Adult Roles And Responsibilities
Lesson Plans

Strand 5

Students will identify the various skills and responsibilities of parenting.

Standard 3

Explain the birth process and needs of a newborn.

• Birth Process & Needs of an Infant
  Students will understand the birth process and needs of a newborn, including the terms associated with labor and delivery, postpartum symptoms, and nurturing/bonding.
• Labor and Delivery
  Stages of labor and delivery. Symptoms the mother might experience.
• M&F Chapter 9 - Parenting Readiness
  
• Reasons for choosing to be a parent.
• Experiencing pregnancy and parental roles.
• Theories of child socialization and discipline.
• Evaluation of personal readiness for parenting roles and responsibilities.
• Weighing costs and benefits of becoming a parent.
• How job demands and financial readiness affect personal readiness.
• Children have an impact on the marital relationship.
• Identify parenting roles of fathers and mothers.
• Emphasize the differences between and the importance of motherhood and fatherhood.

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