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Marriage and Family Life
Unit 5: Exploring Parenting
Objective 1: Select reasons behind decisions about whether to be a parent.
• Pressure from family and friends
• Pass on the family name and lineage
• Belief that parenthood is a duty
• Possibility of genetic diseases being passed on to children
• Career considerations• Economic
considerations• Emotional maturity• Goals and expectations• Age• Personal health
Objective 2: Distinguish among the types of parenthood.
• Adoptive parent • Foster parent • Grandparent • Guardian • Nuclear • Single parent • Stepparent
Objective 3: . Interview parents about aspects of parenting.
Objective 4: Identify financial responsibilities parents face when raising children.
• Child care• Clothing• Education• Equipment• Food
• Health care• Insurance coverage• Recreation and
extracurricular activities
• Shelter/housing
Objective 5: Calculate the financial cost of raising a child.
Objective 6: Identify potential rewards, demands and adjustments of parenting.
Rewards• Watching a child grow and develop• Nurturing a child• Teaching a child• Learning about and experiencing childrearing• Developing parenting skills• Receiving love and affection from a child• Being a companion to a child• Creating a lifelong bond• Watching the child develop skills and achieve
Objective 6: Identify potential rewards, demands and adjustments of parenting.
Demands• Making career
adjustments• Having greater financial
obligations• Having specific legal
obligations• Rearranging schedules• Using time and energy• Having less personal time
• Being challenged emotionally
• Having responsibility for authority and discipline
• Being a full-time role model
• Managing the impact on one’s personal relationships
Objective 6: Identify potential rewards, demands and adjustments of parenting.
Adjustments• Affecting personal relationships• Making personal sacrifices• Having less personal time• Having increased expenses• Meeting legal obligations• Altering schedule to meet the needs of a baby
Objective 7: Identify basic characteristics of readiness for parenting.
• Ready and willing to make personal sacrifices• Emotional maturity• Physical maturity• Financial security• Social and emotional responsibility• Achieved education goals• Committed to becoming a parent• Age
Objective 8: Identify criteria to consider when selecting a child care provider.
• Personal recommendations• Type of provider• Licensing• Cost• Location• Rating• Number and age of other children• Educational opportunities
Objective 9: Distinguish among methods of contraception.• Abstinence• Condom • Diaphragm • Implant• Intrauterine device
(IUD) • Injection • Natural family planning
method
• Oral contraceptive • Patch • Spermicide • Sponge • Tubal ligation • Vaginal ring • Vasectomy• Withdrawal
Objective 10: Identify parenting skills needed for guiding healthy childdevelopment.
• Knowledge of developmental processes
• Patience • Understanding • Empathy • Guidance and
disciplinary ability
• Effective communication • Intellectual and physical
endurance • Listening skills • Responsibility • Ability to teach and
mentor • Consistency
Objective 11: Explore personal attitudes toward and readiness for parenting.