Work File Review: Parenting Questions
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Work File Review: Parenting 1.3
Stop #1
Calculate the cost of raising a child. Use the Cost of Raising Children chart.
1. If the average income is $27,000-what is the estimated cost of raising a child?
2. If the average income is $112,200 – what is the estimated cost of raising a child?
3. Rank the categories of expenses from the most costly to least costly for someone making less than $56,670.
4. Analyze which categories would be easier to adjust.
Stop #2
Read the suggestions for a healthy lifestyle leading to a baby’s solid growth and development and explain why these suggestions are important for a prospective parent to follow. (Key in on …show more content…
prenatal care.)
Stop #3
5.
Defend this statement—“Discipline and punishment are not the same thing.”
Word Bank for questions 5 – 10
Self-worth self-control sarcasm more respect positive bad more
6. Discipline guides a child to .
7. Negative methods of behavior correction include verbal abuse, humiliation and .
8. Discipline is respectful, accepting and comforting, which enhances .
9. The one knows about stages of child development the more one will be able to positively guide children.
10. “ parents have difficulty with disciplining children.” This belief is often felt by parents.
11. When treated with children learn behaviors.
12. List the six biggest roadblocks to effective discipline. Choose one and discuss why it would be considered to be a roadblock.
13. List the six methods of effective discipline. Choose one and explain why it would be an effective method of discipline.
Stop #4
List two methods of prevention for these common accidents.
DANGER
PREVENTION Method 1
PREVENTION Method 2
Falls
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Drowning
Poisoning
Keep cleaning supplies in a child proof cabinet
Use child-proof caps and keep all medicines out of children’s reach
Burns & Fires
Choking
Avoid hard candies, nuts and seeds
Avoid toys smaller than the child’s hands and keep small objects out of children’s reach such as paper clips, pins, and coins.
Firearms
Avoid storing guns in the home.
If guns are in the home, keep shells/ammunition in a separate area and NEVER have a loaded gun in the home.
The firearm information will not be found on the Mayo Clinic web site. The above is a crucial safety method regarding firearms and keeping children safe.
(If guns are in the home, keep shells/ammunition in a separate area and NEVER have a loaded gun in the home.)
Stop #5
Identify the technique in dealing with teens and pre-teens. Pretend you are the parent in these situations.
Excessive phone use/bills are brought up during this time.
Bobby, the oldest son, has kept his room clean for two weeks without being told to pick up. You make a point of pointing this specific behavior out at the regularly scheduled family meeting and offer to order his favorite pizza for dinner.
After watching a movie about drug and alcohol abuse, you and your spouse express your concerns regarding this problem to your 16-year-old son.
You have asked your daughter to unload the dishwasher and take out the trash before you get home from work as guests are coming for dinner. She does not do this and is sassy with you regarding being asked to do this chore. You are angry, but tell her you will discuss and discipline her once your guests have left.
Stop #6
What five “bright ideas” will you follow to “make a happier morning” with your children? (If you do not plan to have children, which five do you think would be most effective for a family?)
Date:
School:
Facilitator:
Work File Review: Parenting 1.3
Stop #1
Calculate the cost of raising a child. Use the Cost of Raising Children chart.
1. If the average income is $27,000-what is the estimated cost of raising a child?
2. If the average income is $112,200 – what is the estimated cost of raising a child?
3. Rank the categories of expenses from the most costly to least costly for someone making less than $56,670.
4. Analyze which categories would be easier to adjust.
Stop #2
Read the suggestions for a healthy lifestyle leading to a baby’s solid growth and development and explain why these suggestions are important for a prospective parent to follow. (Key in on …show more content…
prenatal care.)
Stop #3
5.
Defend this statement—“Discipline and punishment are not the same thing.”
Word Bank for questions 5 – 10
Self-worth self-control sarcasm more respect positive bad more
6. Discipline guides a child to .
7. Negative methods of behavior correction include verbal abuse, humiliation and .
8. Discipline is respectful, accepting and comforting, which enhances .
9. The one knows about stages of child development the more one will be able to positively guide children.
10. “ parents have difficulty with disciplining children.” This belief is often felt by parents.
11. When treated with children learn behaviors.
12. List the six biggest roadblocks to effective discipline. Choose one and discuss why it would be considered to be a roadblock.
13. List the six methods of effective discipline. Choose one and explain why it would be an effective method of discipline.
Stop #4
List two methods of prevention for these common accidents.
DANGER
PREVENTION Method 1
PREVENTION Method 2
Falls
Motor Vehicle Accidents
Drowning
Poisoning
Keep cleaning supplies in a child proof cabinet
Use child-proof caps and keep all medicines out of children’s reach
Burns & Fires
Choking
Avoid hard candies, nuts and seeds
Avoid toys smaller than the child’s hands and keep small objects out of children’s reach such as paper clips, pins, and coins.
Firearms
Avoid storing guns in the home.
If guns are in the home, keep shells/ammunition in a separate area and NEVER have a loaded gun in the home.
The firearm information will not be found on the Mayo Clinic web site. The above is a crucial safety method regarding firearms and keeping children safe.
(If guns are in the home, keep shells/ammunition in a separate area and NEVER have a loaded gun in the home.)
Stop #5
Identify the technique in dealing with teens and pre-teens. Pretend you are the parent in these situations.
Excessive phone use/bills are brought up during this time.
Bobby, the oldest son, has kept his room clean for two weeks without being told to pick up. You make a point of pointing this specific behavior out at the regularly scheduled family meeting and offer to order his favorite pizza for dinner.
After watching a movie about drug and alcohol abuse, you and your spouse express your concerns regarding this problem to your 16-year-old son.
You have asked your daughter to unload the dishwasher and take out the trash before you get home from work as guests are coming for dinner. She does not do this and is sassy with you regarding being asked to do this chore. You are angry, but tell her you will discuss and discipline her once your guests have left.
Stop #6
What five “bright ideas” will you follow to “make a happier morning” with your children? (If you do not plan to have children, which five do you think would be most effective for a family?)