Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories

This is a story that benefited me as a parent. I co-slept with my daughters after they became three months. This is natural in Japan because we think close attachment between a mother and a baby helps the baby to become stable and satisfied so that he or she can become independent sooner and considerate of others. However, I felt that I was doing something wrong in the US. because I knew a lot of people believe that  co-sleeping is a bad idea, is dangerous or is spoiling a child. When I read a research article that explained that different cultures have different opinions about co-sleeping and a lot of them are positive, I got free from the anxiety and guilty feeling, and became confident with what I was providing my children by co-sleeping.  I tried to find the original article I read but I couldn’t find it. However,  The Natural Children Project (http://www.naturalchild.org/guest/tami_breazeale.html) introduces research that show children whose mothers co-sleep develop stronger secure attachment and says “[c]osleeping is the cultural norm for approximately 90% of the world's population”(Breazeale, 2001, para. 3).

Reference

Breazeale, E. Tami.(2001). Cosleeping. Retrieved on May 18, 2012, from http://www.naturalchild.org/guest/tami_breazeale.html

Your Personal Research Journey

The research topic I chose for week 1 assignment is How Does Bilingualism Influence on Children’s Socio-emotional Development? The subtopics are 1.Are Bilingual Children More Self-Esteemed?  2. Are Bilingual Children More Resilient to Stress? 3. Do Bilingual Children Have Different Personalities When Speaking Different Languages. I came up with these topics from questions that came from my personal daily experiences of learning English and raising my children to be bilingual. I am also most interested in socio-emotional development among the three main domains of child development because I think it controls the other domains. So, I wanted to know how being bilingual influences children’s socio-emotional development. For my final choice, even though I am most interested in 3, I chose 1 because I thought this is the most workable question based on what our textbook says, and I also thought it is the most purposeful topic that can bring benefits for both children desiring to be bilingual and children not seeking language skills who are in need of more self-esteem.


What I would like advice on the most is if I should combine 1 and 2 because they are related or if I should concentrate on only 1.


I found this website when looking for articles for myself and feel it might be helpful for someone else. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/DisplayAbstractSearch.cfm

 Thank you.

 Aya

Hi everyone!

Hi everyone,

My name is Ayako March. I’m Japanese and I moved here with my first child and my American husband 5 years ago. Now I have two daughters who are five and two.

I started Walden while being stay-at-home mom but I recently started a temporary preschool assistant job at an international school because this is the school I had been interested in for a long time. The position is only for 8 weeks, so I can get started there, but will be able to stay available to my girls until they are more ready for me to work full time.

I am looking forward to communicating with you all through this blog assignment!

                            

Aya