Unit 6 Persuasive Speech Outline

Good afternoon, have you ever put much thought into why our current youth seem like

they are out of control? Could it have anything to do with parents being uninvolved?

So by contrast, this means that being involved in your child's life can have only positive

effects. (By a show of hands, how many of you are parents or care givers?)

I myself am a mother of three and I have seen firsthand how my involvement as a parent

has affected my kids so far.

Today, I am going to tell you what an uninvolved parent is and what the effects and

consequences are of the uninvolved parenting style. However in comparison, I’ll explain

the benefits and outcomes of influential and involved parents.

Let’s begin with what is an uninvolved parent?

According to (Parenting Science Today) psychologists describe uninvolved parenting as

“neglectful parenting”. Therefore, in uninvolved parenting, the parent neglects the child's

physical and emotional needs.

Whether it be a hug before school or a nutritional lunch, everything a parent does, affects

the child.

The lack of the simplest gesture of a hug is a form of neglect.

Children carry this neglect with them.

Not only do they carry it with them, they express the same type of neglect towards others.
Parents that do not engage with their children regularly will create children that are

socially disengaged.

This means, children will struggle with typical and everyday normality’s, such as saying

thank you or you're welcome at the right times.

According to, “The Risks of Having an Uninvolved Parenting Style”, uninvolved parents are

low in both responsiveness and demandingness. In extreme cases, this parental style

might encompass both rejecting-neglecting and neglectful parents, although most parents

of this type fall within the normal range. This is important because parental

responsiveness is a predictor of social competence and psychosocial functioning, while

parental demanding is determined instrumental competence and behavioral control.

Now that I have told you about what an uninvolved parent is, I’m going to tell you about

what the effects and consequences are of (The Uninvolved Parenting Style).

That’s right! You heard me correctly; it’s an actual parenting style.

Have you ever thought that too much attention is bad attention?

Authors Azerad and Chance state, given what research shows about the effects of adult

attention, getting a child interested in something else whenever he is aggressive is a sure

formula for producing a highly aggressive child.

What this means is the uninvolved parent focuses and gives way too much attention to

negative behavior.
For example, little Johnny is having a tantrum on the floor because he is not getting his

way.

If his parent is consistently giving too much attention to the tantrum, then all the parent is

doing is fostering more tantrum.

If the parent allows the tantrum to run its course, the child will eventually notice that

mom or dad is not giving in to what he wants. Therefore, the child will not seek attention

in this manner.

Enough of the negativity, let’s talk about what the benefits and outcomes are of influential

and involved parents.

Parent’s, let’s lead by example. Our children are always watching and always listening.

According to (The Power of Parental Influence in Child Development), this means that

your choices - what you say and don't say, what you do and don't do strongly influence

who your child becomes. You are a key co-author in the book of his life.

For example, a father had taken some rubber gloves home from work.

He told his wife when he handed them to her, “Here, I stole these for you.”

Without realizing, his six year old stated, “Daddy, did you steal those from work”?

We have to practice what we preach because our children look up to us and ultimately we

set the example.

Being involved in your child’s academic life is as equally important as being involved in

their home life.

Children thrive on knowing that they have support from their parents when they see them

at their school.

Nokali, Bachman and Votruba found, roughly 80% of parents in the nationally

representative sample reported attending school events and about 60% reported

volunteering in the classroom. Parent involvement is often considered a pathway through

which schools enhance the achievement of underperforming children.

(When I worked at my children’s elementary school, I saw firsthand the lack of parent

involvement. Out of a student body of 450 students, maybe 8 or 9 parents actually

volunteered and spent time in the school. We didn’t even have a PTA (Parent Teacher

Association) or PTO (Parent Teacher Organization). That is a mere 2% of parent interest

or involvement). What message does this say to our children? To our youth? Afterschool,

when parents would pick up their little ones, they would be on their cell phones. Not even

acknowledging their child when all little Johnny wanted to do was show Mommy his art

project. The child ends up feeling neglected and forgotten.

So you see? Being an involved parent has better outcomes than not.

In conclusion, I briefly discussed what an uninvolved parent is, its definition as a

parenting style and some of its negative effects on a child. On the other hand, I discussed

some of the positive benefits of the influential and involved parent.

I hope I was able to help persuade your opinion on becoming a little more involved in your

child’s life. We are always busy and there is never enough time, however, our children are

the future and what we produce as parents is a direct reflection of us and our actions.

Or lack there of. Thank you all for taking time out of your day to hear my persuasive

speech.

REFERENCES
Devlin, K. (2020, January 22). The Risks of Having an Uninvolved Parenting Style. Retrieved
from: https://www.regain.us/advice/parenting/the-risks-of-having-an-uninvolved-
parenting-style/
Shi, R. (n.d.) What is Uninvolved Parenting? Retrieved from:
https://parentingscience.today/what-is-uninvolved-parenting/
Nokali, N.,Bachman H., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2011, May 01). Parent Involvement and
Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary
Gross, G. (2016, August 12). The Power of Parental Influence in Child Development.
Azerad, J., & Chance, P. (2001, September 01). Why Our Kids are Out of Control.