1. Parents & Parenthood: Section 1- What is Parenting?
Chapter 2
Parents & Parenthood:
Section 1- What is Parenting?

2. Parenting
The process of caring for children and helping them ______________and ______________.
What is the difference between being a parent and parenting?
What needs of children must parents provide?

3. Meeting Children's Needs
Create a chart listing all of the needs you had as a child.
classify them as physical, social, or intellectual/emotional
Physical
Social
Intellectual/ Emotional
Example: clothes
Example: playing with siblings
Example: reading before bed

4. The 3 Tasks of Parenting
There are many ways parents take care of children
However they can be categorized into 3 main tasks
_______________________________

5. Physical Care Children need: food clothing exercise rest
safe place to live
healthcare
Before becoming a parent you must be aware and ready for these responsibilities

6. Nurturing
Nurturing: providing love, support, attention, and encouragement
Provides a child with _______________________________ and _______________________________
Helps develop _______________________________

7. Guidance How does a child know what they should or shouldn't do?
Parents need to set _______________________________
Children learn self control, values, and _______________________________

8. All 3 tasks...
Help children to develop their full _______________________________
develop physically, socially, and intellectually to the highest degree
this is the _______________________________ _______________________________

9. Who Needs Parenting Skills?
Several ways to become a parent:
Birth of a child
Marriage to someone with a child
Adoption/Foster
Anyone who helps care for a child

10. Types of Parents
_______________________________ : the man and woman who conceive a child
_______________________________ : marrying someone who has a child
_______________________________ : through legal process; child who is not biologically their own

11. Types of Parents
_______________________________ : assumes temporary legal responsibility
_______________________________ : someone appointed by a court of law to care for a child
usually a member of the extended family

12. All Parents...
Are responsible for raising the child to their _______________________________ Need help from family members and friends to provide nurturing & guidance
Are considered _______________________________ : provide care and support for a period of time

13. Changes in Parenting Roles
Past: very distinct roles
Fathers :
worked to provide money
_______________________________
Mothers:
_______________________________ for children
Present: _______________________________ _______________________________

14. Parenting Styles & Abilities
There are many different approaches to parenting
No one right way to be a good parent
Different for each family
What parenting styles have you seen?

15. Factors that Influence Pareting Styles:
_______________________________ people have had as children and adults
Community, society, and culture
_______________________________ of the Parents

16. Parenting Styles Many can be successful
Primary goal: _______________________________
Parents provide care, guidance, and loving, _______________________________ _______________________________

17. When is Parenting Ineffective?
When parents fail to meet the child's physical or emotional needs
Imbalance of love & support and _______________________________
Physically and emotionally _______________________________ parents

18. Resources for Parents
The more parents know and understand their children's needs, the better equipped they will be to meet them
_______________________________
health care centers
Agencies/ organizations
Books & magazines

19. Parenting Styles… Which one are you???