Title: Analyze parenting expectations and responsibilities.
Course: Child Development and Parenting (19255-36) > Section: Analyzing Parenting Roles and Responsibilities

Analysis should include

- fulfilling the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs of children
- nurturing and ensuring that children have the best possible environment for development
- providing boundaries for children
- promoting children’s moral development
- studying cognitive development theories
- describing parenting practices that support cognitive development theories
- teaching children about their heritage and culture
- teaching parents self-care
- teaching children the importance of self-care (e.g., developing self-help and functional skills, promoting independence)
- identifying strategies for sharing parenting responsibilities
- identifying barriers to balancing care of self and care of children
- identifying strategies for balancing care of self and care of children.

Process/Skill Questions:

Thinking

- How do people decide they are ready to have children?
- What factors influence their decision?
- How do parents show unconditional love for their children at different stages of development?
- What are some activities through which parents support children's intellectual development from infancy to adolescence?
- What community resources are available to assist parents with parenting expectations and responsibilities?

Communication

- How do parents teach children about their heritage and culture?
- What are some ways to help a child develop self-esteem? What communication techniques are helpful? What resources are available to teach children about self-esteem?
- How can technology promote intellectual development?
- What are the benefits of children's use of technology?
- What are the risks of children’s use of technology?
- How can a parent’s use of technology affect the family?

Leadership

- Who is responsible for setting and enforcing rules of behavior in your family?
- What rules of behavior do you envision setting for your future children? Why do children need boundaries?
- What can happen to a child's moral development when parents set a good example? What can happen when parents fail to set a good example?
- What are some strategies that parents can use to cope with the frustrations of parenting?

Management

- What management skills are essential to meet a child's physical needs?
- What are some ways to teach parents and children to take care of themselves?
- How does the relationship between parents and children change as children grow more independent?
- What management skills are essential for the parents of a child with special needs?