Child Development Unit 1

What is Parenting?

Parenting: is the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood

What Are Parental Duties?

Parental Duties: providing the basic necessities, with increasing interest in children’s rights within the home environment

Children’s Rights: human rights of children, with particular attention to the basic needs for food, shelter, universal state-paid education, & health care

Providing Physical Security: refers to the safety of a child’s body, safety of a child’s life * to provide physical safety: shelter, clothes, nourishment * to protect a child from dangers: physical care * to care for a child’s health Providing Physical Security: refers to the safety of a child’s body, safety of a child’s life * to provide physical safety: shelter, clothes, nourishment * to protect a child from dangers: physical care * to care for a child’s health

Providing Physical Development: providing appropriate conditions for the healthy growth of a child * to provide a child with the means to develop physically * to train the body of a child, to introduce to sport * To develop habits of health * physical games Providing Physical Development: providing appropriate conditions for the healthy growth of a child * to provide a child with the means to develop physically * to train the body of a child, to introduce to sport * To develop habits of health * physical games

Providing Intellectual Security: refers to the conditions in which a child’s mind can develop: give them a safe, secure environment= they can learn * provide an atmosphere of peace and justice in the family * provide a “no-fear”, “no-threat”, “no-verbal abuse” environment * spend bonding times, and share wonderful moments with children Providing Intellectual Security: refers to the conditions in which a child’s mind can develop: give them a safe, secure environment= they can learn * provide an atmosphere of peace and justice in the family * provide a “no-fear”, “no-threat”, “no-verbal abuse” environment * spend bonding times, and share wonderful moments with children

Providing Intellectual Development: providing opportunity to a child to learn * reading, writing, calculating, etc. * intellectual games * social skills & etiquette * moral & spiritual development * ethics & value systems * norms and contributions to the child’s belief and cultural customs

Providing Emotional Security: provide a safe loving environment, give a child a sense of being loved, needed, welcomed *give a child a sense of being loved through: * emotional support, encouragement * attachment, caressing, hugging, touch, etc.

Providing Emotional Development: giving a child an opportunity to love other people, to care, to help * developing in a child an ability to love through: * showing empathy & compassion to younger, older, weaker, sicker, etc. * caring for others; helping grandparents

Other Parental Duties: * financial support * insurance coverage & payments for education Other Parental Duties: * financial support * insurance coverage & payments for education