Young people with learning disabilities are much more inclined to rebel over the frustration they are experiencing in meeting the expectations of their parents, teachers, and other authority figures. ... In a home where the parent-child relationship is unstable, it is not surprising when a child chooses to abandon his or her family's rules and expectations. ... Children need parents who love and care enough about them to set limits and have expectations for good behavior. ... Also, rising standards in education cause parents" expectations to rise. ... However, by building a better rel...

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Parents have a great deal of influence on their children. ... Parental support, influence, rules, and set expectations in the life of a child are a must, in order for that child to get off on the right track. ... Children should have expectations set by their parents. These expectations do not have to be huge, but something that the child can handle. ... A child without any expectations will not learn as many values and may resort to other means to meet their own expectations. ...

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I think that the various conflicts Pip goes through and retrospectively describes in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations are the same psychosocial conflicts Erickson argues everyone experiences. ... His role-confusion is even more exasperated when he gets his "expectations,"" thinking they are from Miss Havisham, when they are really from Magwitch. This stage is represented in the story from the time he gets his expectations, until he becomes ill and Joe nurses him back to health. ...

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According to Erikson, the combination of adult expectations and the child's motivation to master new skills is what industry and inferiority is based on (Berk, 330). ... While this stage can be great for the child's motivation to succeed, the danger of inferiority is also present. ...

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Children face great pressures as they mature and reach adolescence. ... As with family, school will also have a great impact on the development of resiliency with children. ... In order to help them be appreciated and successful, they must have high expectations placed on them, which will make them perform better and develop more positive views of themselves. ... The support that a child receives from the community will also have a great affect on the child developing resiliency. ...

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