Parenting And Caring Flashcards
Social Parent
They are not genetically material related to the child but still takes care of them.
Acronym for Social Parents
Are For Someone Special
4 Types of Social Parents
Adoptive
Foster
Step
Surrogacy
Adoptive parents
Legally take care of the child
Foster parents
The government is legally responsible for the child but the parents still care for them.
Step parents
Married into the family
Surrogacy
Someone else carries the baby for the couple.
Carer
Someone who is over 15 years that takes care of a dependent
Dependent
Someone who needs to be looked after and cared
Primary carer
The main carer. E.g Parents
Formal carer
People who get paid to care for others such as doctors and nurses.
Informal carer
Family and friends who don’t get paid to care for the child.
3 Roles of Parenting and Caring
Promoting wellbeing
Building relationships
Meeting specific needs
Styles of parenting
Authoritarian
Negligent
Permissive
Democratic
Authoritarian
“My way or the highway”