PAPA Ch. 8/9

The sequence that is best for children is when their parents:

• finish school

• get a career

• enter into a committed and healthy relationship such as marriage and then have children.

• All of the answers.

Becoming a teenage parent...

• life is more difficult

• life is easier

• your parents raise the child

• your grandparents should raise the child

If you complete the sequence: school, career, romantic relationship before having a child, it is more likely that...

• you will have a stable and successful relationship

• children are more likely to do well in school

• your children will probably go to college

• All of the answers.

It starts with yourself and knowing your own worth; it also means accepting the opinions, values, boundaries, individual time needs of each person, and so on.

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty/responsibility

the center of a healthy couple relationship; power is balanced in the relationship

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty

It is good; both people talk and listen; it is important to be able to say what you really think and feel

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty

Telling the truth, keeping your word, being loyal, and being able to admit when you are wrong increases trust

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty

It must be strong and both partners must feel secure

• trust

• negotiation

• responsibility

• friendship

People who are dating recognize when they have conflicts and manage them without violence

• trust

• negotiation/conflict management

• responsibility

• friendship

People who are dating make decisions together and have give and take in the relationship; they share the costs of going out and having fun together and do things that are enjoyable for both.

• trust

• negotiation

• responsibility

• friendship