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
Has few rules and allows children to make many decisions on their own.
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
What is an Uninvolved/ Neglectful/ Absent Parent?
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"
This parenting style is warm but sets reasonable limits and expectations; they are more nurturing and forgiving than punishing.
What is an Authoritative Parent?
A family with one parent raising one or more children alone is called what?
What is a Single Parent Family
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?
Parents who are overly involved in their child’s life and try to control every aspect of their experiences; teaching them to fear the world instead of prepare for the world
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?
This parenting style is strict and expects obedience without question.
What is an Authoritarian Parent?
What type of family includes extended relatives such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles living together?
What is an Extended Family?
Medically terminating a pregnancy
What is an Abortion?