Parenting skills : Chapter 3

How many types of parenting styles are there?

• two

• three

• four

• five

Parenting is caring for children and helping them develop, along with understanding their needs and meeting those needs. (According to our textbook) Is this definition true or false.

• true

• false

What does "nurturing" mean?

• giving a child opportunities for encouragement and enrichment while showing love, support, and concern.

• giving children everything they need

• letting children follow their instincts to grow in self-development.

Which style of parenting does the following example represent?

Example: You are grounded because I said so. Curfew is 9pm and you weren't home until 9:15pm

• Authoritarian style

• Democratic style

• Permissive style

Which would be an example of the permissive style of parenting?

• No, you may not go to the party at Cara's on Friday because I said so.

• You'd like to go to Cara's party on Friday. What guidelines do you thing we need to agree on to be able to do this? Then the parent and child create the guidelines to achieve this.

• Yes, do whatever you think you'd like to do. No questions asked because I totally trust you.

Check all the child's needs that the parent is responsible for meeting.

• providing them with food, clothing, and shelter

• Foster intellectual growth by taking beginning to teach them language and taking an active role in their schooling

• giving them everything they want

• provide opportunities to love and be loved

There are 6 techniques listed in our textbook for good communication for parents to use with their child. Describe one of the 6 techniques and give an example.

What is the most important for guiding a child's behavior according to our textbook?

• Being consistent

• Being a model of example

• Being positive

Check the 4 ways to encourage appropriate behavior in children.

• Bribe them for doing well

• set a good example

• tell them what is expected ahead of time

• praise appropriate behavior

• Offer them choices

Guidance means using firmness and understanding to help children learn to control their own behavior. What does effective guidance help children achieve?

• morals

• goals

• self-discipline

• self-esteem