PCDObjective 1.01

Meeting Children’s Needs

Nurture Children Nurture Children Providing the type of care that encourages

healthy growth and development Giving a child opportunities for

encouragement and enrichment When parents

nurture, they show love, support and concern

Parents provide a watchful eye and Parents provide a watchful eye and quick reflexes to keep children quick reflexes to keep children safe.safe.

Protect from othersProtect from others

Teaching is introducing new ideas, and providing stimulating (interesting) environment.

Do you agree that parents are the child’s first teacher?

Using firmness and understanding to help children learn to control their own behavior

How should parents guide

children?

Legal Responsibilities Provide:

Food Clothing Shelter medical care Education

Also responsible for damage to property or injury of another person caused by their child

What happens if legal needs are not met? Parents can forfeit (lose) rights as parents. If parents neglect their legal responsibilities

as a parent, a judge may issue an order for termination of parental rights.

Reasons for termination of parental rights include severe abuse or neglect, abandonment, and long-term alcohol or drug abuse.

What happens to the child when parental rights are lost?

Foster care Adoptive homes

Financial Facts

Dual Income=Both parents working FUN FACT:

Parents who have a dual income of $40,000-$66,000 per year will spend approximately $170,000 on a child before age eighteen, that’s about $10,000 per year.

Lower income = below $38,000 Higher income = above $38,000 The USDA data:

The cost of raising a child from birth to 18 years of age is $124,800 for lower income to $170,460.00 for a higher income family

That doesn't even touch the cost of college tuition.

Provide Financial Support

Children are expensive!!!!!!!! Financial resources are needed to pay for:

Clothes health care food equipment other expenses

Rewards and Challenges of Parenthood-handout

Directions: Answer questions 1, 3, 5. Stop and look up when you are finished. You will be comparing your answers with my

answers from the board.

# 2 Rewards #4 Challenges

Youthful perspective- Seeing the world through the eyes of a child or young person

New responsibilities

Emotional fulfillment Lifestyle changes

Personal growth Emotional adjustments

Sense of pride Changes in relationships

Family continuation Employment

Thinking about Parenting-Handout

Directions: Read the following thoughts about parenting. Put a check by the word that best describes

how you feel about parenting. Write one sentence around each bulb to

explain your selection.   Complete and be ready to share.

Why Marriage Matters-handout

Directions: On the next slide, read all the questions. Be ready to share responses with class.

Why Marriage Matters1. Unmarried childbearing increases poverty for both children

and mothers.

2. Parental marriage is associated with a sharply lower risk of infant mortality.

3. Children who live in a nuclear family enjoy better physical health, on average, than do children in other family structures.

4. Parental divorce (or not getting married) appears to increase children’s risk of school failure.

5. Marriage reduces poverty and material hardship for disadvantaged women and their children.

6. Married couples seem to build more wealth on average than singles or cohabitating couples.

Signs for readiness for parenting Directions: Evaluate and prioritize from “1” to “6” the signs of

readiness to become a parent with “1” being “most important” and “6” being “least important”

Be ready to explain and share your reason and response Emotional Maturity Secure Family Environment Healthy Relationships Desire for Parenthood Health Considerations Financial and Management Skills

Resource Time

Go to websites below to find your family type and the cost of raising a family

http://www.extension.umn.edu/info-u/finances/BF822.html

http://www.babycenter.com/cost-of-raising-child-calculator

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/calc/raiseChild.asp