Parenting as a Career The Rewards Responsibilities Requirements

Parenting as a Career The Rewards & Responsibilities

Requirements • Commitment (24 hour job tending to their needs) • Preparation (Educate self on parenting and child development) • Responsibility • Flexibility • Nurturing nature

Nurturing Nature • Loving care & attention • Communicate with babies with tone of voice, facial expression, and sense of touch • Unconditional love throughout life • Correct misbehavior • Encourage child to do his/her best • Teach selfdiscipline so he/she knows what is right & wrong and consequences

Rewards of Parenting • Watch child develop physically, emotionally, mentally, and socially • Experience contentment when rocking baby • Happy when called “mama” or “dada” • Feel pride when child learns to ride bike, read a book, • Experience constant adventure with family projects, trips, special occasions

Responsibilities of Parenthood Emotionally and financially ready to be a parent Love child unconditionally Provide sense of security to develop child’s selfconfidence

Responsibilities of Parenthood • Give child love, time, energy, $$ • Fulfill child’s physical needs (shelter, food, clothing, medical care)

Responsibilities of Parenthood • Fulfill child’s emotional needs by giving loving care and attention * Fulfill child’s emotional needs by offering moral support

Responsibilities of Parenthood Fulfill child’s intellectual needs with • stimulating play experiences, • useful “teachable moments” (teach on spur-of-the-moment).

Responsibilities of Parenthood • Provide for social opportunities to interact with other people

Responsibilities of Parenthood • Teach child about own heritage and culture • Teach family traditions for food choices, clothing styles, spiritual expressions

Responsibilities of Parenthood • Promote character formation 1. Teach by example 2. Teach what’s right/wrong 3. Teach honesty, loyalty, tolerance, respect, good communication Teach how to take of self

Myths about Parenthood Parenting skills are instinctive. (Some have a natural ability, but others need to learn skills. ) Parenting is only fun. (It’s challenging, boring, frustrating, satisfying, fun, and rewarding. ) Children are cute & sweet. (They’re fussy, uncooperative, dawdlers. )