3. Activity:
Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down
Read the statements. Show THUMBS UP if you agree
with the statement and THUMBS DOWN if not.
Explain the reason for your answer.
1. Mom and Dad provide my basic needs.
2. Security is the priority of my parents.
3. Parents give love and care to their children.
4. We live under the bridge because our parents are jobless.
5. I get what I want from my parents.
4. Parenthood
is the state of being a parent
means being a father or
mother of the biological child
is a great responsibility or task
5. Parenthood
is not a role which can be
successfully played on the
basis of chance
is a status where responsible
couples arrive at after making
a decision to have a family
6. Factors to Consider When
Thinking of Parenthood
1. Happiness and stability of the
marriage
2. Physical and emotional
readiness of both partners for
parenthood
3. Financial stability
9. Responsible Parenthood
is the series of decisions
couples make to ensure the
best possible life for the family
and for the community.
10. Responsible Parenthood
is the ability of the parents to
raise children in the Filipino
way and to satisfy the social,
economic, and religious
responsibilities of a family.
12. Responsible Parenthood
includes the process of
deciding how to choose our
partners, when to form
families, when to have the first
child, child spacing, how many
children to have in all, etc.
14. Duties and Responsibilities
1. Provide physical care and love
2. Inculcate discipline
3. Develop social competence
4. Provide education
5. Train children to become good citizens
6. Teach children to be financially
responsible
7. Guide children to grow spiritually
15. Activity: Exploring Possibilities
Reflect on the quotation and answer the questions.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy. It does not
boast. It is not proud. It is not rude. It is not self-seeking. It is
not easily angered, and keeps no record of wrong. Love does
not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects,
trusts, hopes, and perseveres.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-8
1. What message can you draw from the quotation?
2. How can you “put love into action” every day within your
family
16. Family Size
Small Family
Parents and at most two (2) children
Big Family
Parents and three (3) or more
children, and other members
17. Family Size
Big Family
Outgoing
personality
Love fun and
laughter
Can afford to
raise children
Small Family
Quiet life
Spend more quality time with
your family
Provide better opportunities
in terms of education, health,
or comfort in life for your
children
18. Family
Structures
Family
Structures
Nuclear families
have parents
and at least one
child
Single parent
families have
one parent and
at least one
child.
Adoptive
families include
one or more
children who
were born into
other families.
Extended
families include
members such
as
grandparents,
aunts, uncles,
and cousins
Couples can be
families without
having children
Blended families
are made when
two families
combine (i.e.
two single
parents marry)
19. Effects of Family Size
on Health
1. Nutritional Status
2. Morbidity
3. Risk Behaviors
4. Utilization of Health Services
20. Effects of Family Size
on Health
1. Nutritional Status
The state of the body with
respect to each nutrient and
to the overall state of the body
weight and condition.
21. Effects of Family Size
on Health
2. Morbidity
Exit from a state of physical or
psychological well-being,
resulting from disease, illness,
injury, or sickness.
22. Effects of Family Size
on Health
3. Risk Behaviors
Specific forms of behaviour
which are proven to be
associated with increased
susceptibility to a specific
disease or ill-health.
23. Effects of Family Size
on Health
4. Utilization of Health Services
Experience of people as to
their receipt of health care
services of different types.
24. Activity: My Ideal Couple
Bring a picture of a couple whom
you admire very much (i.e.
parents, uncle/aunt, or neighbor)
and explain why you admire
them.
Editor's Notes
There cannot be a set of rules or guidelines which can be applied to everyone.
Couples need to make their own decisions regarding responsible behaviour.
Children have special needs that often can be neglected if not carefully planned for.
Malnourish or underweight, obese or overweight
Using and abusing drugs, drinking too much alcohol, eating disorders, etc.
Using and abusing drugs, drinking too much alcohol, eating disorders, etc.
