What is Parenting? Parenting/Child Development Mrs. Wagner

 Parenting - providing care, support, and love that leads to a child’s total development Parenthood – father or mother Caregiver – person who loves, cares for and guides a child Examples: Who needs parenting skills?

Basic Skills  Physical Care - Examples? Nurturing – support and encourage - attention, love, sense of security - Need to know someone cares about them Guidance – words and actions that adults use to influence children’s behaviors - Right & Wrong - Emotional & Social skill

 Write a description of a caregiver you have had and explain how they fulfilled the three essential elements of parenting (Physical, Nurturing & Guidance).

Importance of Parenting  Education begins at birth  Children learn about themselves  Form child’s self-concept – image of oneself  Self-Esteem – a person’s opinion, belie or judgment about one’s worthiness – Feelings about yourself  A good parent needs a positive self- concept and self-esteem  Both begin in infancy

 Parents can shape and mold a child by? How – build self-esteem and self-concept?

Types of Parenthood  Biological Parent – one of two people who conceive a child (birth parents)  Adoptive – Legally raising a child as your own. Have all legal rights as biological.  Step-Parent – person whose spouse has children from an earlier relationship

 Foster Parent – provides care in time of emergency. Selected by agencies and receive payment  Legal Guardianship – appointed by courts – usually after death of parents to close relatives