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Parenting in The'80s... Student Guide. Brookhaven College Child DOCUMENT RESUME ED 227 895 JC 830 106 AUTHOR Linn, Hilda; And Others TITLE. Parenting in the '80s. .-Student Guide. Bsookhaven , College Child Development Program. INSTITUTION Brookhaven Coll., Farmers Branch, TX. spoNs AGENCY -Teias State Dept. of Community Affairs, Austin. Children and Youth Services Div. PUB DATE 82 NOTE 70p. PUB TYPE 'Guides - Classroom Use - Materials (For Learner) (051) -- Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. .,DEstRIForms Adult Education; Child Caregivers; *Child Development; *Child Rearing;, Cognitive Development; Community Colleges; Counseling Techniques; Day Care; Developmental Stages; Employed Parents; Moral Development; Parent Child Relationship; Parenthood Education; Parent Materials; Parent Participation; *Parent Role; Social De'Velopment; Two Year Colleges ABSTRACT This guide was developed to accompany,a series of 16 seminars on parenting offered by the Brookhaven College Child Development Program to help meet the conterns and needs of working parents in a time of changing lifestyles and family patterns. In addition to providing an'overview of each seminar topic, the guide contains informational essays and/or guideline0 on: (1) developing effective parenting skills; (2) children and television; (3) pros and cons of yorious types of child careecrangements;(4) determining the quality of care by looking at the carrgiver; (5) positive and negative-aspects to look for when visiting a day care center; (6) characteristics of appropriate child care facilities; (7) selecting toyi;,(8) the values of play; (9) the physical growth and development of young children; (10) Piaget's stages of cognitive development; (11) Erikson's eight.stages of man; (12) Kohlberg's theory of moral development; (13) copmunication skills for parents; (14) developing ,responsibility in children; (15) agi appropriate behaviors; (16) helping children identify feelings; (17) building a.positive self-concept; (18) featUres of a good self-concept; (19) sources of vitamins and what they 'are needed for; (20) children's health status; (21) safe toys for children; and (22) "child-proofing" the home and - yard. The guide also includes a list of coMmunity agencies available for referral, recipes for irt mitterials, and a bibliography. (DAB) k ,************************************************************** ******** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be mde * * from the original document. * ******'***************************************************************** ' US. D(PARTMENT OF EDUCATION "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES'INFORMATION CENTER IERIC), .1 This document has been reproduced as B. Franke received from the person or organization . originating it.- IC Minor changes have been made to imprOve reproduction quality, _ TO THE EDUCATIONAL RES Points of view or oprnions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official ME . INFORMATION CENTER (E C)." position 'or policy. 0 Cr) U.S. DEPARTMENT DP EDUEATPON "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES'INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC), .1 This document has been reproduced n B. Franke received from the person or organization. originating it.' k; Minor changes have Linn mad. to imprOve reproduction quality. TO THE EDUCATIONAL RES Points of view or oprroons stated in this docu- ment do not necessarity represent official NIE INFORMATION CENTER (E position or policy. , BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE CHILD DEVELORIENT PROGRNI "PARENTING IN THE .'130s" STUMM' GUIDE Projcct funded by TiXAS DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS Children and. Youth Services Division Project.Director: Hilda Linn. 'Instructor/Coordinator Child Development Program Cirrriculum Editor:, Marjic Nolley Child Development:Learning Asocdate 'Seminar Coordinatvr: Rosanne:Uhlarik. Program Development Specialist., Continuing Education Division Instructors: Kim Barnes, Tony Cummings, Kim Jordan Hilda Linn, Nita Mac Tannebaum DCCCD Resource Development: Dr% Bonny Franke, Director Brookhaven College.Resource Development: 1Yr MOT Brumbach Brookhaven College Social Science Division CffilYman: DI. Gene 4,OF Summer 1982 "PARENTING TN THE,'80s" INTRODUCTION Being a parent in the 1980's is exciting), demanding, challenging, rewarding and complex. Today's changing lifestyles and family patterns document that parents can no longer raise their children the way they were raised. Current projections by the Bureau of Labor Stati!stics'are :that by 1990, 90% of all women in the work force and. 23.3 million children under siX with working mothers will need child care and support services. The Census states that the labor force participation rate for Texas