PAPA Ch. 8/9

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

• finish school

• get a career

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

• All the answers.

Becoming a teen parent...

• life is harder

• life is easier

• your parents raise the child

• your grandparents should raise the child

If you finish the sequence: school, career, loving relationship before you have a child, you are more likely to....

• have a stable, successful relationship

• children are more likely to do well in school

• your children will likely go to college

• All the answers.

Starts with yourself and knowing your own worth; it also means accepting each other's opinions, values, limits, need for individual time and so on.

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty/accountability

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

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty

It's good; both people talk and listen; it's important to be able to say what you're really thinking and feeling

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty

telling each other the truth, keeping your word, being faithful, and being able to admit when you're wrong increases trust

• respect

• equality

• open communication

• honesty

must be strong and both partners must feel safe

• trust

• negotiation

• responsibility

• friendship

people who are dating recognize when they have conflict and manage it without violence

• trust

• negotiation/conflict management

• responsibility

• friendship

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

• trust

• negotiation

• responsibility

• friendship