Approximately how many babies are born in the US every year?
4 million
What are the 3 basic needs that are a parents job to provide for children?
Food, Clothing and Shelter
What are the two fundamental jobs of a parent?
Ensuring a child's safety and preparing the child for a productive life.
List 3 things that a parent should prohibit a child from being able to access?
Weapons, medications, household cleansers, sharp objects, choking hazards and fire hazards
What is one general safety precaution that a parent has to provide for a child legally?
Smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and seat belts.
Name 2 specific basic needs that a parent must provide a child legally.
Food, water, shelter, clothing and medical care.
Parents are required legally to make children do this.
Obey the law, attend school and not steal or vandalize.
What are parents entitled to when they fulfill their legal rights when it comes to children?
Spend time with the child, determine where they should live and who should educate them.
What can happen to a child of a parent that does not fulfill their legal responsibilities?
The child can be taken away by the courts.
Parents are responsible to teach children morals and ____________?
Values
An important responsibility of parents and caregivers is to acknowledge the child's ____________________.
Achievements
What kind of goals should a parent set that would figure in the child's age?
Realistic or age appropriate goals
Parents must lead by what?
Example
What girls basketball team exhibited a bad example for children to watch? We watched a clip yesterday.
MacArthur High School
What is a good way to teach the value of citizenship to a child?
Volunteer in the community with the child, talk to the child about the right to vote, talk to the child about contributing to charity, teach them laws
What is a characteristic of effective discipline?
Consistent, fair, logical and age appropriate.
An old saying is that children should be___________and not ______________.
Seen, Heard
A parent should teach a child values and _________.
Morals
In our discussion a specific type of social media was mentioned that was considered by some to be bad for children. What was it?
Dischord
There a 5 types of love languages that a parent could use with a child. Name one of them.
Gifts, acts of service, quality time, words of affirmation and physical touch.
Name 5 of the values we discussed that are important to teach a child.
Respect, hard work, patience, self control, kindness, citizenship, responsibility, friendship, family, honesty
What should parents monitor in order to avoid a negative influence on their children?
Media consumption
What is one way to make a child feel valued?
Listen to the child
What are the two things a parent should respect when working with their children?
The child's feelings and opinions.
What basic need was missing for the student that went without this for over a year?
Water