NAMA : Dhiza Dian Harly

NIM : 19151008
Dosen : Dr. Ratmanida, M, Ed, Telf
Tugas : Senin, 07.00 – 08.20
Pascasarjana Bimbingan Konseling, Fakultas Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas Negeri
Padang.
ARTICLES AND QUESTIONS
Parenting, problems and pride

“Always on” parenting requires a lot of problem-solving, which leaves parents

focused on all the things that are going wrong, says American Counseling
Association member Laura Meyer, a licensed clinical mental health counselor in
Bedford, New Hampshire, who specializes in parenting issues and women’s
concerns. In particular, working parents often have a difficult time attending every
school function that is offered because they typically take place during the
workday. This can feel like a failure, particularly for mothers, says Meyer, who is
currently researching women’s parenting experiences.

As a kind of antidote, Meyer encourages clients to look for instances when they
did something that made them proud of their parenting: “Maybe I wasn’t able to
be there for this one particular event, but I made the costume that my kid wore in
the play.”

It’s easy for parents to become trapped in the problems that they face, so Meyer
encourages a solution-focused approach. For example, she has a client who is
struggling with parenting a son who has intermittent explosive disorder. “She was
at her wit’s end,” Meyer says. “He was kicking her [and] she was dragging him
out of public venues.”

Meyer asked the woman to tell her what went well that week. At first, the client
couldn’t think of anything. Then she remembered putting up a Christmas tree with
her son. They had enjoyed decorating it together, and the mother took a photo.

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Meyer asked the client what might happen if every time that she and her son had a
good moment together, she took a photo and included it in a chatbook — a social
media app that allows users to generate photo books from uploaded pictures. Then
they could sit down and look at the photos together each week.

The client burst into tears, saying it would make a huge difference to look at and
remember some of the little victories rather than always thinking exclusively
about the failures. Meyer suggested that the client could also use the photos to talk
with her son about why that particular experience or day had been so good and
then ask him how he had been able to remain calm.

Meyer encourages clients to use their counseling sessions as a time to stop and
reflect on the quality of their relationship with their child rather than continually
reacting to crises. Parents are often susceptible to getting caught up in the
everyday duties of being a parent and missing out on the joy, love and upside of
parenting, she says.

SKIMMING QUESTION !

1. What is the teks topic ?

Answer :
Parenting, problems and pride

2. What is the subject of the passage ?

Answer :
Parent and children

3. The passage is about ?

Answer :
To handle children, parent most a requires a problem which leave parents
focured on all the think wrong

4. What does the teks tell you about ?

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 Answer :
Face the possibelities that parentin dealing with children

5. What is the main idea of the teks ?

Answer :
About of discusstion parenting with counseling

6. What the author mentions that ?

Answer :
About the parenting requires a lot of problemsolving