Parenting Study Guide Flashcards
Why should couples consider all aspects of parenting before they have children?
It is a permanent choice to have a child.
What are some rewards of choosing parenting?
Sharing that love with the child and feeling proud of accomplishments.
What are some challenges of choosing parenting?
The amount of money needed for a child and could interfere with careers.
What are the different aspects of parenting?
Knowledge About Parenting
Maturity
Children Affect Relationships
Relationships Affect Children
Management of Resources
Communcation
What are Galinsky’s Parenting Stages?
Image-Making
Nuturing
Authority
Interpretive
Independent
Departure
Image-Making
Before Birth
Nuturing
2 Years`
Authority
2-5 Years
Interpretive
5-13 Years
Independent
Teen Years
Departure
Teen/Adulthoood
What is the difference between direct and indirect costs of parenting?
Direct costs are clothing, food, and childcare costs. Indirect cost of parenting could be declining a job opportunity because it can affect family life, or having to stay home to raise a child.
What are the different parenting roles and responsibilities?
Nuturance
Socialization
Guidance
Discipline
Nuturance
Covering all areas of Maslow’s Hierachy of Needs
Socialization
Learning to form positive relationships, Culutre/ Diversity
Guidance
Modeling and helping problem solving
Discipline
Punishment=Consequences. The punishment must be effective, safe, and fit the action.
What is the difference between guidance and discipline?
Guidance is helping the child learn a behavior, so it could come from modeling from others. Discipline is the technique used for self-control.
What are the different types of discipline?
Power of Assertion
Love Withdrawl
Induction
Power of Assertion
Centers around fear, threaten to use some form of punishment.
Love Withdrawl
Unhealthy, and threaten children with being unloved.
Induction
Most beneficial, using reasoning and explanation
What are the four parenting styles?
Authoritarian
Permissive
Uninvolved
Authoritative
Authoritarian
Demands complete obedience
Permissive
Provides no guidelines or rules
Uninvolved
Low demands and little communication
Authoritative
Sets rules but allows freedom, best outcomes.
The “whiplash” shaking motion causes an infants brain to hit the skull repeatedly. It can cause the eye retina to bleed and the veins to the brain to break.
Shaken Baby Syndrome
A condition in which sleeping baby dies without warning
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Inherited tendency to react in a certain way to events.
Temperament
Are physical, intellectual, and social-emtional tasks many children learn to accomplish by a certain age.
Developmental Milestones.
Gradual process of taking infants off the breast or bottle.
Weaning
Which direction do you wipe a baby?
Front to Back
What body part must be supported while picking up and holding a newborn?
Neck and Head
How many inches of water is recommended for a baby’s bath?
2 inches
Infants always ride in what type of position in a car?
Backwards facing
What can you do to test if the car seat harness is tight enough for baby?
The pinch test
What does swaddling mimic?
The uterus
What is a key piece of clothing a baby needs during the winter months?
A hat
What are the 5 different ways to hold a baby?
Cradle Hold
Snuggle Hold
Face-To-Face Hold
Football Hold
Belly Hold
