5.6: Parenting

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If you’re a parent, you get plenty of suggestions on how to raise your child. From experts to other parents, people are always ready to offer advice. Parenting tips, parents’ survival guides, dos, don’ts, shoulds and shouldn’ts—new ones come out daily.

The truth is there is more than one “right” way to be a good parent. Good parenting includes

Keeping your child safe
Showing affection and listening to your child
Providing order and consistency
Setting and enforcing limits
Spending time with your child
Monitoring your child’s friendships and activities
Leading by example

There are many different kinds of families. Some have two parents, while others have a single parent. Sometimes there is no parent and grandparents raise grandchildren. Some children live in foster families, adoptive families, or in stepfamilies.

Families are much more than groups of people who share the same genes or the same address. They should be a source of support and encouragement. This does not mean that everyone gets along all the time. Conflicts are a part of family life. Many issues can lead to conflict, such as illness, disability, addiction, job loss, school difficulties and marital problems. Listening to each other and working to resolve conflicts are important in strengthening the family.

Learning Activity: Immunization

Watch this video—Get the Picture: Childhood Immunizations:

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After talking with parents across the country, CDC put together this short video to help answer the tough questions that real moms had about childhood immunizations. Understanding the importance of vaccines is crucial for you to protect your children’s health.

Learning Activity

Watch this video—Baby Steps: Learn the Signs. Act Early:

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Early recognition of developmental disabilities such as autism is key for parents and providers. CDC realized the impact on families and invested in a campaign to help parents measure their children’s progress by monitoring how they play, learn, speak and act.

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Source:Parenting, Medline Plus, http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parenting.html.

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Contemporary Health Issues. Authored by: Judy Baker, Ph.D., Dean of Foothill Global Access at Foothill College. Provided by: bakerjudy@foothill.edu. Located at: http://hlth21fall2012.wikispaces.com/. License: CC BY-SA: Attribution-ShareAlike