Age
Skills/capabilities
Special needs eg. illness, disability
What are the characteristics of the dependant that will affect the roles of parents and carers?
100
the process of raising and nurturing children.
What is parenting?
100
media stereotypes
community attitudes
gender expectations
What are the social influences on parents and carers?
100
The person who provides the most informal assistance, in terms of help or supervision, to a person with one or more disabilities or who is aged 60 years or over.
What is a primary carer?
200
Primary, informal and formal
What are the different types of carers?
200
authoritarian, democratic, permissive/indulgent and negligent
What are the styles of parenting and caring?
200
Individuals who have parenting responsibilities for a child with whom they do not share a genetic relationship.
What are social parents?
200
culture, customs and tradition
religion
own upbringing
previous experience
multiple commitments
education
special needs
socioeconomic status
What are the personal influences on parents and carers?
200
looking after the needs and wellbeing of another individual.
What is caring?
300
The process of raising and nurturing children.
What is parenting?
300
When the child is a baby, parents need to cater to every single need, making the role more extensive.
What is an example of the dependant's age affecting the parenting role?
300
1. Promoting wellbeing of the dependant
2. Satisfying specific needs of the dependant
3. Promoting a positive relationship with the dependant
What are the roles of parents and carers?
300
Gifted children may have their educational needs met by personal endeavours, not their parents.
What is an example of the dependant's special needs affecting the parenting role?
300
Changing health behaviours
Organising finances
Modifying the physical environment
Enhancing knowledge and skills
What are the preparations for becoming a parent or carer?
400
- Traditionally, the female takes on a nurturing and caring role.
- The gap between females’ and males’ income.
Why are women more likely to be carers?
400
A busy parent or carer may use technology to save time. Ordering the groceries online will save time and energy, as the parent or carer can do the grocery shopping from home and have it delivered. This saved time could be spent running the household.
What is a strategy a parent could use to manage multiple commitments?
400
Any person, such as a family member, friend or neighbour, who is giving regular, ongoing assistance to another person without payment.
What is an informal carer?
400
Breastfeeding in public, vaccinating your children, the quality of aged care, appropriate discipline, homeschooling your children
What are examples of community attitudes that may influence parenting or caring?
400
increasing folic acid intake before and during pregnancy, usually by taking a supplement in consultation
with a general practitioner (GP)
What is an example of changing health behaviours?
500
An arrangement between a couple who cannot have a baby and a woman who gets pregnant on the couple’s behalf; the child is handed to the couple after delivery
What is surrogacy?
500
Emotional factors influencing wellbeing will be affected, as the dependant will be too afraid to make mistakes or take risks
What is an impact of the authoritarian parenting or caring style?
500
1. Sense of family responsibility
2. Feeling that they could provide better care than anybody else
3. Feeling of emotional obligation to undertake the role
4. No other friends or family available
5. Alternative care too costly
What are some reasons for carers taking on the role?
500
A couple deciding that the father will be a stay at home Dad/ house husband and the mother will be the primary financial provider
What is an example of challenging gender expectations?
500
Prenatal and postnatal classes with midwives in hospitals, online courses, health services, workshops with doulas or in private settings.
What are examples of parents enhancing their knowledge and skills?