Parenting & Child Development

A good definition for parenting is providing:
1. Care, support, and love in a way that leads to a child's total development.
2. Financial support that affords all things to a child.
3. Food and shelter in abundance to a child.
4. Summer camp and recreational activities to a child.
Providing a child with love gives him/her a feeling of:
1. Guidance
2. Nurturing
3. Responsibility
4. Security
Which statement is true about the parent-child relationship?
1. The child does the most giving
2. The parent and child give equally
3. The parent and child receive equally
4. The parent does the most giving
Physical needs of a child include:
1. Health care, rest, and safety.
2. Love, nurturance, and security.
3. Medical care and recreational time.
4. Recreational time and safety.
Which need is being met when parents provide food and clothing?
1. Emotional
2. Mental
3. Physical
4. Social
Children's social needs are met when parents encourage:
1. Book club memberships.
2. Communication, compromise, and sharing.
3. Interaction with pets and animals.
4. Playing with computer games.
Which is a legal responsibility of parents?
1. Communication
2. Education
3. Guidance
4. Respect
When a child has been nurtured, what are the results?
1. Confidence and self-worth
2. Education and health care
3. Guidance and moral standards
4. Potential and social skills
What is the primary responsibility of parents?
1. Encourage good health
2. Meet children's needs
3. Provide emotional support
4. Set appropriate limits
Parents become role models for the attitudes their children develop about education. Children who see their parents read are more likely to read:
1. For their own pleasure.
2. Only after school.
3. Textbooks in school.
4. The same books as the parents.
As communities in our country are becoming more global, parents want their children to learn about family heritage and culture. This causes children to become:
1. Less interested in travel.
2. Less tolerant of other cultures.
3. More interested in music.
4. More tolerant of other cultures.
Parents have the responsibility for taking care of themselves and their marriage.

Parents have the responsibility for taking care of themselves and their marriage.
As they do this, the parent-child relationship:
1. Becomes frustrating.
2. Deteriorates.
3. Develops.
4. Takes less work.
Juan and Lyn, who are recently married, are still in college. What would encourage them to have a child right away?
1. Child care expenses after birth
2. Possibility of inherited diseases
3. Stability of a committed relationship
4. Time demands imposed by child
In some cultures, parents have many children to ensure a large workforce at home. Which influence on parenting accounts for this tradition?
1. Financial stress
2. Health considerations
3. Personal desire
4. Technological advances
Which statement is true about parenting?
1. A child will encourage parents to take vacations.
2. A child will have an impact on the marriage.
3. A child will strengthen an unstable marriage.
4. A child will teach parents about commitment.
Which need of a child is being met when a parent encourages play?
1. Emotional
2. Mental
3. Physical
4. Social
Which need of a child is being met when a parent encourages after-school studying?
1. Emotional
2. Mental
3. Physical
4. Social
Which is a reason for Denieta to decide to be a parent?
1. Grandparents want another grandchild.
2. Her friend had a baby last month.
3. Her mother had a child by her age.
4. She is emotionally mature.

Parenting & Child Development - Objective 1.01

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