1. Responsible Parenting
Ms. Schneider
Preparing to Parenting

2. Common Myths of Parenting
Good parenting comes naturally.
To be a responsible parent, a person must be mature, willing to learn, and be able to sacrifices when needed.
What else?
Why would education, training, and experiences be valuable when parenting?

3. Myth #2 Having a baby doesn’t have to change a person’s life.
Babies must be fed, burped, changed, held, cuddled and loved day in and day out.
To fulfill babies needs, adjustments must be made.
List some changes that would have to take place.

4. Myth #3 Having children doesn’t have to be expensive.
The truth is, having a baby is very expensive!
List things that new parents have to purchase.
How can a new parent cut costs?

5. Parenting Rewards Youthful Perspective Emotional Fulfillment
Personal Growth
Sense of Pride
Family Continuation

6. Parenting Responsibilities
Meeting Children’s Needs
Food, shelter, clothing
Nurturing Children
Nurture: providing care that encourages healthy growth and development
Potential: the ability to reach a certain level of achievement
Protecting Children
Freedom to explore balanced with a safe and healthy environment

7. Teaching Children Guiding Children A parent is a child’s first teacher
Cultural Heritage
Family traditions
Problem solving
Other
Guiding Children
Modeling strong values: compassion, honesty, and respect
other

8. Parenting
Myths
Rewards
Responsibilities

9. Legal Rights & Responsibilities
Parents have the right to control the care and upbringing of their children:
Where to live
What school they will attend
What type of medical care they will receive

10. Parents rights continue until children reach the age of 18.
Emancipation: when a child is freed from parental controls usually between the ages of
Married
Financially independent
Member of the Armed Forces

11. Parents are legally and financially responsible for their children.
Food
Clothing
Medical care
Education
Financially responsible for damage to property or injury of another person caused by their child.

12. All 50 states have addressed the rights of grandparents to have contact with their grandchildren.
Guardian: a person who is court appointed to take legal responsibilities for a child.
The guardianship usually lasts until the child becomes an adult (18-21 years old)

13. Review Questions
Give an example of a common myth of parenting and explain why it’s not true.
What do you think would be the best reward of parenting? Why?
How do parents and other caregivers nurture a child?
How does emancipation affect someone under the age of 18?
Why do you think all 50 states protect grandparents’ rights?