1. n Please sit six students to a table group

2. Chapter One What is Parenting?

3. Objectives: n Discuss the importance of parenting n List & describe various types of parenthood n Explain how one can learn about children from theories & observations n Summarize the focus of this course

4. Vocabulary n parenting n caregiver n nurture n guidance n self-concept n self-esteem n biological parent n adoptive parent n stepparent n foster parent n legal guardian n development n theory

5. Need A Volunteer To Read Introduction on page 17

7. What Is Parenting? What do you think Craig learned about parenting that day?

8. Parenting Defined Page 17

9. Parenting Defined... What do you think of when you hear the word parenting?

10. Parenting Defined... n Providing care n Providing support n Providing love

11. Parenting Defined...

12. Nurturing environment... n attention n encouragement n love for child

13. Parenting Defined... It also means providing guidance for the child.

14. Parenting Defined... n physical needs n mental needs n emotional needs n social needs

15. Parenting Skills Page 18

16. Parenting Skills...

17. Physical Care... n Basic needs… –food –clothing –shelter –health –safety

18. Nurturing... n support n encouragement n praise n attention n love n sense of security

19. Guidance... Words & actions that adults use to influence children’s behavior

20. Guidance...

21. The Importance of Parenting Page 19

22. Importance of Parenting... A child’s education begins at birth.

23. Self-concept... Image of yourself based upon how other people treat you.

24. Self-esteem... Feelings about oneself

25. Self-esteem...

26. Parents should... n Build up self-esteem n satisfy physical needs n provide guidance n show faith & confidence n listen n encourage child n give affection & love

28. Types of Parenthood Page 21

29. Types of Parenting...

30. n Biological n Adoptive n Step-parents n Foster parents

31. Biological...

32. Adoptive...

33. Adoptive...

34. Adoptive...

35. Adoptive...

36. Step-Parent...

37. Step-Parent...

38. Foster Parent...

40. Around the World Page 23

41. Around The World...

44. Learning About Children Page 24

45. Good Parenting Skills... n Based on knowledge of how children grow and development

46. Development n An increase in one’s skills or abilities n physical n emotional n social n mental

47. Development

48. Basic Knowledge

51. Theories About Children n Theory - organized set of suggestions about facts or events that is developed through study and observation.

52. Theories About Children A theory is not a Fact !!!

53. Can you think of some other theories that have been proven over the years?

54. Child Development Theorists Page 26

55. Jean Piaget

56. Erik Erikson

57. Sigmund Freud

58. B. F. Skinner

59. Maria Montessori

60. Alfred Binet n Designed the original testing scale for measuring intelligence n work showed relationship between intelligence and chronological age n Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale referred to as the IQ test

61. Developmental Theory n Combination of many theories n no one theory can explain all the aspects of a child’s development n must look at each child individually and determine where child is on many developmental scales

62. Focus of This Course Page 32

64. Focus of this course...

65. Assignment...

66. Activity n Written description of yourself as a child. Use parent, relatives, teachers, friends as resources to provide description. n Due: Monday, August 20, 2012.

67. Test over Chapter One Test over Chapter 1 will be given on Thursday, August 23, 2012

68. Mrs. Dickinson’s Website: n www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/CDickinson/