Hi! Are you able to help me with my PIP? I am thinking of doing it on helicopter parenting and the effects it has on a childs perception of responsibility later in life. Obviously I need to narrow it down... I haven't started my introduction yet as I can't seem to write it. Any help would be much appreciated!
Great topic! Sorry darl, I have no knowledge about helicopter parenting.
But, I will give you some general suggestions:
- Narrow it down by considering it from a macro or micro point of view.
- Introduce concepts such as culture, and figure out which culture does this the most, and why. That could be your cross cultural component.
- Introduce gender. Which parent does this the most? Mother or Father? Consider homosexual parents, is it the parent who is considered the "mum" or the parent that is considered the "dad". Figure out why this is.That could be your cross cultural component.
- A great study would be interviewing three generation of children of helicopter parents. So, interview the grandma, the mum, and the daughter (or vice versa). Identify the effects. Figure out the simarlities/differences, and commnet on any social change/cont. That way you can address the change/cont part of the PIP.
- Narrow the "effects" part of it. Easy one would be doing social. But, think outside of the box. Delve into this more. It is crucial. Maybe it affects proper socialisation?
- Narrow the "responsibility" part of it as well. Do you want to answer the familial responsibility, school, job etc? Think original. Think outside the box.
- What is the outcome of this parenting? Is it effective? Sneaky kids? - Could be a good chapter that you could use. You could write about responsibility from that angle. Because of all this overpowering nature the parents give to the kid, they abuse their responsibility.
Other points:
- Helicopter parenting, or narcissism? (SEE THE ARTICLE I ATTACHED)
- Helicopter parenting and gender roles/stereotypes - only reason why generally the "mum" is a helicopter parent is because society labels women as "noisy" "clingy" etc, stereotype of teens being crazed blah blah they cant think for themsleves are still labeled "kids" so thats why they require such parenting.
- I think the" later in life" is a bit challenging. I suggest narrowing it down to something like Helicopter parenitng and the play ground. How children apply this parenting style over their classmates etc? You could observe power structures, heiachry in the playground and pull something from that.
- Misread, sorry! You said "perception" later in life, it works just as fine as well.
- How about investigating independence? So they literally can't make their minds up, have their own opinons, which is why we see more followers than leaders. Thats why we see those who just join the crowd. Peer pressure?
- Don't just investigate nuclear families. Investigate all families - they like when you include the population.
- You need to divide it into chapters, and that way you can figure out where you want to go with it all.
As for your introduction, here are some suggestions:
1. Introduce Your Topic
- It always catches the markers attention when you open up with some sort of social commentary, or a personal experience.
- Immediately introduce your course concepts as best you can. Incorporate them everywhere! Eg. seeing this immbedded within my micro world was extraordinary...
- Introduce your methods. For eg. if ur using personal experience open your intro with that.
- Introduce the aim of your PIP where possible.
Here is a sample of my intro:
Four years ago, when my mother paraded around the females of the house that my sister “became a woman” the idea that the pad was a symbol of all power and maturity lured me into a false reality and I became deeply envious of my sister’s uterus. Sixty-two periods ago, reality hit me, and my envy disappeared minutes after I saw artistically crafted strokes of red across my underwear, where I ran to my mother excitingly yelling “Mama, I am menstruating”. She smiled, but immediately said that I am deemed “unclean” in the eyes of my religion and culture during this period and read the list of terms that my uterus had come with. Now, sixty-two periods later, I am still told that my body is unclean and I must continue to comply with a list of terms, set not only by my family, and culture, but also society, and the transparent media.
A really good intro for your, if you are speaking from personal experience would be starting creatively like this:
Every where I go, I hear this helicopter hovering over me. The overpowering noise of this helicopter made life impossible. It does not land, nor does it rest, it hovers over me, day and night. Something like that. (I'M SO SHIT AT CREATIVE WRITING!!!).
2. Explain why you selected your topic, and why you want to investigate it
Sample:
Menstruation is misconstrued with stigma and taboo represented as a hygiene crisis that needs rigid management, as a shameful secret that must be concealed, and as a constitutive of womanhood in terms of femininity, that evokes fear and disgust. The question of “why” menstruation is conceptualized as such sparked my interest ever since I among many menstruating females, and male transgender’s was made to feel ashamed for menstruating. Furthermore, as a feminist this enraged me, however as a year 12 Society and Culture student it also intrigued me, and I vowed to investigate the taboo and stigmatization of menstruation, and whether this is a reflection of misogyny through my Personal Interest Project, herein referred to as PIP.
3. Identify your hypothesis, what you are researching, and what you think will happen.
Sample:
As I reflected on my experience of “maturity”, I hypothesized that menstruation is considered a taboo and a social stigma because of its positioning, misrepresentation and silencing within education, culture, popular culture as well as misogyny. I also hypothesize that environments, ethnicity, gender and socio-economic status will cause distinctions between attitudes, and the degree of stigmatization and taboo concerning menstruation.
4. Introduce Methods, look at 3-4 METHODS
1. Identify your methods.
2. Why you chose them.
3. 1-2 Adv of them.
Sample:
To successfully uncover this, I have combined my primary and secondary methodologies through collecting and reviewing both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The qualitative and quantitative data collected is through interviews, questionnaires/surveys; personal reflection compared with the content analysis of secondary sources. The use of an interview and action research will assist me to gain an insight into the perspectives and attitudes from different individuals, which will contribute to the formation of a cross-cultural perspective. The use of a questionnaire and surveys will allow the collation of statistics, which in turn will allow for simple comparable analysis with qualitative data compiled from content analysis of religious texts, research of others, advertisements and educational booklets. Also, the use of personal reflection will assist the attainment of extensive primary data, allowing me to further understand my own perception, as well as enhance my social and cultural literacy. These methodologies will allow me to gain a deeper understanding of my topic and a determinacy of whether this is indeed an accurate hypothesis.
5. Identifty our cross-cultural components. These are basically how you are researching your topic through different viewpoints. It cannot be the same viewpoint as yours. This can be components such as time, gender, ethnicity, location, culture. YOU MUST HAVE THIS!
And then include somewhere on here why is it essential to have this component i.e to investigate changes + continuities, to have opinions different than my own, introduce you to different worldviews to make you a socially and culturaly literate person. Here is somehwere you can address the COMPULSORY change/continuty component of this PIP.
Sample:
The integral cross-cultural components of my PIP are time, gender and culture. Across cultures and time, menstruation is perceived as a taboo and stigma by both genders, however more particularly males. Thus, time, culture and gender are essential cross-cultural components as they demonstrate the similarities as well as the dissimilarities in the perception of menstruation between females and males “of different generations”. The use of this cross-cultural perspective will allow an attainment of valuable opinions that are vastly different from my own. This will also allow me to reflect on the past perceptions of menstruation where I will compare as well as contrast perceptions of menstruation in the present, and comment on any social and cultural continuity or change.
6. Mention how within this PIP, you will improve your social and cultural literacy, or how this PIP will make you a culturally and socially literate person .
Sample:
Through completing this PIP, I strive to become a more socially and culturally literate person as well as ethical, and effective throughout.
I've attached some secondary source you may use. It may help you decide if you wanna take ur pip in another direction. Or if you want to decide how you should divide your chapters.
View attachment Helping or Hovering? The Effects of Helicopter Parenting on College Students’ Well-Being.pdf
View attachment Overprotective Parenting- Helping Parents Provide Children the Right Amount of Risk and Responsi.pdf
View attachment Overparenting and the Narcissistic Pursuit of Attachment.pdf
I hope that helps! I have mine, and sample band 6 PIP's from past HSC students that I can send to you if you would like!
