Early Childhood Quiz 2/23/23

Define family (3 things)

Shared sense of history

Emotional ties

Meet needs of family

All families have… (3 things)

Subsystems

Types

Common purposes / tasks

4 Subsystems

Marital, Parental, Sibling, Extended Family

Marital subsystem

Relationship between married partners

Parental subsystem

Relationship between parent and child

Sibling subsystem

Relationship between children in a family

Extended subsystem

Relationships between family members outside of immediate family

10 types of families

Nuclear

Single Parent

Extended

Step/blended

Grandparent

Adoptive

Bi-Racial/Multi-Racial

Trans-Racial Adoptive

Foster

Same-sex

Nuclear

Traditional - Mom + Dad + Children

Single Parent

One parent + Children

Extended

Parents + Children + Extended family in one household

Step/Blended

2 families merging into one

Grandparent

Grandparents raise children instead of parents

Adoptive

A family where a child is adopted

Bi-racial/Multi-racial

A family where parents are different races

Trans-Racial adoptive

Adopted child is a different race than parents

Foster

A family where a child is being fostered

(Kinship - child fostered by extended family)

Same-Sex

Family where parents are the same sex

Challenges in a family are … (3 things)

Unexpected

Sudden

Untimely

Resilience

The ability to maintain stability and rebound in response to loss, trauma, and family challenge

Rights and responsibilities (4)

Satisfying Physical Needs

Promoting Emotional Support

Speaking and being heard

Supporting and Encouraging

Satisfying Physical Needs

Providing family with food, home, clothes, etc.

Promoting Emotional Support

Giving and receiving unconditional love

Speaking and Being Heard

The right to voice feelings and concerns and be heard

Supporting and encouraging

Giving support and encouragement to make progress as family.

Types of Communication

Verbal and Non-Verbal

Non-verbal communication (importance)

To express feelings behind what you say and let others know that you are listening.

Negative body language

Looking away from someone, arms crossed, slouching, certain facial expressions.

Positive body language

Turned towards who you are talking to, sitting upright, certain facial expressions.

Tone of voice includes (2 things)

Pitch + Loudness to indicate different meanings behind what you say.

Child tone of voice

Simple, playful, whiny

Parent tone of voice

Caring, parentese, firm

Adult tone of voice

Planned, articulate, authoritative

I statements

Expresses your thoughts

Attacks problem in conflict

“Good”

You statements

Expresses others thoughts

Attack person in conflict

“Bad”

Active listening includes (7 things)

Eye contact

Paying attention

Clarifying

Listening for feelings

Reflecting

Paraphrasing

Validating

Active listening is a part of which right/responsibility?

Speaking and being heard

Why people have babies (9 things)

Family pressure

Peer pressure

Trapping a partner

Bring couple closer

Someone to love

Companionship in old age

Religion encourages it

Love for children

Want to be a good parent

Six areas of parenthood readiness

Socially

Physically

Intellectually

Emotionally

Financially

Child’s parent’s support/relationship

Socially (readiness)

Social life will change with a baby

Physically (readiness)

You must be healthy to have and care for a baby

Intellectually (readiness)

Understanding parenting and childhood development

Emotionally (readiness)

You need to be emotionally stable and adaptable to be there for children

Financially (readiness)

Stable and able to pay for all things children need

Child’s parent’s support/relationship (readiness)

Stable, supportive, and adaptable relationships

Four parenting styles

Authoritarian

Authoritative

Permissive

Neglecting

Authoritarian

Overly strict / very high expectations

(Demanding x Unsupportive)

Authoritative

Has moderate rules / clear expectations / supportive / happy medium

(Demanding x Supportive)

Permissive

No rules or expectations / lots of support / friend mom

(Undemanding x Supportive)

Neglecting

No rules or expectations / doesn’t care / not there

(Undemanding x Unsupportive)