Parenting Skills 3
Review Questions
1. Explain the different forms of child abuse? Include Shaken Baby Syndrome in your response.
2. What types of physical care must a parent provide an infant child?
3. What are some strategies for helping a child cope with stress?
Critical Thinking Questions
1. What is the difference between a protective environment and a nurturing environment?
2. How do children’s needs change as they grow through development stages from infancy to teen years? How do special needs children differ?
3. List and explain factors a parent can control that lead to a nurturing environment. Include characteristics of nurturing parents.
4. List and explain factors that lead to poor relationships and that increase the risk of child abuse.
5. Why is it critical for a parent to be involved in their children’s education?
Review Answers
1. There are five different types of abuse: physical abuse- physical contact, sexual abuse- inappropriately touching or speaking to your child, emotional abuse- making the child feel worthless and rejected, neglect- abandoning your child, and shaken baby syndrome- when you violently shake a baby, which can be life threatening.
2. A parent must provide security, care, love, nurture, and attention.
3. A parent can create a stress free environment at home, listen to what’s going on in the child’s life, find out what’s causing the stress, and help navigate through problems.
Critical Thinking Answers
1. A nurturing environment allows your child to feel loved and where you attend their needs. A protective environment is where the child feels safe
2. Infants need help at all times since they are completely helpless. Toddlers will continue to need help, but not as much. Teens by this age should be able to help themselves. Special needs children are different because they will need help throughout their whole life.
3. A parent can control a nurturing environment by avoiding drugs, alcohol and divorce. Also, by constantly showing love to the child
4.
1. Explain the different forms of child abuse? Include Shaken Baby Syndrome in your response.
2. What types of physical care must a parent provide an infant child?
3. What are some strategies for helping a child cope with stress?
Critical Thinking Questions
1. What is the difference between a protective environment and a nurturing environment?
2. How do children’s needs change as they grow through development stages from infancy to teen years? How do special needs children differ?
3. List and explain factors a parent can control that lead to a nurturing environment. Include characteristics of nurturing parents.
4. List and explain factors that lead to poor relationships and that increase the risk of child abuse.
5. Why is it critical for a parent to be involved in their children’s education?
Review Answers
1. There are five different types of abuse: physical abuse- physical contact, sexual abuse- inappropriately touching or speaking to your child, emotional abuse- making the child feel worthless and rejected, neglect- abandoning your child, and shaken baby syndrome- when you violently shake a baby, which can be life threatening.
2. A parent must provide security, care, love, nurture, and attention.
3. A parent can create a stress free environment at home, listen to what’s going on in the child’s life, find out what’s causing the stress, and help navigate through problems.
Critical Thinking Answers
1. A nurturing environment allows your child to feel loved and where you attend their needs. A protective environment is where the child feels safe
2. Infants need help at all times since they are completely helpless. Toddlers will continue to need help, but not as much. Teens by this age should be able to help themselves. Special needs children are different because they will need help throughout their whole life.
3. A parent can control a nurturing environment by avoiding drugs, alcohol and divorce. Also, by constantly showing love to the child
4.