This document discusses responsible parenthood and the roles and responsibilities of parents. It outlines several key responsibilities of parents including providing basic needs like food, shelter and grooming. Parents are also responsible for their children's safety, self-esteem, values, discipline and health. The document emphasizes the importance of providing a good education and maintaining the health of the family. It also discusses the relationship between family size and family health, noting that the family size should be enough to meet each member's needs.

3. Activity
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Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down
Read the statements. Show THUMBS UP if you
agree with the statement and THUMBS DOWN if
not.
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. Responsible
Parenthood
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5. Learning Targets
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● describe the importance of
responsible parenthood;
● discuss the relationship between
family size and family health; and
● enumerate the important roles and
responsibilities of parents in child-
rearing and care.

6. Parenthood
Refers to:
state of
being a
parent
building your
own family
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7. Responsibilities in Parenthood
Parenting: 👪
promotion and support for the physical,
emotional, social, and intellectual
development of the offspring from infancy
to adulthood
activities needed to be done to raise a
child properly until they become a
functional part of society
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8. Responsibilities in Parenthood
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Basic Needs
basic needs of their child
(proper nutrition by providing
food that the child needs to
grow)
adequate grooming
Parents must provide good
shelter for their children.

9. Responsibilities in Parenthood
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Safety:
provide their children with a good
condition of being protected and
away from harm or any other non-
desirable outcomes
keeping their family member safe
and away from any danger,
accident, or diseases

10. Responsibilities in Parenthood
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Self Esteem:
Ability of an individual to
evaluate their worth
subjectively.
Parents must guide their
children on how to see their
worth as an individual.

11. Responsibilities in Parenthood
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Shaping Values and Discipline
Parents must show their
children the good and the
bad things concerning
following the rules and
laws of society.

12. Responsibilities in Parenthood
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Education
- good education to their child
(priority of all parents)
- needed to train an individual
to become a better person

13. Responsibilities in Parenthood
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Maintaining Health of the
Family
- prepare the body of their
children to different factors that
could affect its health.
- provide proper vaccination

14. Family Structure and Health
defining the number of
family members
responsibility of the
parents to make sure
that the family size is
just enough to ensure
that all the needs of
each member are
sustained appropriately
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15. Family size variations.
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Family size variations

16. “To be in your
Children’s memories
tomorrow,
you have to
be in their
lives today”.
-Barbara Johnson
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17. Activity
Select a picture of a
couple you admire
very much (i.e.
parents, uncle/aunt
or neighbor) and
explain why you
admire them.
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