Kaiser Family Analysis

For this study, I chose to interview and analyze the Kaiser family. This family consists of Mindy, the mother, Matt, the father, and their children, Adeline and Lily. As a family, they are well-rounded in the community, their church, and involved in the children’s activities. They are dedicated to shaping an ideal environment while providing their children with the tools they need to thrive. Serving as this family’s nanny for the past 4 years, I have seen their children grow up. I selected this family because I sought to analyze the innate nature of who they are and what makes them a ‘family’. In some ways, the way the Kaiser’s parent imitates my own and what I aspire my family to be. However, I know that no matter how much they resemble

Because I have been apart of this family for so long, our interactions have become rather relaxed. She has my number on speed-dial for emergencies and texts me regularly. However, for this assignment, I wanted to alter my communication in respect to this project. To create a more formal and respective environment from the start, I changed my tone and wording. For me, the best use of the NAEYC code of ethics was enforcing a postive attitude during communication. According to Graham-Clay (2005), “establishing partnerships…[that] support student learning” is key to creating “strong communication” (p. 117). I always strived to create a safe environment that encourages the growth of their children by allowing open communication between myself and their parents. I have proven my sense of trust and concern for their children over the years. Through this, I implemented the ideal presented in the Code of Ethics from the NAEYC (2005) to listen and acknowledge their strengths and competencies, and learn from families which supporting them in their task of nurturing

Matt, the father, married Mindy, the mother. They had two girls, Adeline (7) and Lilly (5). Matt works as CEO of a radio corporation and Mindy is currently a stay-at-home mom. She quit her job as a retail manager once Adeline was born. Since then, she has not returned to work; but she maintains an active role in the children’s school, extra-curricular activities, and church group. They keep an open form of communication between themselves and their children. They keep negative conversations, however, in private. Mindy describes Adeline as kind, loyal, and adventurous. Lilly is precocious, but very sweet, and a bit shy. Both parents labeled the sibling relationship between their children as ‘very normal’. By their response, they seem to be judging their relationship based on what they have experienced in the past during their childhood. However, they believe that from watching how they parent, they never hit each other or say directly nasty things when they fight. They are raising their children in suburban Pennsylvania, in a residential neighborhood. They attended church and are closely tied into their community. They regularly practice their religion and encourage their children in doing the same. They view stress as a functional apart of life; seeing that there will be many aspects they will not be able to control, in their lives and their children’s lives, but strive to be as prepared as possible. This displays one of