mothers 4th children under six has increased SO% in ten years. Of the women in Texas who work, 84% do so out of economic necessity, and 28% of those women arc the sole supporters of their children. Two hundred'and 7 - Fifty days a year x 10 hours per day equals 2500 hours of child,care that arc needed per, year-peT child. According to the Carnegie-Council on Children, there has been a 700% increase since the turn of the century in the number of children - affected by divorce. In addition, our economy has created the necessity for both parents in two-parent families to be gainfully employed: LI Statistics only hint at the personal stresses that accompany these multiple styles of today's family life. For example, parents worry about: - feelings-of guilt ing their children by neglecting them ho to find quality child care , understanding their child's growth and development - how to deal with changes in relationships between parents a6 well as between pa ents.and children - deal. g changing roles within tilit family - having no guidelines or support for raising children resources available for family needs, etc. The shift in traditional family functions creates a need for a program,/ 7-- that underscores the strengths of the family unit, whether two working parents, '1 wo'fking step-parents, or single-working parent, and offers asuppoft system for working parents in the 1980's. With a grant fromthe Texas Department of Community Affairs, Chiidren' and Youth Division, the Brookhaven College Child, Development programhas- . developed a series of seminareon patenting to help meet theconcerns and needs of working parents. The seminars are free and are offered at industrial, retail and medical facilities. The sessions are held twice. a Week for eight weeks, meeting on site during lunch hours or late afternoon. Brookhaven College Child Development faculty members teach the seminars.:Each parent/ participant receives a Student Guide written especially for "ParentiNgin the '80s." For the past four years, The BrOokhaven College'Child Development program has offered students an,in-depthstudy of young.children from birth to twelve years of age in conjunction withtheHirookhaven Parent- Child Study Center that provides students with day-to-day involvementwith young children, three months tofive years of age. The parent education seminars, "Parenting in the '80s" are an extension and'support service of the Child. Development program relating to the immediate needs of working parents and their families. Hilda Linn ii BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM "PARENTING TN THE '80s" WEEK HOUR TOPIC 1st week I What arc working parent concerns. TT What is quality child care time. 2nd week I Selection, bf appropriate.child care facility. IT Selection of appropriate toys and activities for young children. 3rd week Child growth and development overview. Physical growth .and development of young children. 4th week Intellectual growth and .development of young children. TI Language development of young children. Sth week Social/Emotional development of young children. TT Family relationships. 6th week Overview of guidance techniques with young children. Ii Application of appropriate guidance techniques. 7th week Overview of nutrition, health and safety for young children. TT Nutrition, health and safety at home with young -children. 8th week Resources available for families. IT Concluding discussion of parent co s. 16 hours of course participation 1 "PARENTING IN THE '80s" 1st Week I. WHAT ARE WORKING PARENT CONCERNS' Overview: To identify specific Concerns of the group and to determine different,lamily'values by exploring parent's childhood life style and,family traditions as they,relate to parenting skills usedwith their children today. specific concerns of parents participating in seminars specific values important for children parenting skills II, WHAT IS QUALITY CHILD CARE TIME Overview: To determine the definition of quality ,time spent with"children in the family by exp1oring specific ways of enriching family life styles. ) define quality child care time specific ways to incorporate past family'traditions into present family life styles community resources available to parents to help enrich family life 2 "PARENTING IN THE '80s" 1st Week GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE PARENTING SKILLS Parenting is a skill adults are somehow expected to intu tively know. With-the pressures of rapid social change, conf icting valued, and isolation froM extended families, parents often feel oVer- whelmed by the complexity of parenthood. Today's parents rarely have their own parents to ask for adviCe or council. Even when grandparents live close by,the solutions to yesterday's problems somehow do not seem to'art4Wer questions parents are facing
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