The Family

Nuclear Family consist of

• Father and Mother

• Cousin

• Siblings

• Grabdparents

Who is the one that usually interact with their babies, a large proportion of their time is devoted to caregiving: offering food, changing diapers, wiping noses, and so on

• Father

• Mother

• Grandparents

• Sister

Fathers tend to spend much of their time with children in playful interaction. They specialize in tickling, poking, bouncing, and surprising infants, whereas mothers hold, talk to, and play quietly

with infants

• True

• False

In view of the roles that fathers play in their children’s lives, what are their contributions to child development?

• Father more responsive to the distinctive cries of infants: they are better able than mother, for example, to distinguish between their baby's cry of hunger and cry of pain

• A father’s tendency to challenge his young children during play, egging them on to take risks, may be particularly important, breeding a secure attachment style later in life and encouraging exploration.

• Fathers contribute to healthy development by supporting their children financially, whether they live together or not.

As you can imagine, infant development goes BEST when parents.....

• give financial support

• get along well and truly cooperant, or work as a team

• spoil their infant

• are a working parents and educated

What is Role Reversal?

• A role that changes in a divorcing families because the absent father or mother

• When the husband act as a mother to their children

• A switching of roles late in life such that the parent becomes the needy, dependent one and the child becomes the caregiver

Parents physical and psychological health have a great effect on their child development

• True

• False

Which statement is true?

• • Fathers excel when it comes to providing discipline, play and challenging their children to embrace life's challenges

• • Fathers provide essential role models for boys

• • A father's presence in the home protects a child from fear and strengthens a child's ability to feel safe.