EDUC 204

Fall 2013
NAEYC Standard 2 – Building Family and Community Relationships
Heidi Orman
Age 48
Name Sharon
1. What kind of discipline did your parents use?
a. Spanking, Time out, Taking toys away, Other
Spanked, I had to go pick out my own switch.
2. Did you go out to eat or did your parents cook every night?
Cooked every night
3. What was your parent’s religion? Are you the same?
Catholic but I am Pentecostal
4. Did your parents sit down with you and help you with school work?
No, I had a tutor
5. How did your parents spend time with you?
My foster mom took me out to eat after church
6. Did your parents let you watch T.V.?
No, the only T.V. show I got to watch was grizzly Adams
7. What responsibilities did you have as a child?
Make my own bed and chores
8. Did you get an allowance?
no
9. Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most
valuable?
Family comes first.
10. How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?
Kids minded better because they were disciplined better.

Age 24
Name Shawna
11. What kind of discipline did your parents use?
a. Spanking, Time out, Taking toys away, Other ______________________
Spanking
12. Did you go out to eat or did your parents cook every night?
Out to eat
13. What was your parent’s religion? Are you the same?
None, none
14. Did your parents sit down with you and help you with school work?
No
15. How did your parents spend time with you?
Took us to the park and out to eat
16. Did your parents let you watch T.V.?
Yes
 17. What responsibilities did you have as a child?
chores
18. Did you get an allowance?
No
19. Of all the things you learned from your parents, which do you feel was the most
valuable?
Money management
20. How is the world today different from what it was like when you were a child?
I don’t have to listen to my mom
Reflection
Some things that have changed are families go out to eat, instead of cooking at home,
parents had more to do with their children’s education, and children watch more T.V. now.
Another thing that has changed is that families are more worried about money now than in later
generations, which were more family centered. When I asked them, how the world has changed
since they were children. Their answers were completely different. My mom answered that
children were more disciplined and behaved better, and my friend proved it by saying that she
doesn’t have to listen to her mom now. In regard to religion my mom changed religions as she
grew up and my friend did not gain a religion as she grew up.
Some things that are the same are they both didn’t get allowances, they both had to do
chores, both of their parents use the same discipline methods, which was spanking, and both their
parents spent time with them by taking them out to eat. In doing this assignment I’ve learned that
a lot has changed though out the years, and only a few things have stayed that same.