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Chapter 6, Parenting

The document outlines a course on parenting, covering topics such as the goals of parenthood, the pleasures and challenges involved, and issues like child abuse and neglect. It emphasizes the importance of knowledge and planning in parenting decisions, including family planning and adoption. Additionally, it discusses heredity, the role of expectant parents, and the significance of medical care and healthy practices during pregnancy.

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Chapter 6, Parenting

The document outlines a course on parenting, covering topics such as the goals of parenthood, the pleasures and challenges involved, and issues like child abuse and neglect. It emphasizes the importance of knowledge and planning in parenting decisions, including family planning and adoption. Additionally, it discusses heredity, the role of expectant parents, and the significance of medical care and healthy practices during pregnancy.

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BUILD BRIGHT UNIVERSITY

BANTEAYMEANCHEY STUDY CENTER

• CHAPTER `6 : Parenting
• LECTURER: SIN SOTHEA
• TEL: 012 99 60 81
• GMAIL: sinsothea99@gmail .com
• Master candidate
outlines
• Introduction
• The goal of parenthood
• Pleasures and problems of parenthood.
• Child abuse and neglect
– who is an abused or neglected child?
– Why do adults abuse children?
– How can the problem be solve?
•Children –to have or not to have
Con’t
• Adoptions
• Heredity
• The role of expectant parents
• The role of parents
preview
1. Why do couples parent?
2. Why do they decide to have or not to have a
child?
3. What are the difficulties in parenthood?
4. When do parent have pleasure from
children?
5. What bring child abuse in the family?
6. What is heredity?
Objectives
• To describe both the pleasures and
parenthood.
• To state the problem of child abuse and
neglect.
• To analyze many factors that influence family
planning decisions and
• To describe the role
introduction
• Parenting and investing in business are similar.
• The difference is the permanence.
• Business can fail or it can be sold but
parenthood lasts a lifetime.
• Even if a marriage fails and a family breaks
apart, parents are still the parents of children
• Before committing themselves to parenthood,
people should have a full understanding of the
demands and rewards of this.
Con’t
• a business started without knowledge and
planning has little chance for success.
• Likewise people who began parenthood
without knowledge and planning may fall
short of their parenting goals.
The goals of parenthood
• “To help children grow and become mature,
independent individual who can make their own
decisions and accept responsibility for their
actions”.
• There is no step-by –step recipe follow to reach
this goal.
• Each and each situation is unique.
• The best way to prepare yourself for parenthood
is to learn as much as possible about children.
Con’t
• The more knowledge you have the better able you
will be to handle any situation.
• One of the most important and difficult is to teach
children values and standards
• To do this, the parents must have firmly established
values and standards of their own.
• Another difficult task for parents is to let their
children learn through new experiences.
• Parents have a strong urge to cushion the path of
their children.
Con’t
• Babies are happy to be completely dependent
upon their parents.
• As children mature, they want and need to
meet many different people.
• Parents with healthy attitudes recognize this as
a positive mark of growth.
• Parents with less healthy attitudes may feel
jealous about the loss of their children’s
interest.
Pleasure and problems of parenthood
• Being parents involves in commitment of love,
patience, energy and money.
• Most of people gladly accept these commitments
in order to have the rewards of parenthood.
• The checklist of pros and cons of parenthood
would have many pros, but it would have some
cons too.
• Guiding another person for the first 18 years or
so of life an awesome responsibility.
Con’t
• Even on a smaller scale of daily events,
parenthood has its ups and downs.
• Babies have to be fed, bathe and clothed.
• Their cries must be answered, even in the
midnight.
• Parenthood have to get trillions of questions
from children.
Child Abuse and Neglect
• Unfortunately, the frustrations of parenthood
sometimes become so great that children are abused.
Who is an abused or neglected child?: “child abuse and
neglect are defined as the physical and mental injury, sexual
abuse, negligent treatment, or maltreatment of a child under
the age of 18 by a person who is responsible for the child’s
welfare.”
 Physical abuse: hitting, beating, or burning a child,
 Physical neglect: the failure to provide proper food, clothing,
shelter, medical care, or other basic necessities of life.
Con’t
Emotional abuse: destroys a child’s self-image.
For example,
• adults constantly yell, tease, or make fun of a
child making a child feel worthless or “no good”.
• They expect the child to perform tasks that the
child cannot do then they blame child failing.
Emotional neglect: is the failure to provide
loving care and attention. The child grow to feel
unloved and unlovable.
• Why do adults abuse children?:
 Parents who abuse their parents are not proud of it,
they are often angry at themselves.
 They are afraid that other adults will find out.
 They fear that they will be rejected by the people they
know.
 They also fear that their children will be taken away
from them.
 Almost all adults have had an urge to hit a child or to
yell at a child in ager, but those who have self-disciplines
can control their feelings.
Abused children learn abusive behavior from their
parents, then when they become parents, they
behave the same behavior pattern.
Some adults lack of the emotional maturity
needed to deal with children.
People sometimes have children for the wrong
reasons and end up being frustrated.
Abusive parents often lack knowledge of child
growth and development.
• How can the problem be solved?:
Simple acts of kindness and understanding in every
settings can lessen the burden of parent hood.
If you know parents who may have a child abuse, you
can help:
Offer your friendship.
Child abusers tend to be unloved, help them feel needed
and wanted.
Offer to a baby –sit for them.
Urge them to get out of the house to go places and do
things.
Children-to have or not to help
• The decision of whether or not to have children is a personal.
• Couples should not feel obliged to have children just to satisfy
their friends and relatives.
• The process of family planning includes making decisions
about having children.
• Parents who plan their families are usually better prepared to
give their children proper care.
• family planning decisions are personal. They are influenced by
religious views, physical health risks, financial concerns ,
career goals, and personal desires.
• Many couples plan for a baby
Con’t
• Couples who wants to delay or prevent
pregnancy may choose to use some method of
birth control:
Birth control implant (
Birth control patch
Birth control shot
Birth control sponge
Cervical cap
condom
Adoptions:

