Topic choice
Choose and write down your topic and ideas about: The topic/title, why you think it is important, and where you think you will look for resources.
Use the Topic planning table below to create your chosen topic. Each section of the table below may be used to narrow down the specifics of your research paper.
Topic Planning Table: Pick One from each category, and frame your topic:
Choice of Issue
Choose from “List of scenarios” below this table.
Statistics/Demographic
Age groups: birth-3
3-10
10-13
14-18
18-21
Socio-economic status: lower, middle, upper
Descriptive
Schoolwork or homework issues
Behavioral Issues
Social Issues
Physical/Emotional issues
Applications
School
Home
Public spaces-playground, retail, grocery store, etc.
Solutions
Home Plan
School Strategy
Special programs/supports
Community and School(school-based and/or community support groups)
Viewpoint
Parent
Caregiver
List of Scenarios
Sleeping arrangements for babies/children
Bedwetting
Breast-feeding
Special needs such as:
Down syndrome,
learning disability,
autism,
ADHD,
physical-motor disability.
Choosing daycare, preschool
Starting kindergarten early
Early puberty
Language delay, speech, related issues
Teen pregnancy related issues
Alcohol and substance abuse in teens
Relationship problems in teens, dating, inappropriate, and/or risk taking behavior
Mental issues-anxiety, depression, suicide.
Behavioral issues, or risk taking in teens
Parental conflict and argument
Military-deployment
Single parenting
Grandparenting
Adoption/foster parenting
Older child parenting and emerging adulthood( age 18-21).
Use of media-cellphones, tablets, etc.
Homeschooling
Stepfamilies
Divorce
Cultural issues in parenting
Healthy diet, or eating disorders
College/postsecondary readiness/reluctance to plan for college/future
