parenting decisions ch 1

to promote a child's total development by providing care love, guidance and support

• nurture

• values

• parenting

• parenting education

shapes behavior and attitudes

• guidance

• values

• nurture

• potential

what a person is capable of becoming

• resources

• families

• solutions

• Potential

the basic building block of society

• resources

• families

• potential

• values

to provide a child with praise, encouragement attention, and comfort

• parenting educaton

• values

• nurture

• families

beliefs about what is right worthwhile or desirable

• values

• potential

• families

• sources

teaches people how to care for the total development of a child

• parenting education

• guidance

• values

• parenting

Parenting skills are automatic or instinctive,

• True

• False

Gathering information and practice are two ways to develop parenting skills.

• True

• False

Knowledge is unimportant to parenting.

• True

• False