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Children and Parenting

1. Parenting Definition: The process of taking care of children until they are old enough to take care of themselves

   • Your Impact on Children: You have an impact on children's lives (regular contact and even lesss frequent), People and events shape who children become, younger children are watching you and paying attention to how you behave.
     • Differences between Children Today and Children in the Past: HEALTH;Before the twentieth century, it was common for parents to loose children due to illness. Today, many deadly diseases can be controlled. EDUCATION;Public education for all children did not become widespread in this country until the early 1800s. Schools were small, and they often included children of differents ages and abilities in the same classroom. In today's schools,students are grouped according to age and sometimes learning levels. LOVE; Although childhood in the past was different in many ways from childhood today, one thing that hasn't changed is children's need for love.WORK; Up until the twentieth century children were expected to work at adult jobs at an early age. Today most young children are still expected to work but at growing,learning and playing.PLAY; In the past children had fewer toys, were often handmade. Today the variety of toys seem endless. DRESS; In the past children dressed more formally.

2. Stimulation: An action or thing that causes someone or something to become more active or enthusiastic; or to develop or operate.

3. Five Characteristics of Child Development: 1. Development is similar for each individual 2.Development builds upon earlier learning 3.Development proceeds at an individual rate 4.The different ares of development are interrelated 5. Development is a life long process

4. "Nature vs Nurture" is a psychology term related to whether heredity or the environment most impacts human psychological development.

5. Galinsky's Six Stages of Parenthood: Image Making, Nurturing, Authority, Interpretive, Interdependent, Departure

6. Challenges of Parenthood: New Responsibilities, Changes in Lifestyle, Emotional Adjustments, Changes in Relationships, Employment

7. Rewards of Parenthood: Parents feels happiness,pride, and love that they never felt before, Parents often see the world with new eyes, Enrich an already strong marriage, Raising children can give parents a great sense of accomplishment

8. Role of Music in Child Development: Music does more than just bring joy to children; it helps their brain cells make the connection needed for virtually every intelligence.

9. Adults teach children what is important by showing them.

10. Examples of how families meet each of a childs basic needs: Physical; clothing, healthy, happy, Intellectual; read, print, talk Social; share, polite Emotional; feel loved feel safe