Value of Children and Parenting

One of the personal advantages of studying the development of children is:

• You gain self-understanding

• Your teenager will agree with your ideas

• Your parents will be better grandparents.

• You feel more capable in all areas of life.

Which is a benefit of understanding children?

• It qualifies you to be a parent.

• You will understand the reasons behind a child's behavior.

• You will be a parent with all of the right answers.

• You will be able to analyze faults of parents dealing with children

Which of the following is a positive stress associated with parenting?

• Increased leisure (free) time

• Facing new challenges

• A decrease in personal activities

• Less hours of sleep

Parents are legally responsible to provide for:

• Their children's needs

• Their children's wants

• The needs and wants of their children

• Neither the needs nor the wants of the children

Responsible parents will:

• Always consult with other parents, friends, and employers about parenting

• Always depend on their own knowledge and experiences in important parenting decisions.

• Learn all they can about how children grow and develop.

• Avoid reading books because conflicting view points are often presenting.

When both parents work, it is essential that:

• Parents share responsibilities for meeting the children's needs.

• The children have a live-in caregiver.

• The parents spend money on the children so they will feel loved.

• The family lives near relatives who will help out.

Which statement about parenthood is a myth?

• Parents take on serious financial obligations.

• Being a parent will cure loneliness.

• A parent is an important role model for a child

• Being a parent can be one of life's most fulfilling roles.

Which statement regarding the parent/child relationship is true?

• The parent does most giving and the child does the most receiving.

• The child does most giving and the parent does the most receiving

An invalid reason for becoming a parent is:

• To love children and want to be a parent.

• To experience the bond between parent and child

• To give someone else love and care.

• To strengthen a shaky marriage

Theorist Eric Erikson said that providing a child with love and trust gives them a feeling of:

• Respnsibility

• Sacrifice

• Security

• Insight