Parenting Skills
Review Questions 1. What are the differences between being a biological parent, an adoptive parent, and a foster parent?
A biological parent is the birth parent of the child. An adoptive parent takes on full parental control and responsibility of a child whom they adopt. A foster parent is a temporary parent who takes care of a child for a period of time and usually receives money from the government to help care for the child. 2. What financial needs are parents obligated to provide and which are optional?
The financial needs that parents are obligated to provide include nutritious food, shelter, clothing, and health care. The ones that are optional are luxury items such as summer classes, piano lessons, or various electronic items. 3. What other needs might a child have that a parent is expected to provide? Parents are also required to provide safety and security for their child. 4. What are the qualities of a nurturing parent?
Qualities of a nurturing parent include retaining a healthy self-esteem so that their child has a basis for self-esteem, a sense of empathy for their child, a way to successfully enforce disciplinary codes, and an understanding of acceptable maturity levels for their child.
Critical Thinking Questions 1. What qualities make a person a good parent? A bad parent?
The qualities that make a good parent are listening skills, understanding of maturity levels, reasonable mind, and a good education and career. Qualities that make a bad parent include a bad temper or short temper, low education, and ideas of achieving their own goals above their child’s. 2. Which parental responsibilities do you think would be the most challenging? Why?
The parental responsibilities that I think would be the most challenging would be having a job that is good enough to afford a child. This is because it is hard to maintain a good job while having a child and still be there for the child emotionally and physically while bringing
A biological parent is the birth parent of the child. An adoptive parent takes on full parental control and responsibility of a child whom they adopt. A foster parent is a temporary parent who takes care of a child for a period of time and usually receives money from the government to help care for the child. 2. What financial needs are parents obligated to provide and which are optional?
The financial needs that parents are obligated to provide include nutritious food, shelter, clothing, and health care. The ones that are optional are luxury items such as summer classes, piano lessons, or various electronic items. 3. What other needs might a child have that a parent is expected to provide? Parents are also required to provide safety and security for their child. 4. What are the qualities of a nurturing parent?
Qualities of a nurturing parent include retaining a healthy self-esteem so that their child has a basis for self-esteem, a sense of empathy for their child, a way to successfully enforce disciplinary codes, and an understanding of acceptable maturity levels for their child.
Critical Thinking Questions 1. What qualities make a person a good parent? A bad parent?
The qualities that make a good parent are listening skills, understanding of maturity levels, reasonable mind, and a good education and career. Qualities that make a bad parent include a bad temper or short temper, low education, and ideas of achieving their own goals above their child’s. 2. Which parental responsibilities do you think would be the most challenging? Why?
The parental responsibilities that I think would be the most challenging would be having a job that is good enough to afford a child. This is because it is hard to maintain a good job while having a child and still be there for the child emotionally and physically while bringing