Author: Creative Commons Title:Activity Theory Date Published:n.d. Summary and Why Relevant: this article discusses the difference between activity theory and disengagement theory. I discusses in depth what activity theory is and how it influences a healthier, happier aging process for the elderly. How this Influenced My Thinking: It gave me a better understanding as to why it is important for the elderly to stay in contact with the outside and how it can add years to their life just by talking and interacting with other people. Credibility: credible

Title: 15 Reasons to Use In-Home Elderly Care for a Loved One | Tender Hearts at Home Senior Care Author: no author Date: 2013 Why Relevant and Summary: this article discusses why some elderly people would rather have in home care and the benefits of opting for in home care. A few of the benefits that many agreed on were that there was better one on one care and that they were able to become closer to their families. How this Influenced my Thinking: This was a very insightful article on why most elder people would rather be cared for in home versus in a facility. Credibility: This website conducted research on this topic.

Title: Middle Adulthood: Physical & Cognitive Development Author:Ethel Cantu Date Published:n.d. Why Relevant and Summary: this webpage discusses what happens physically and cognitively as adults age. It also discusses what factors increase losses and how life styles pre determine our physical and cognitive outcome. How this /Influenced my Thinking: This webpage gave me insightful information about how life style also plays a role in aging. Credibility: it is an educational webpage, .edu

Title:10 Strengths To Make A Happy Marriage Author: firstthings.org Date Published: 2010 Why relevant and summary: this webpage discusses the strengths needed to create a successful marriage. The author discusses their finding after having researched what makes a happy marriage; clear communication, flexibility, and other characteristic of the marriage are what creates the happiness. How This Influenced My Thinking: For the most part it didn't. It reinforced what Ii already what created a happy marriage. Credibility: it was a article published by a .org website

Title: Puberty and adolescence Author: Jennifer Mannheim Date Published: n.d. Why relevant and summary: This webpage discusses how both boys and girls reach puberty and what their physical changes are. They elaborate on how a girl start her menstrual cycle and why it is important for them not to engage in adult activities such as sex. How this influenced my thinking: this article further strengthened my knowledge on the subject. Credibility: this was from a government webpage.

Title: Early friendships profoundly affects child's development Author: Paul Schwartz Date Published: N.D. Why relevant and summary: This article discusses the importance of friendship during early childhood and middlechildhood. It discusses some of the factors that allows a child to keep a friend and the possible outcomes when a child is rejected. This article also discussed that it is imperative that a parent understand when a child is lonely or just simply wants to be alone. How this influenced my thinking: I found it interesting that like adults children need their alone time. I never realized the importance of them being able to play by themself and if a parent is too pushy that it could cause them to withdraw. Credibility of Source: Article was published by a Dr.

Title: Child Obesity: Is Your Child Overweight or Obese? Author: Catherine Holecko Date published: N.D. Summary and why relevant: This article defines what a BMI is and how the doctors calculates a child's BMI. The article also discussing reasons for why a child may become obese. How this influenced my thinking: This article gave me a better understanding of how children's body mass index was calculated. Credibility of source: well known website that is frequently used to answer questions.

Title: Parenting Styles and Related Child Behaviors Author: BeccaVrabel Reed Dow Meggan Dyreng Rachel Samsel Date Published: N.D. Why Relevant and Summary: This is a powerpoint thats both defines the terms and types of parenting style proposed by Diana Baumrind. They go further as to explaining the way each parenting style affects the child in both a psychological way and physical way. How This Influenced My Thinking: This powerpoint helped to strengthen my knowledge in regards to the topic of parenting styles Credibility of Source: published on a .edu website which means its of educational purposes and should hold some validity and credibility

Title: Piaget's Theory Author: Colorado.edu Date Published: N.D. Why Relevant and Summary: This website discusses Piagets theory on cognitive development and gives wonderful examples to help elaborate the meanings. How This Influenced My Thinking: These website gave me a clearer understanding as to what Piaget's theory was and how I can correlate it with my writing assignment about how it's proven that children are not just smaller versions of adults. Credibility of Source: Article poted in a educational website ( .edu)

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: Vygotsky Development & Zone of Proximal Dev & Constructivist Author: Professor Indiana Date published: 20May2010 Why relevant and summary: This video is relevant because it describes Vygotsky's theory of Zone of Proximal Development and gives good examples. This video shows how young children can be taught not only by teachers and adults but by their peers who are slightly more advanced than them.You are able to witness both Scaffolding and guided participation within this segment. How this influenced my thinking: It gave me a better understanding of Vygotsky's theory. Credibility of Source: it was published by a professor.

Title: 6 Benefits of co-sleeping with your children Author: Naomi De la Torre Date Published: 24Feb2012 Why relevant and Summary: This article talks abut the benefits of co-sleeping and how it can benefit both the child and the family. This article goes into detail about how a child can gain more self esteem and acceptance through co sleeping and how the mother can enjoy more sleep at night while also creating a strong bond with her child. How this influenced my thinking: It has enlightened me to the benefits of co-sleeping. As ignorant as this may sound before this class I always thought people co slept with their child cause they we too cheap to buy them a crib and quite frankly I looked down upon them. But now I understand some of the benefits a child gains through co-sleeping. Credibility: A published website

Title:12 Ways to Give Birth Author:BabyZone Editors Date: nd Why relevant and summary: this website gives the reader 12 different ways of childbirth and briefly summarizes them. Although its helpful when deciding on what types of childbirths to use it does not go into too much detail about each of the methods.

Title: Parenting -Child Development Prenatal Care and Development Author: Healthline Date Published: 2010 Why relevant and summary: This website is relevant in that it talks about the signs on how to determine whether one is pregnant and what to do after. This website continues by describing the stages of development and what to expect when expecting. It ends by discussing the importance of healthcare all around from environment to doctors visits. How this influenced my thinking: I was able to learn a little more on why it is imperative to consider all the different possibilities when having a child and how it is crucial that one sustains a healthy condition throughout their pregnancy in order to give their child the best outcome possible. Credibilty of Source: This source was reviewed by another party.

Title: Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Model of Child Development Author: Eastman Date Published: 2004 Why Relevant and Summary: The pdf file speaks about Bronfenbrenners theory and gives many relevant examples on how each system has an influence on the development of the child. How this influenced my thinking: I was able to get a more in depth understanding of Bronfenbrenners theory on influential factors that determines a child developmental outcomes. Credibility: it was a UW-Extension ABC project

Title: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development Author: Kendra Cherry Why Relevant and Summary: The relevancy of this article is decent. The article talks about the development of the child's reasoning and breaks them down into stages that are correlated to the individual's age. The author doesn't necessarily brush upon how the child's developmental reasoning is influenced but more the basic stages of development. How this influenced me: This article guided me in the right direction as far as research methods go. Credibility of source: I believe it's pretty credible.

Title: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development Stages of Moral Development Author:Kendra Cherry Date Published: N.D. Why Relevant and Summary: This article discusses about the different stages of Kohlberg's moral development theory. How this influenced my thought: it allowed me to write my paper with a higher understanding of the moral stages. Credibility: Fairly credible