Aloha To My Ohana EC Bloggers: My Personal Research Journey - Building Research Competencies- 6163-6

ALOHA TO MY OHANA

To my Fellow Early Childhood Bloggers,

Welcome to my blog site. Let me say: Aloha to my Ohana, which means "Welcome to my Family".

I am an Asian American who migrated in the US in 1997. I came from the Philippines and Filipino/ Tagalog is my first language. I migrated here in the US to start a family. I am now living here in Hawaii with my husband and three children. I am currently working as an Assistant Director at Ford Island Child Development Center in Pearl Harbor.

This is going to be an interesting journey for all of us and I am looking forward to blog with all of you.

Saturday, March 10, 2012

My Personal Research Journey - Building Research Competencies- 6163-6

Economic necessity forces many families to rely on two pay checks because one simply does not for all their financial needs. In other families, both parents work because of the desire for personal and professional development rather than from economic need. Whatever their reasons maybe, many families are facing innumerable struggles and stress leaving their children in the care of relatives, friends and caregivers.

The increasing demand for U.S. Military presence in our country and abroad, many military families and children have to face the challenges of being separated-some temporarily and the others permanently. The numbers of children having challenging behaviors after their parent or parents were deployed have increased. I chose this topic because I would like to know the effects of deployment on children’s social and emotional development. By understanding their situation hopefully, I will be able to help our families and children in creating programs which will support their child’s growth and development while they were deployed.

This week, we were able to build on our research simulation and learn about identifying websites that adhere to guidelines and or standard of quality research. Although I am fearful for the next weeks to come, I am also hopeful to finish my journey with all of you.

“Doing anything for the first time is a challenge, and starting off in research can be a daunting prospect. But along the uncertainty and some trepidation, there are often feelings of curiosity and exciting and excitement about the journey of discoveries that lies ahead. Once underway, experience, knowledge and confidence build” (Rolfe & Macnaughton, 2010).

Reference:

Mac Naughton, G., Rolfe, S.A., & Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2010). Doing early childhood research: International perspectives on theory and practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

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Michele FortierMarch 10, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Anabel,
This is a very interesting research topic and a issue that need to be addressed. My nephew is being deployed to Afghanistan in the next few weeks and although he is not a father, the adults that he leaves behind are all affected by his deployment. I can only imagine the effects on young children. Good luck with your simulation.
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Priscilla HerronMarch 10, 2012 at 6:15 PM
Hi Anabel,

What a great topic to research. It is important to understand how we can foster development as parents are deployed. My sister was deployed about a year ago to Iraq. Her husband and sons moved back home for the year she was gone. This topic will offer others ways as to how to better prepare for children who are dealing with a deployed parent. Children need a support group at home and at school.
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Susann BrownMarch 11, 2012 at 11:22 AM
I think your topic is a very good one. My heart has always gone out to families who have a parent in the military. I have had relatives in the military before but non as close as immediate family. I can't imagine having to grow up without your parent at home for long periods of time.
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ShannonMarch 17, 2012 at 6:23 AM
That is a great topic! Many children do face issues with one or both parents in the military and possibly separated from them. This affects them more than some people realize. I look forward to learning what you learn from this research and the resources you find!

Shannon
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My Nanay (means ‘Mother’ in Tagalog) Clarita is the heart and soul of our home. She is a positive thinker and a good motivator. She always look at the good things in life and understands also the challenges that comes with it. The only face you see is her smile which brighten the day of so many people. She lives everyday making sure that she has done everything she could and treated each day as if it was her last day. You will never see her complain about things and finds solutions rather than blame people.

My mother raised seven children and she treated each one of us uniquely because she believes that each one of us have our own strength and weaknesses. She treated us differently in a good way because she believes that we are unique in our own special way. She also respects us and allow us to grow independently knowing our unique qualities. She also make sure that we discover our own identity and passion and supports us in any endeavor that we want to pursue.

I remember when I was little that my father an mother were so proud of my siblings because they excelled academically in school. I remember my brothers and sister compete in spelling bee or represent our school in science, math or debate contests. Every recognition day, my parents stayed on the stage to accept awards or medals for my siblings achievements. My mom never said anything to me but I know she tried her best to motivate, inspire and give incentives or recognition to inspire me to do well in school. She continued to support me in any activities that I am interested and always believe in me. She reminded me all the time not to feel or think that I am different but believed in me all time. I may be different from my siblings but I am no less than them. She said that each one of us has our own unique way of doing things and should not be compared with each other. She never compared us with each other. She accepted us as unique individuals with unique qualities and abilities.

Now that I am a parent of three wonderful children I would like to do the same with my children. Respect their differences, support them with their choices and guide them to become a better person.

Tatay Benito

My father is the foundation of our home. He is a good provider and has dedicated his life working to send us all to a good school. “Good provider to us” is giving all he got and most of the time “more than what he got”. My father works as a supervisor in Central Bank of the Philippines. Though he does not have enough to take home for pay, he still managed to send us all to college and to a good school too.

I remembered my father telling us the importance of education. He said his wish for us is to study hard and finish college. I remembered him saying that he regrets not going to school, he often said: “If only I studied harder and finish college, our situation will be better than this.”

During enrollment time my father will bring the title of our land and our house to the bank and serve as “collateral” for our educational loan. One time, my little brother wanted to buy something and he asks my father if he could have five pesos (our currency), my father gave his pay envelop to him. The coins fell off the envelope, my father only have about five pesos and about sixty cents. My little brother gave it back to him and never asks money from him anymore.

Another experience my eldest brother shared with me was when my father brought him to the cemetery, the jail and the museum, where they display the pictures of the President of the Philippines and their accomplishments. My father told him: “Son I brought you here to show you that these are your choices in life - either you die, go to jail or make the most out of your life and become a successful person; it is up to you to make that decision”.

With these inspiring stories and experiences that I learned and wanted to pass it on to my children. I would like them to make their own choices and whatever decisions they made, whether it is right or wrong, they need to take responsibility, find resolution and face the consequences of their actions.

These are my brothers and sister. Believe it or not, we never ever fight. We have so much respect for each other. When our parents ask us who is going to wash the dishes or clean something, all of us are in a hurry to do it first. When somebody gets to do it first, we still help each other out to finish the tasks. I am the fifth out of seven and I treat my elder brother and eldest sister with much respect as we have for our father or mother. In our culture, when your big brother asks you to do something, we just do it without asking questions. We just obey. If we have one candy, we will cut it into small pieces and get our shares, the weirdest thing is: the biggest portion of the candy will be left and nobody will take it or we give it to our youngest brother. We complement each other and respect each other’s privacy.

Our house has five rooms on the second floor. Our rooms do not have doors on it because my parents believed that an open room means open communication. Anyone can go in and out of any rooms. When I was little, we all sleep together on the floor with mat on it; except for my eldest sister and eldest brother they have their own bed as well as my parents. Nobody says: ‘it’s not fair!”

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