Ways to Become a Parent
Getting pregnant and giving birth
What is Biological/ Traditional Parenthood?
the process of raising a child or children
What is Parenting
Very loving but provides few (or no) guidelines, parents prefer to avoid any conflicts with their child and allows their child to develop their own responsibilities/ make own decisions
What is a Permissive Parent?
A couple with no children
What is a Childless Family?
What is Unexpectedly?
Legal processes and finding a child who needs a loving home
What is an Adoption/ Adoptive Parenting?
this is about YOU and YOUR PARTNER and how you adapt to your new roles
What is Parenthood?
These parents are emotionally distant and unresponsive to the needs of their child
Biological parents and their child(ren)
What is a Nuclear/ Traditional Family?
Deciding to raise a child together, with mutual responsibilities, under the same roof.
What is Marriage/ Being in a Relationship
A woman carrying a child/ children of another woman/ couple
What is a Surrogate/ Surrogacy?
older siblings, step parents, grandparents, trusted family and/ or friends, foster parents, etc. are all types of:
caretakers/ guardians/ "parents"
Parents are more nurturing and forgiving than punishing; uses opportunities of failed expectations to help their child reflect and learn from their mistakes.
What is an Authoritative Parent?
Children may learn to become independent, learn responsibility and mature faster
Rearranging your life completely to care for the child alone
Methods used when a woman or man has trouble conceiving on their own.
What are Medical Interventions/ Fertility Treatments (IVF, Artificial Insemination)?
This is key (most important) to all relationships when deciding to become parents
What is Communication?
What is an Overprotective/ Helicopter Parent?
A couple that has children from a previous relationship
What is a Blended Family?
Carrying a baby full term then giving up the baby to someone else/ another family to raise
What is an Adoption?
Nurture & Provide, Guide & Discipline, Protection from harms way (safety & supervision), provide basic needs, etc. are all:
What are Responsibilities of a Parent?
Health of both parents, age, financial and emotional stability, views on raising a child, who's going to work/ stay home, etc. are all:
What are Factors to Consider before Becoming a Parent/ Topics to Discuss?
Believes that children should obey their parents without questioning them; if they disobeyed, they'll be harshly punished.
What is an Authoritarian Parent (strict)?
Less privacy and space with lots of sharing; confusion about who's in charge
What is a Challenge of an Extended Family?
Medically terminating a pregnancy
What is an Abortion?