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Parenting 101
100

This is the first name of our ECFE director

What is Angela?

100

According to Nell's favorite professor, Dr. Marshall, "The purpose of the task is to strengthen the WHAT?

What is the relationship?

100

When it comes to limit setting, Claire Lerner tells children, You've got HOW MANY great choices.

What is two?

100

These are a set of mental skills—often described as the brain's "management system" or "air traffic control"—that help people set goals, plan, stay focused, manage emotions, and adapt to new situations

What is executive functioning? 

100

It's recommended that parents do THIS first when children are having a tantrum?

What is validate their feelings/keep calm/pause/leave the room/call out for "Jessica"/throw a Kraft single on their head/run away/go to your safe space

200

THIS is the number of children that Tina has.

What is 3.

200

Throughout the year we have read the quote that says we teach kids without the expectation of WHAT?

What is understanding/learning?

200

The book by Stephen R. Covey stated that there are THIS number of  habits for highly effective families?

What is seven?

200

Authoritatrian, Authoritative, and Permissiveness describe three types of WHAT?

What are parenting styles?

200

This is a place/area that the child creates at home where they can go when when they are feeling upset, angry, or dysregulated in any way. 

What is a calm down corner/safe space?

300

Nell has two jobs. One is a parent educator. The other is THIS? 

What isn a photographer?

300

Albert Schwietzer taught us that children learn in three ways: The first is by THIS. The second is by THIS, and the third is by THIS. (Hint: they are all the same)

What is by example.

300

We learned about screens and media from the book, The Anxious WHAT?

What is Generation

300

THIS is a type of meeting where all family members to work together to make family decisions. It is a place for everyone, including children, to discuss family issues, voice differences or complaints, interests and positive events of the past week.

What is a family meeting/family council?

300

H.A.L.T. stands for Hungry, angry, lonely, and THIS?

What is tired?

400

Christy just graduated with THIS license from the U of M. 

What is parent education?

400

Harold B. Lee taught us that The most important work you or I will ever do will be within the walls of our own WHAT? 

What is home?

400

We learned from the Intentional Family book that THIS is a meaningful, repeated activity that family members engage in together, fostering connection, stability, and a shared sense of identity

What is a ritual/tradition?

400

THIS word describes the inborn, biological wiring that determines how a child approaches and interacts with the world. It is not chosen by the child, nor is it created by the parent, but rather represents the "why" behind a child’s behavior.

What is temperament?

400

We had a whole lesson on how parents need to do THIS for themselves to avoid burnout.

What is true self-care?

500

THIS person is our fabulous ECFE secretary in the office. 

Who is Lynn?

500

Stanley Greenspan teaches us that true THIS is not based on a constant bath of warm praise. Rather, it comes from the brisk refreshment of overcoming obstacles on your own. Feeling good about yourself has to do with making progress.”

What is true self-esteem?

500

The book, How Much is Enough is about avoiding the three types of WHAT?

What is overindulgence?

500

Learning to tolerate the aloneness and invalidation that comes when you love someone who sees and experiences the world differently than you do is called THIS

What is differentiation?

500

When it comes to parenting, no single one of THESE is going to work for each child. 

What is a strategy/method?