Child Development

Unit 1

What is Parenting?

Parenting: is the process of raising and educating a child from birth until

adulthood

What Are Parental Duties?

Parental Duties: providing the basic necessities, with increasing interest in children’s rights within the home environment

Children’s Rights:

human rights of children, with particular attention to the basic needs for food, shelter, universal state-paid

education, & health care

Providing Physical Security: refers to the safety of a child’s body, safety of a child’s life* to provide physical safety: shelter, clothes, nourishment* to protect a child from dangers: physical care* to care for a child’s health

Providing Physical Development: providing appropriate conditions for the

healthy growth of a child* to provide a child with the means to develop physically* to train the body of a child, to introduce to sport* To develop habits of health* physical games

Providing Intellectual Security: refers to the conditions in which a child’s mind can develop: give them a safe, secure environment= they can learn* provide an atmosphere of peace and justice in the family* provide a “no-fear”, “no-threat”, “no-verbal abuse” environment* spend bonding times, and share wonderful moments with children

Providing Intellectual Development: providing opportunity to a child to learn* reading, writing, calculating, etc.* intellectual games* social skills & etiquette* moral & spiritual development

* ethics & value systems* norms and contributions to the child’s

belief and cultural customs

Providing Emotional Security: provide a safe loving environment, give a child a sense of being loved, needed, welcomed*give a child a sense of being loved through:

* emotional support, encouragement* attachment, caressing, hugging,

touch, etc.

Providing Emotional Development: giving a child an opportunity to love other people, to care, to help* developing in a child an ability to love through:

* showing empathy & compassion to younger, older, weaker, sicker, etc.

* caring for others; helping grandparents

Other Parental Duties: * financial support* insurance coverage & payments for education