Writing Homework Help

The Prompt: 

Respond to the following prompt(s) for your discussion forum post:

1. What are the stages of caregiver development in relating to parents and other family members?
2. Which is the stage to aim for and why?

by Geneva Stafford – Saturday, November 20, 2021, 9:02 PMNumber of replies: 0

When it comes to caregiver development, there are three stages that mostly all caregivers go through as they gain more experience and training working with children. The three stages of caregiver development includes:

1. caregiver as a savior

2. caregiver as superior to the parent

3.Caregiver as a partner to parent and/or guardian

It is crucial for the caregivers to realize on their own that they are able to move from one stage to another when they are able to identify and manage their own attitudes and emotions as behavior that set an example for the children.

The first stage, caregiver as a savior, often involve caregivers forgetting that even though the children in their care are considered their clients, the parents of those children are also involved in the care routines of their children and are the clients as well. During the first stage, caregivers often make decisions on their own without even taking into consideration the opinion and thoughts of the child’s parents. Feelings of competitiveness may occur as a result of the caregiver wanting to do what’s best for the children and may cause competition with the parents. These feelings are also known as savior complex.

Most caregivers move out of the first stage when they realize they are only caring for the children temporarily. During this stage, the caregiver is influencing the children for part of the day, but in the end, the parents are the permanent and predominant influence as the children are with the parents the majority of the time. During this stage, the caregiver begins to see the importance of the parent’s role in the children’s lives as well as realize and understand the parent’s point of view when it comes to the needs and goals for their children’s care and development. During this stage, the caregiver still has feelings of savior complex, but also seek to educate the parent while having a better understanding that the parents are also their clients.

The third and final stage begins when the caregiver sees themselves as partners with the parents instead of a substitution for the parents while the children are in their care. This is the stage where the caregiver and the parent are able to communicate openly with each other about the goals and thoughts about the children as well as caring for the needs of the children in a way that both of them are in agreement on. Caregivers are able to have a clear idea about the importance of not weakening the children’s sense of belonging to their own family.

The stage to aim for when becoming a caregiver is the third stage of the process where the caregiver’s see themselves as partners with the parents. The reason for this is because the caregiver is able to communicate openly with the parent about the needs, goals, and ideas about the child. This stage is also the stage where the caregiver is able to understand the connection between the child and their family as it is a crucial point in childcare to realize that it is important to not do anything that will weaken the sense of belonging in the children.

by Elin Shearin – Friday, November 19, 2021, 5:10 PMNumber of replies: 1

The first stage of caregiver development in relating to parents and other family members is the caregiver as a savior. During this stage, the caregiver forgets that their client is the parent and not just the child. They make their own decisions about what to do for the child without consulting parents about what their goals and desires are. The second stage of caregiver development is the caregiver as superior to the parent. During this stage, caregivers come to see the parents as the client. The savior effect is still in operation as caregivers see themselves as superior substitutes for parents. The third stage is the caregiver as a partner to the parent and/or family. During this stage, the caregiver sees themselves as partners, which means they see themselves as supplements and supports to parents rather than substitutes for the parent.

The stage to aim for is stage three the caregiver as partner to the parent and/or family. This stage is the most important because the caregiver is working together with them instead of making the decisions themselves. According to our textbook, this stage brings on a mutual relationship in which the caregiver and parent communicate openly, even when conflicts arise. The caregiver is clear about how important it is to do nothing that weakens children’s sense of belonging to their own family.