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What is parenting?
an individual who fosters all facets of a child's growth-who nourishes, protects, guides new life through the course of development
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Why do people become parents?
- love, affection, stimulation
- creative outlet, proof of maturity, and sense of achievement
- proof of virtue and economic advantage
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How is parenting a process?
- parenting is a process that brings about an end result
- it is a series of actions and interactions on the part of the parents to promote the development of children
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According to law, what must parents provide?
- childhood immunizations before 5
- ongoing medical care
- education between 5 and 18
- accepted forms of discipline for behavior
- education so children become law-abiding citizens
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How do the child's needs influence the process of parenting?
- social interactions and relationships
- work responsibilities
- >> child's characteristics and individuality
- parent's personal history and psychological resources
- context of stresses and supports
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In what ways are children important to parents?
- children meet basic needs for closeness, sense of accomplishment, and maturity in life
- parents grow as they undertake parenting
- children maintain traditions
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What is the role of parents?
- to provide responsible caregiving
- to bring different qualities such as sociability and self esteem
- problem-solving skills
- primary authority- meeting children's needs because parents are assumed to have their dependent children's best interests at heart
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What do parents want from society?
- financial help in terms of increasing tax exemptions
- removal of sales tax on things necessary, like diapers
- changes that would give them more time with families
- extra time off, incentives to encourage flex-time schedules, paid maternity
- laws increasing children's safety and well being
- safety devices on guns, health care, kidnapping
- positive messages that support parents' values
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How does society affect the manner in which parents act?
- social expectations
- disciplining methods
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What are the four major forms of family life in the last two centuries?
- Extended farm family
- Nuclear family
- Diverse family forms
- Multigenerational families
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Extended farm family
- parents, children, and extended family
- productive economic and social institution based on law and custom
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Nuclear family
- parents and children
- based on companionship and love
- primary purpose is socializing children and meeting emotional needs
- until 1970s
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Diverse family forms
- dual-career families, single-parent, stepfamilies
- arose in 1970s
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Multigenerational families
- two ore more generations to sustain youth
- 1990s
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What are the four areas of parental influence after the child is born?
- providing an environment of protection as opposed to one of risk
- providing experiences that lead to the development of maximum potential
- serving as an advocate in the larger community
- being an irreplaceable force in a child's life
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What are protective factors? List some.
- factors related to positive changes in intellectual and social-emotional function in children between 4-13
- ex. general positive atmosphere of the family
- teaching children to think and reflect and make decisions
- children's feeling the world is predictable and your family has support
- children's self esteem
- >>children's characteristics
- environmental characteristics
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What are risk factors. list some.
- factors associated with poor outcomes for children:
- -mother difficulties: anxiety, lack of emo. stability, lower education
- -negative family interactions: rigid beliefs about growth, few positive interactions m-c
- -minority group status, single parenthood
- -stressful events, especially when occurred in large families
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How does the social health of the country affect parenting?
- ability to give financial aid
- lack of health care
- highest rate of infant mortality
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How do family interactions affect parenting?
- close family?
- extended family?
- do parents agree with the way they were raised?
- mother/father disagreements
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what part of those surveyed said parents had children before they were ready for the responsibility
2/3
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what are the five areas that Ellison identified in which parenting abilities improve?
- observation skills and sensitivity to others' behaviors
- efficiency
- resiliency
- motivation
- social skills
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Is parenting determined by the way you were parented?
- no, but it could.
- children who are abused are at a higher risk of abusing their own kids
- you can learn from your experiences
- choose to keep rituals, traditions, etc
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What does Siegel encourage parents to do?
- live in present moment with children; focus on feelings and perceptions
- look beyond child's external behaviors to understand internal ways the child thinks and feels
- appreciate what parent and child are experiencing and then choose actions to meet basic needs
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*How important are parents in lives of children?
- early stimulation is crucial
- most important, though not the only influence regarding development
- genes exist only in an environment and from moment of conception, parents have largest role in providing or monitory quality of that environment
- it may be there because of genes, but the parental environment shapes it.
- -providing environment of protection
- -providing experiences to lead to potential
- -serving as an advocate in larger community
- -being an irreplaceable force in a child's life
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How can parents be advocates for children
- provide support
- take a stand for the sake of their development
- seek instruction for your children
- help them reach their best potential
- structure practices/study groups/play groups
- stress the importance of development
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Should parents be required to have training for parenting?
- yes, even though it is unrealistic
- i think a simple parenting class before or directly after baby is born is good
- to teach things that are sometimes overlooked
- stress milestones, importance of stimulation, nutrition, etc.
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