• Many couples who want to become parents cannot


have children for physical reasons.
• Some couples prefer adaptation to pregnancy for
medical or personal reasons.
• Single adults often desire or fulfill their parenthood
goals through adaptation.
• The major concern of an adaptation is the welfare of
the child.
Con’t
• Heredity: many human traits are the result of
heredity.
– Each genetic trait is the result of the action of one or more
pairs of genes.
– Genes are carried on structures called chromosome.
– Each chromosome contains many genes.
– Genes generally occur in pairs thus, a child receives one
trait from its father and one from its mother.
– A person has at least one pair of genes for each genetic
trait. Some traits are the result of the action of several
pairs of genes.
Con’t
• Birth defect and heredity:
While most gen combinations produce healthy
offspring, all person have minor defects caused by the
inheritance of certain gene pairs.
Most defect are only minor problems such as dry skin
of freckles,
Sometimes, some gene combinations result in serious
birth defects such as: cystic fibrosis, muscular
dystrophy and sickle cell anemia.
Such inherited defects may result in permanent
crippling of a much shortened life span.
• Birth defects and environment:
Not all birth defects are caused by heredity.
Some are caused by undesirable conditions for
the fetus during pregnancy.
For example, the viruses such as rubella ( German
measles) during pregnancy can cause birth defects
and stillbirths. Most medications and all street
drugs should be avoided.
• Genetic counseling: some couples choose to
have genetic counseling before they decide to
have a child:
One reason: a prospective parents may know that
his or her family members carry genes for an
inherited defect.
A prospective parents may have already given
birth to a child with a birth defect, such couples
may want to know their chances of giving birth to
a normal child.
Con’t
• Amniocentesis and ultrasound:
– Amniocentesis: a test to discover certain
hereditary birth defects can be given after the
fourteenth week of pregnancy.
– Ultrasound: a test provides a way to view the
position of the fetus and to see if there is more
than one fetus.
The role of expectant partners
• Having a baby is a family affair.
• The mother must carry the physical burdens of
pregnancy, labor and delivery.
• These burdens can be lightened by the
emotional support of the father.
• Medical care is important:
• Medical care is important: missing the regular
menstrual period is usually the first sign of
pregnancy.
– A woman should see a physician as soon as she
suspects pregnancy.
– Many pregnant women are afraid to go to a physcian.
– To a first-timer, pregnancy is a venture into the
unknown.
– The physician can be great source of support that
should be sought by those who are fearful.
• Guidelines for good health: good health habit
should be developed at a young age and
maintained throughout life:
Eat a balanced diet every day. The physician eill
advise you of any special dietary needs and
supplements.
Exercise moderately. Walking is good
Keep an eye on your weight.
Get enough sleep.
Avoid smoking.
Avoid alcohol.
Avoid any medication, even aspirin.
Take caution with x-rays.
Do everything possible to avoid viral diseases.
• Age of the mother: age 20 through 32 are
considered the best childbearing years.
– Teenage mothers have a high incidence of
prematurity, low-birth weight babies and infant
mortality( March of Dimes).
– Mother over the age of 35 also have increased
risks. For instance, they are more likely to have a
child with down’ syndrome ( mongolism).
– This disorder may affect both the physical and
metal development of a child.
The role of parents
• The business of parenthood provide many
opportunities for on-the-job training.
• If parents could learn everything about raising
children from their first child, raising their
second child would be easy.
• But each child is different and each situation is
different,
• Parents continually learn more about
parenting.
review
1. The goal of parenthood is to : help children
grow and become mature.
2. Pleasure and problems of parenthood.
3. Child abuse and neglect:
a) Physical abuse
b) Mental abuse
4.Why do adults abuse children?
5.How can the problem be soved?
Children to have or not to have
1. Adoptions: reasons
2. heredity. ( genetic defects-chromosome)
3. The role of expectant partners
1. Medical care is important
2. Guidelines for good health
3. Age of mother
4.The role of parents

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