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Community Health 3020
Parenting
Student Module Booklet
Learning Technologies Branch
ISBN 0-7741-1849-0
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Welcome to CMH 3020.
We hope you’ll enjoy your study of
Parenting.
CTS strands were designed to stand alone or be integrated with other strands for a c ustomized
course of studies to meet student needs. Through each strand, CTS basic competencies
(knowledge, skills, and attitudes) will be identified as follows:
Careers
Careers: identify appropriate career Safety: assess potential risks, and
linkages within the strand being follow personal and environmental
studied
safety procedures
Communication Communication: effectively Task Management: demonstrate Task Management
present concise written, visual, and an ability to locate and use resources
oral communications and to use time effectively
Ethics Ethics: make judgements about Teamwork: work towards goals Teamwork
whether behaviour is right or wrong co-operatively, collaboratively, or
on personal, community, and global independently, and acknowledge the
Technology
levels
opinions of others
Innovation: recognize Technology: effectively use
opportunities/problems and identify technology when required
and suggest new ideas
These basic competencies build daily living skills useful in a b road range of future endeavours
and careers.
The eight icons that appear here indicate to students and teachers that a b asic competency
has been identified in the activity offered to the students. Not all of the icons appear in each
course.
Resources
Mandatory Resources
In order to complete Community Health 3020, you’ll need the following resources:
• a notebook or binder in which to respond to the questions asked in this Student
Module Booklet
a l ibrary or some other source of information on careers and community resources in
the area of Community Health
access, by telephone or direct contact, with community resources
Optional Resources
a computer connected to the Internet
a V CR (if y ou’re taking this course in a classroom setting)
Note that you may be asked as part of this course to do outside research and to
contact people and organizations in your community working in the area of
Community Health.
Visual Cues
In addition to the Career and Technology basic competencies icons described earlier, you
may find visual cues throughout the Student Module Booklet to assist you in your studies.
Read the following explanations to discover what each icon prompts you to do.
Access the Internet (always an optional task) .
Remember that any Internet website address given in this course is subject to
change.
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Prerequisite Recommended sequence * Course is also offered in Career Transitions
Some of these courses may not yet be in a d istance learning format.
CAREER & T ECHNOLOGY STUDIES
C-O-N-T-E-N-T S
Overview I
Assessment 2
Strategies for Completing This Course 2
Section 1: Parenting—1 The Rewards and the Chal lenges
4
Activity I: B ecoming a P arent
9
Activity 2: Parenting: The Role and the Rewards
15
Activity 3: The Challenges of Parenting — A F irst Look
23
Activity 4: The Challenges of Parenting — A F urther
Examination
Follow-up Activities
31
Extra Help
Enrichment 3313
Conclusion
34
Section 2: Parenting Styles
Activity I: D efining Parenting Styles 36
Activity 2: W hat Makes a S uccessful Parent? . 44
Activity 3: Different Viewpoints on Parenting
6592
Follow-up Activities
Extra Help 71
Enrichment 6798
Conclusion 78
Assignment
Section 3: A F urther Look at Parenting
Activity I : A re You Ready to Become a P arent? 80
100
Activity 2: The Changing Roles of Parenthood
Activity 3: Careers Related to Parenting 107
I 1 6
Follow-up Activities
Extra Help I 1 6
Enrichment 120
Conclusion 123
Assignment 123
Summary 124
Course Survey
Appendix
Glossary 126
Suggested Answers 12 7
Image Credits 158
