n Please sit six students to a table group

Chapter One What is Parenting?

Objectives: n Discuss the importance of parenting n List & describe various types of parenthood n Explain how one can learn about children from theories & observations n Summarize the focus of this course

Vocabulary n parenting n caregiver n nurture n guidance n self-concept n self-esteem n biological parent n adoptive parent n stepparent n foster parent n legal guardian n development n theory

Need A Volunteer To Read Introduction on page 17

What Is Parenting? What do you think Craig learned about parenting that day?

Parenting Defined Page 17

Parenting Defined... What do you think of when you hear the word parenting?

Parenting Defined... n Providing care n Providing support n Providing love

Parenting Defined...

Nurturing environment... n attention n encouragement n love for child

Parenting Defined... It also means providing guidance for the child.

Parenting Defined... n physical needs n mental needs n emotional needs n social needs

Parenting Skills Page 18

Parenting Skills...

Physical Care... n Basic needs… –food –clothing –shelter –health –safety

Nurturing... n support n encouragement n praise n attention n love n sense of security

Guidance... Words & actions that adults use to influence children’s behavior

Guidance...

The Importance of Parenting Page 19

Importance of Parenting... A child’s education begins at birth.

Self-concept... Image of yourself based upon how other people treat you.

Self-esteem... Feelings about oneself

Self-esteem...

Parents should... n Build up self-esteem n satisfy physical needs n provide guidance n show faith & confidence n listen n encourage child n give affection & love

Types of Parenthood Page 21

Types of Parenting...

n Biological n Adoptive n Step-parents n Foster parents

Biological...

Adoptive...

Adoptive...

Adoptive...

Adoptive...

Step-Parent...

Step-Parent...

Foster Parent...

Around the World Page 23

Around The World...

Learning About Children Page 24

Good Parenting Skills... n Based on knowledge of how children grow and development

Development n An increase in one’s skills or abilities n physical n emotional n social n mental

Development

Basic Knowledge

Theories About Children n Theory - organized set of suggestions about facts or events that is developed through study and observation.

Theories About Children A theory is not a Fact !!!

Can you think of some other theories that have been proven over the years?

Child Development Theorists Page 26

Jean Piaget

Erik Erikson

Sigmund Freud

B. F. Skinner

Maria Montessori

Alfred Binet n Designed the original testing scale for measuring intelligence n work showed relationship between intelligence and chronological age n Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale referred to as the IQ test

Developmental Theory n Combination of many theories n no one theory can explain all the aspects of a child’s development n must look at each child individually and determine where child is on many developmental scales

Focus of This Course Page 32

Focus of this course...

Assignment...

Activity n Written description of yourself as a child. Use parent, relatives, teachers, friends as resources to provide description. n Due: Monday, August 20, 2012.

Test over Chapter One Test over Chapter 1 will be given on Thursday, August 23, 2012

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