Title: Identify the evolving parenting roles across the life span.
Course: Child Development and Parenting (19255-36)

Identification should include

- a parent’s roles as manager, problem-solver, nurturer, and leader
- changes to the parent’s roles through the life span
- expectations in parenting behaviors and practices
- beliefs and attitudes about parenting roles.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- Who is usually considered a parent?
- Which of the roles (manager, problem solver, nurturer, leader) is the easiest to fulfill? The most difficult? Why?
- What happens when parents do not fulfill their responsibilities as managers, problem-solvers, nurturers, and leaders?
- What is the most important quality for a parent to have, and why? What could happen if a parent does not have this quality?
- What resources are available for families when there is a breakdown in the parenting role?
- What are the changes in the parental role throughout the life span?

Communication

- What values would a parent need to have to carry out the responsibilities of parenting?
- Where do individuals acquire the attitudes and values for effective parenting?
- What questions should be asked to determine readiness for parenting?
- How do families teach values to their children?

Leadership

- What skills do parents need to carry out their responsibilities? Which of these skills are leadership skills?

Management

- What can happen when a person's parents are not positive role models?
- What other resources can the parent take advantage of to learn effective parenting skills?
- What effects could the birth of a child have on one’s educational, career, and lifestyle goals?
- Which community organizations offer mentors for children?