1. Parenting Chapter 11

2. Lecture Outline Roles Involved in Parenting Transition to Parenthood Parenthood: Some Facts Principles of Effective Parenting Single Parenting Issues

3. Parenting and the Family The family as a social institution How might you define “parenting?”

4. Roles Involved in Parenting 1.Caregiver 2.Emotional Resource 3.Economic Resource 4.Teacher

5. What are the biggest problems confronting parents today?

6. Roles Involved in Parenting 5. Protector -Oppositional defiant disorder **How much influence do peers have on children? Is this influence greater than that of parents? 6. Health Promotion 7. Ritual Bearer

7. Transition to Parenthood How do Mothers and Fathers experience the transition to parenthood differently?

8. Transition to Motherhood Pain and Joy – Oxytocin Baby Blues Postpartum Depression Postpartum Psychosis

9. Transition to Fatherhood Anxiety-Status and Role shift Gatekeeper role – How does active involvement of a father benefit children?

10. How does the addition of children affect a couple’s relationship?

11. Transition from a Couple to a Family Marital happiness – Parents vs. nonparents – Mothers vs Fathers – # of children – Conflict and loss of freedom Marital Stability – # of children

12. Percentage of Couples Getting Divorced by Number of Children

13. Parenting Styles Two dimensions to parenting: – Responsiveness – Demandingness

14. 4 Parenting Styles Permissive Authoritarian Authoritative Uninvolved – Gender differences?

15. Principles of Effective Parenting Time, Love, Praise and encouragement Monitor activities and drug use Set limits and discipline Provide security Provide sex education Nature? Get ready for the teen years!

16. What challenges do single parents face?