Please sit six students to a table group

Chapter One

What is Parenting?

Objectives: Discuss the importance of parenting List & describe various types of

parenthood Explain how one can learn about

children from theories & observations

Summarize the focus of this course

Vocabulary parenting caregiver nurture guidance self-concept self-esteem biological parent

adoptive parent stepparent foster parent legal guardian development theory

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Volunteer To Read Introduction

on page 17

What Is Parenting?What Is Parenting?

What do you think What do you think Craig learned Craig learned

about parenting about parenting that day?that day?

Parenting Defined

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Parenting Defined...Parenting Defined...

What do you What do you think of when think of when you hear the you hear the

wordword parentingparenting??

Parenting Defined...Parenting Defined...

Providing careProviding supportProviding love

Parenting Defined...Parenting Defined...

Nurturing environment...Nurturing environment...

attentionattentionencouragementencouragementlove for childlove for child

Parenting Defined...Parenting Defined...

It also means It also means providing providing guidance guidance

for the for the child.child.

Parenting Defined...Parenting Defined...

physical needsmental needsemotional needssocial needs

Parenting Skills

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Parenting Skills...Parenting Skills...

Physical Care ...Physical Care ... Basic needs…

–food

–clothing

–shelter

–health

–safety

Nurturing ...Nurturing ... support encouragement praise attention love sense of

security

Guidance ...Guidance ...Words & Words &

actions that actions that adults use adults use

to influence to influence children’s children’s behaviorbehavior

Guidance ...Guidance ...

The Importance of

Parenting

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Importance of ParentingImportance of Parenting......

A child’s education begins at

birth.

Self-concept ...Self-concept ...

Image of yourself based

upon how other people

treat you.

Self-esteem ...Self-esteem ...

Feelings about

oneself

Self-esteem ...Self-esteem ...

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

Types of Parenthood

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Types of Parenting ...Types of Parenting ...

Types of Parenting ...Types of Parenting ...

BiologicalBiologicalAdoptiveAdoptiveStep-parentsStep-parentsFoster parentsFoster parents

Biological ...Biological ...

Adoptive...Adoptive...

Adoptive...Adoptive...

Adoptive...Adoptive...

Adoptive...Adoptive...

Step-Parent...Step-Parent...

Step-Parent...Step-Parent...

Foster Parent...Foster Parent...

Foster Parent...Foster Parent...

Around the World

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Around The World ...Around The World ...

Around The World ...Around The World ...

Around The World ...Around The World ...

Learning About Children

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Good Parenting Skills ...

Based on knowledge of how children grow and development

Development An increase in

one’s skills or abilities

physical emotional social mental

Development

Basic Knowledge

Basic Knowledge

Theories About Children Theory - organized set of

suggestions about facts or events that is developed through study and observation.

Theories About Children

A theory isnot a

Fact !!!Fact !!!

Can you think of some

other theoriesthat have been proven over the

years?

Child Development

Theorists

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Jean Piaget

Erik Erikson

Sigmund Freud

B. F. Skinner

Maria Montessori

Alfred Binet Designed the original testing scale

for measuring intelligence work showed relationship between

intelligence and chronological age Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

referred to as the IQ test

Developmental Theory Combination of many theories no one theory can explain all the

aspects of a child’s development must look at each child individually

and determine where child is on many developmental scales

Focus of This Course

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Focus of this course ...Focus of this course ...

Assignment ...Assignment ...

•Activity Written description of yourself as a

child. Use parent, relatives, teachers, friends as resources to provide description.

Due: Monday, August 20, 2012.

Test over Chapter One

Test over Chapter 1 will be given on Thursday,

August 23, 2012

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