1. Guiding Healthy Behavior Parenting Mrs. Cason

2. Positive Behavior & Guidance Acceptable, healthy, and satisfying behavior for child and those around them. Directing, supervising, and influencing behavior

3. Guidance Self-control- ability to govern own actions, impulses and desires Discipline- Process of intentionally teaching and training a child to behave in appropriate ways Punishment- Being subject to a penalty for something a person has done wrong

4. How to Learn Direct Teaching- deliberately instructing how to do something Imitation- intentionally copying the behavior of others Identification- unconsciously adopting behavior patterns of people they like or admire Trial & Error- choosing behavior through process of testing

5. Reinforcement Response to a behavior that encourages or discourages a person to use the behavior again –Positive reinforcement- reward (more likely to repeat behavior) i.e. praise, encouragement –Negative reinforcement- punishment (Less likely to repeat behavior)i.e. negative consequences, disapproval

6. Parenting Styles Authoritarian- value obedience, use punishment to correct behavior, rule by authority –Parents have all the power –Offer little to no explanations –Don’t teach children to make their own decisions –Children obey out of fear –Children more likely to misbehave when parents away from them

7. Parenting Styles Permissive- allows children almost complete freedom in regulating their own behavior –Few rules established –Want children to be happy –Do not learn appropriate v. inappropriate behavior –Children more likely to be self-centered and uncooperative –Struggle with authority when older

8. Parenting Styles Authoritative- Provides freedom within limits –Parents establish rules, but explain meanings and reasons for existence –Rules provide a sense of security, stability, and consistency –Children encouraged to ask questions and provide answers –Children held accountable for their choices –Use positive reinforcement –Preferred parenting style

9. Effective Discipline Set Reasonable Limits –Keep children safe, help learn appropriate behavior, are explained clearly to children Use Positive Reinforcement Be Consistent –Helps children learn what they can and can’t do –Parents need to be on the same page and enforce every time otherwise it’s confusing for the child

10. Misbehaving Parents must handle the situation, but separate the action from the child Reasons for misbehavior –To get attention –To be loved Consequences –Natural –Logical

11. Sibling Relationships Birth order influences –Firstborns- more independent, self-confident, grow up quicker, higher expectations from parents –Middle child- good, all-around, parents less strict and less demanding, calm, even-tempered –Youngest- want lots of attention, more pampered, less dependent

12. Parents Role in Sibling Relationships Parents should not make comparisons, nor show differences Parents should recognize each child’s ability, realize differences without expressing them,

13. Developing Responsibility Accepting and meeting obligations without reminder or direction Ongoing process –Recognize appropriate actions –Reliability and accountability –Increased responsibility

14. Developing Responsibility Volunteer Work –Groups or as individuals, learn valuable lessons, fulfilling experiences Allowances –Learn about finances, value of money, discuss the amount before, frequency Part-Time Jobs –Learn how to balance, limit the amount of hours, monitor behavior and school performance, help with finances at home

15. Media Influences Television Music Internet Gender Sexuality