Appendix A

Draft of the research paper

Introduction

Children’s development of the cognitive and social skills needed for later success in
school may be best supported by a parenting style known as responsive parenting.
Responsiveness is an aspect of supportive parenting described across different
theories and research frameworks (e.g. attachment, socio-cultural) as playing an
important role in providing a strong foundation for children to develop optimally.
Parenting that provides positive affection and high levels of warmth and is responsive
in ways that are contingently linked to a young child’s signals (“contingent
responsiveness”) are the affective-emotional aspects of a responsive style.

Area Of Research

For this I've interviewed two person whom I mentioned in my research proposal and
also did surveys among high school students and their parents. I've found out that
most of the parents aren't aware about parenting. They only care about their child's
education and future career. They don't even bother their child's mental growth. Many
parents involve their child into an unhealthy competition where they need to compete
with their friends. This creates a havoc in a child's mind. I've also researched so many
articles, blogs, journals as a source of secondary data about parenting. I've found
many interesting information there. The intervention was designed to facilitate
mothers’ use of key behaviours that provided affective-emotional support and those
that were cognitively responsive, as both types of support were expected to be
necessary to promote learning.

Hypothesis

This research is intended to investigate the role of the child rearing styles of parents in
the quality of life and mental health of children. The main hypothesis is that parenting
styles have a significant role to play in predicting quality of life and mental health.
The objective of my research is to find that there is a significant impact of parenting
in mental growth of a child. Many children don't have a friendly relation with their
parents. Sometimes they have to hide many problems from their parents because of
this. On the other hand, many parents don't have any headache about their child's
mental condition. Sometimes, they forcefully give their decision to their child to
follow which lead them to a disaster mental condition. I am expecting to find out
whether parenting plays a vital role in mental growth of children over other factors or
not.

Research population included all of the high school students in various Bangladesh
cities as well as their parents who were selected using a random sampling method.
Primary and secondary data were employed for data collection. The findings show
approval of the principal hypothesis.

Research Methodology:

For my survey I had prepared 12 questions for questionnaires. All the questionnaires
were distributed through online system among random students from High schools
and also those 12 questions were given to their parents.

Data Analysis

1. According to my survey, I found that here 50% of people are somewhat

capable dealing with child’s emotions appropriately, 39.5% are extremely
capable, 2.6% don't know about their opinion, 2.6% are somewhat incapable,
5.3% are extremely incapable. The graph shows that a huge number of people
somewhat incapable of dealing with their child’s emotions appropriately and
this is the reason child's mental growth isn't developing.
2. According to my survey, I found that here 39.5% of people never fight at
home in front of their child, 15.8% of people very often fight, 10.50% of
people sometimes fight, 28.9% of people rarely fight, 5.3% of people always
fight. The graph shows that a huge number of people never fight at home in
front of their child and this is the reason child's mental growth is developing.
3. According to my survey, I found that here 92.1% of people respect their
child's privacy thinking they need it and 7.9% of people think that children
don't need any privacy. The graph shows that a huge number of people respect
their child's privacy and this is the reason child's mental growth is developing.

Appendix B
Questionnaires
In your opinion, to what extent do you think you can help your child develop good
relationships with kids in a similar age group?

a) A lot

b) Somewhat

c) Don't know

d) A little

e) Not at all

In your opinion, to what level do you agree that you are capable of dealing with your
child’s emotions appropriately?

a) Extremely capable

b) Somewhat capable

c) Don’t know

d) Somewhat incapable

e) Extremely incapable

What level of confidence do you have in your ability to make the school meet your
child’s learning needs?

a) Not confident at all

b) Slightly confident

c) Somewhat confident

d) Quite confident

e) Extremely confident
Do you think academic work takes most of your child’s time and hence restricts them
from enjoying other activities that they enjoy?

a) Completely agree

b) Somewhat agree

c) Neutral

d) Somewhat disagree

e) Completely disagree

Appendix C
Research Proposal

Introduction

In my research paper I'll propose to investing the importance role of parenting for
mental growth of children. Here I'll discuss some problems related to this issue.
Children's development of cognitive and social skills required for later school success
can best be facilitated by a parenting style known as sensitive parenting.
Responsiveness is an aspect of supportive parenting that has been defined through
various theories and research contexts (e.g. attachment, socio-cultural) as playing an
important role in providing a stable foundation for children to grow optimally.

Here I'll try to show that how parenting plays the importance role for mental growth
of a children. I plan to make my paper a reference study for every parent where they
actually see the effects, outcomes, problems regarding parenting. Hope that my work
will help readers realize the relevance of the issue and seek to grasp the depth of the
issue.

Key Research Questions

 Will the rise in parent responsiveness actions result in an improvement in young

children's learning?
  Could sensitive parenting approaches work with various types of high-risk
parents?
 Does the rise in the different aspects of sensitivity explain the positive
improvements in the different aspects of cognitive and social development?
 Is there a best possible time in the child's development when responsiveness is
especially important, or is the developmental consistency sufficient for an ideal
learning process?
 Is parental responsiveness similarly effective or does it differ in effectiveness for
children with different characteristics (e.g. socio-economic status, race,
biological risk factors)?
I 'm planning to divide the body of my paper into five parts, each addressing one of
these issues. I will also include an introduction to the role of parenting in children's
mental growth and a conclusion summarizing the findings of my study.

Hypothesis:

Parents have a significant role to play in recognizing and directing children's talents.
Mutual understanding and close relationships between parents and children are
suggested as well as lowering the quality and quantity of work output and/or
efficiency.

Methodology:

I will find and read the related literature, books and articles on stress in the workplace
in general and on parenting for children's mental growth. Since reviewing the related
topic headings in 'The impact of parenting style on academic achievement and career
path' published over the last five years, I believe I can consider the relevant details in
them.

In addition to reading published research, I intend to interview at least five, maybe

six, parents in order to obtain their first-hand perspectives on their life-based
parenting. Two people I think I will interview are a graduate student at Rajshahi
University and a doctor at Rajshahi Medical College. If time permits, I will also
interview some children to know about their upbringing.
Timetable

I expect to finish the work and reading in my library by August 15. Since then until
the 15th of September, I intend to focus on the writing of my article. I expect to
present a draft to you at the conference scheduled for September 20 and to submit a
final copy on October 1, the date you mentioned for submission.

Request for Approval:

I ask for your permission to write my paper on the value of parenting for children's
mental growth. I would like to welcome any feedback you have about my choice of
the subject, my organization of the paper on it, and my identification of research
materials and resource people.