk about the sensitive issues of sex talk in appropriate ways How This Influenced My Thinking:it makes the difficult talk seem easier and gives great examples of how to approach the topic Credibility of Source:  Although I don't seen an author, it somce from what looks like a credible website.