Course Goals
Core Course Topics
The Process of Parenting
The Influence of Culture on Parenting
How Parents Support Children's Growth and Development
Parenting during each Developmental Stage
Issues of Single and Working Parents
Challenges of Parenting in a Complex Family Structure
Parenting in Challenging Times
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Explain the three (3) dynamic forces (child, parent, society) involved in the parenting process and how they interact.
Explain the role played by the three (3) dynamic forces of the parenting process.
Describe two (2) steps that are involved in the development of a childs ethnic identity.
Define the term acculturation.
Explain four (4) parenting styles.
Explain the role that unconditional regard plays in the development of high self-esteem, according to Susan Harter.
Analyze the Victim Triangle (persecutor, rescuer and victim)*.
Evaluate the effectiveness of how either you discipline your child or a friend disciplines their child.*
Explain Jean Piagets four (4) cognitive developmental stages.
Explain Erik Eriksons eight (8) psychosocial developmental stages.
Define the five (5) developmental levels (infant, toddler, preschooler, school-age child and adolescent).
Explain two (2) current issues faced by single parents or working parents.
Explain the three (3) family types in terms of work and parenting characteristics (high-status, low-stress, main-secondary).
Analyze the challenge of being a working parent.
Explain three (3) forms of step families (neotraditional, matriarchal, or romantic),
Explain four (4) family communication patterns (consensual, pluralistic, protective and laissez faire).
Define three (3) forms of child abuse (physical, sexual, emotional).
Explain four (4) coping strategies parents use when caring for children and older parents.
Explain three (3) factors that place families at high risk for maltreatment (social context in which family lives, stresses of everyday life, personal qualities parents bring to parenting).