Parenting

Self-assessment

the process of examining your personal qualities

Emotional maturity

the ability to understand and act on your own emotions at an adult level of development

Death

what teens have a higher risk of during pregnancy and birth

Health problems faced during pregnancy by teens

1. Obesity2. Painful bones and teeth3. High blood pressure

Social risk

teens dropping out of school, abusing or neglecting their child

Cost of give birth

$6,000 OR MORE

Cost to raise child for year

$10,000 or more

Four good reasons for parenting

love children; pass on a tradition; pass on the last name; more fulfilling for those who are married

Four bad reasons for parenting

to please someone else; to prove you are an adult; For emotional benefits; for respect and status

Mother and Father provide

23 chromosomes each

Identical twins

same sex and look alike

Fraternal twins

can be opposite sex and look different

Bad diet during pregnancy

increased risk of depression; increased rick of having babies with few brain cells; increased risk of baby having a low birth weight

Normal weight gain

25-30 pounds

Last months weight gain

1 pound per week

Leg and ankle swelling

caused by the extra amount of blood in the body

good fast foods

string cheese; yogurt; baby carrots

milk servings for teens

4 servings

Parenting

providing care, support, and guidance that can lead to a child's healthy development

Biological parents

parents to which a child is born t

Step-parents

the new parent a child gains when one of their parents remarry

Adoptive parents

accept legal responsibility for children who were not born to them, raising them as their own

Foster parents

accept temporary responsibility for children who would not have a safe, secure home

Caregivers

people is parenting roles who care for and guide children

Extended family

relatives other than parents and children

single-parent family

one parent and children

blended family

single parent marries another person and families are combined

nuclear family

a mother, a father, and one or more children

Infertility

when a couple is unable to have children

fetal alcohol syndrome

a condition in a child that results from alcohol exposure during the mother's pregnancy.

Stillbirth

if a fetus dies before the 20th week of pregnancy

conception

when a sperm fertilizes an egg

abstinence

only method of birth control that is 100 percent effective

surrogate mother

woman who becomes pregnant for someone else

Fetal alcohol syndrome

causes brain damage and growth problems. The problems caused vary from child to child, but defects caused by fetal alcohol syndrome are not reversible.

Hemophilia

bleeding disorder, hereditary, bruises easily and does not clot easily

Asperger's

disorder related to autism, higher than average intellectual ability, impaired social skills

Dyslexia

range of difficulties that go way beyond literacy

Spina Bifida

incomplete development of the spinal cord and its covering

Hemihypertrophy

cells on one side aren't able to stop growing

Rubella

contagious virus infection, best known by its rash

Down Syndrome

occurs when a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21

Autism Spectrum Disorder

developmental disability dealing with social interaction and communicating

sperm

the male cell that is required for conception

three stages of labor

1. contractions open cervix2. baby is born3. placenta is expelled

apgar

scale used to evaluate baby's physical condition to see if there are any immediate problems

factors rated on apgar

heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflexes, color

how to bond

room in with baby, skin to skin contact