parenting
Let an agent explain parenting and its dimensions, relay research on styles and outcomes with attribution, describe diverse family forms respectfully, and route individual concerns to family professionals.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What parenting is.
Definition
Definition and dimensions.
Definition
Definition.
- What is parenting, and what dimensions such as warmth, structure and autonomy support does it involve? definition
- Is the question about parenting in general or a specific situation, which may need a professional? boundary
Styles
Styles.
Styles
Styles.
- What parenting styles have researchers described, and what do studies say about outcomes, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific style? action
Families Family forms.
Forms
Diverse families.
Forms
Forms.
- How do single, step, adoptive, co-parenting and LGBT families parent, and what does research find about children in them, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and evidence-based? boundary
Law
Legal recognition.
Law
Law.
- How do laws recognise parenthood, custody and adoption across family forms and countries? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own legal situation, which needs a lawyer? boundary
Practice Practice by stage.
Stages
Stages.
Stages
Stages.
- How does parenting change from infancy through adolescence, in general terms? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Support
Support and programmes.
Support
Support.
- What parenting programmes and support services exist? provenance
- Which entry fits parent education? action
Context Culture and history.
Culture
Cultural variation.
Culture
Culture.
- How does parenting vary across cultures, as anthropologists describe? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
History
History.
History
History.
- How have ideas about parenting changed over time? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of childhood? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- LGBT parenting, Lesbian parenting, transgender parenting, same-sex parenting, lesbian mothers, coparenting, traffic education, adapted physical education, Christian education, education through art, public education, self-culture
What it is Filled
The process of raising children and supporting their physical, emotional, social and intellectual development from infancy to adulthood, carried out by biological, adoptive, step and foster parents and other caregivers, in varied family forms including single parents, co-parenting after separation, and LGBT parents such as lesbian mothers, gay fathers and transgender parents; parenting styles, practices and outcomes are studied in psychology and sociology, and research finds that children thrive across family structures when care is stable and supportive.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain parenting and its dimensions, relay research on styles and outcomes with attribution, describe diverse family forms respectfully, and route individual concerns to family professionals.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Lifelong relationship
- Developmental influence
- Cultural variation
- Diverse family forms
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Judge or rank parents, or treat one family form as the only proper one.
- Give advice that replaces a paediatrician, midwife or child mental health professional.
- Communicate with or monitor a child without the knowledge of their parent or guardian.
- Help one parent surveil another parent or evade a custody order.
Only with a human decision
- Any report or referral concerning suspected harm to a child.
- Decisions about a child's medical care, schooling or custody.
May
- Offer general information on child development and parenting from recognised health and education sources.
- Help a parent organise routines, appointments and schooling tasks at their request.
- Point parents to local support services when they ask.
Moral aspects Filled
- Children depend wholly on their carers, and advice that goes wrong falls on them first.
- Parenting advice carries cultural assumptions and can shame families who live differently.
Who is affected
- Children
- Parents and carers
- Single, adoptive, step and foster families
Owners Filled
Steward
The parents or legal guardians; child protection and family courts intervene where the law requires.
Master systems
- Civil registers of births and guardianship
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q2353731 - registry parent class
- Q9332 - registry parent class
related
- upbringing - in registry terms
- behavior - in registry terms
- child development - over time
- family - in its varied forms
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.parenting
- Wikidata: Q1217379 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1217379)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Raising and supporting children
- Parenting styles, co-parenting, single, step, adoptive and LGBT parenting
- Childcare by non-parents and education by schools are related but distinct
- Not a visible object; daily care, guidance and relationships.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain dimensions and styles
- relay research with attribution
- describe family forms
- route individual concerns
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Agents giving individual advice beyond general information
- Disrespectful or stereotyped presentation of family forms
- Presenting contested parenting advice as settled
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Family law on parental responsibility and custody
- Child protection laws
- UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Laws on adoption and parenthood recognition for same-sex couples, varying by country
Context of use required Filled
- Raising children.
- parenting styles such as authoritative, authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved
- parenting by stage from infancy to adolescence
- co-parenting and shared parenting after separation
- single parenting
- adoptive, step and foster parenting
- LGBT parenting including lesbian, gay and transgender parents
- parenting across cultures
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1217379: parenting - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Parenting - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should parenting styles and co-parenting be separate entries?
- How should research reviews be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming LGBT parenting forms; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1217379/spec.json