The document discusses parenting skills and styles. It mentions the author's family members and experiences becoming a parent at a young age. It also lists three basic parenting styles: authoritarian, authoritative, and permissive. The rest of the document provides discussion questions and activities about key parenting skills like decision making, interpersonal skills, role modeling, and the qualities of a successful parent.

1. My husband @ one year old! My dad (age 27)and me – age one My children – ages 5,4,2 ½ - ( I was about 30 years old) I think I was ready to be a parent when I had my first – but there was sooooo much I was not ready for even at age 24!

2. Chapter 5 Effective Parenting Skills Parents & Children Kimberly High School

3. Niveyah - deceased My great nieces & nephews – all 12 of them. It is great being an aunt! "Every child . . . no matter how fragile their life or brief their days, forever changes our world." ~Victoria Miller, Founder, Trisomy 18 Foundation www.trisomy18.org/eliotonoprah

14. Parenting Styles Parenting Styles Parenting Styles