Deck 3: Families: Where Children Are Nurtured

Question 1

Children in divorced families that maintain contact with both parents can do as well as children with an intact family.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Research done by McKeever in 2009 has show that the most important factor in children's success in life is growing up in a stable household regardless of whether it is a one parent or a two parent household.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Although adults see remarriage as an opportunity to start over,children

A)sometimes suffer from the loss of a close relationship with both parents.
B)usually do not get along with the stepparent.
C)mourn the "death" of their family.
D)often fight with their stepsiblings.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Caregivers can interact more effectively with an angry parent if they

A)don't respond.
B)listen,but don't answer.
C)understand the reasons for the parents' frustrations.
D)send the parent to the center director.

Question 5

Caregivers should make referrals for families to seek outside help when

A)the problem is acute or has been long-standing.
B)the caregivers cannot manage anymore.
C)the service needed cannot be provided by the child care center.
D)the problem is acute or has been long-standing and the service needed cannot be provided by the child care center.

Question 6

A nuclear family consists of mother,father,children,and grandparents.

Question 7

Grandparents who live with a family can

A)create more problems for stressed parents.
B)help with the housework.
C)emotionally support children in difficult times.
D)be better disciplinarians than parents.

Question 8

A well-functioning family will

A)never have any disagreements.
B)nurture children's relationships with their peers.
C)help children to be competitive.
D)make sure children get enough sleep.

Question 9

The most widely used definition of a family in the past signified parents and their biological children whether they lived together or not.

Question 10

Mothers who have never married cannot raise well-adjusted children.

Question 11

In middle childhood some children of divorce believe they can get their parents back together.

Question 12

The designation "reconstituted family" is another name for

A)blended families.
B)those in which there are multiracial children.
C)a group of unrelated adults.
D)a very large family.

Question 13

Children living in substandard conditions

A)die more frequently from accidents than children in affluent communities.
B)have good health services through social agencies.
C)sometimes are more compassionate than children in affluent families.
D)are no different from children in affluent families.

Question 14

A binuclear family is one in which parents have divorced and remarried,bringing together children from their previous marriages.

Question 15

Children who attend child care have fewer advantages than those who do not.

Question 16

One way to help parents feel less guilty about having to work and put their children in child care is to

A)tell them they don't have to worry.
B)help them understand that some behavior problems are part of normal development.
C)suggest they talk to a psychologist.
D)have them observe their children in the child care setting.

Question 17

According to the U.S.Census Bureau in 2002,only 45 percent of children lived with both parents.

Question 18

Single parents,especially mothers,often suffer from low economic status.

Question 19

Sometimes parents express anger toward caregivers

A)as an outlet for their own fatigue.
B)as a way to keep their children from preferring the caregiver.
C)because they are of a different ethnic group.
D)because their children have complained.

Question 20

A family journal is suggested in the text to

A)help parents remember significant events in their children's lives.
B)foster good communication between parents and caregivers.
C)let caregivers tell parents about problems.
D)encourage parents to complain about caregivers.

Question 21

Children of divorced families can do as well as those with an intact family when ________________________________________.

Question 22

Approximately 50% of children are affected by divorce but newer research by Melamed states that negative effects of stress have been _________________________ .

Question 23

Legal experts stress the ___________________________________ between members of a family.

Question 24

If a working mother asked you whether attending after-school care would harm her children,what would you answer?

Question 25

Caregivers must share the responsibility for children's welfare with parents and elementary school teachers.List some ways they can do this.

Question 26

Girls need a father with whom they can practice ___________________________________.

Question 27

The children of mothers who have never married may feel deprived of ______________________________ that fathers can provide.

Question 28

When comparing mental health,peer relations and gender role behavior of children raised by lesbian or gay parents they do not differ from children raised by ______________________________.

Question 29

The most frequently voiced complaint of working parents is they never have enough ______________________________.

Question 30

Children who belong to cliques sometimes carry on ______________________________ against other children.

Question 31

What can caregivers do to avoid prejudices about family organization?

Question 32

Probably the most difficult problem for the single-parent family,especially if headed by the mother,is ______________________________.

Question 33

When a preschooler's parents divorce they are most concerned about

A)maintaining relationships with both parents.
B)who caused the divorce.
C)getting their parents back together.
D)their own identity.

Question 34

When children in multiracial families are encouraged to accept their biracial origins they usually develop a ____________________ .

Question 35

Children in multiracial families face some problems.What are they?

Question 36

The reason that children do well in a household headed by the father is that ________________________________________.

Question 37

Good communication between caregivers and parents is extremely important.What can you do to achieve this goal?

Question 38

Name three ingredients for an effective family.

Question 39

Some ways to maintain communication with parents you don't see every day are ____________________,____________________,and ____________________.

Question 40

The definition of a family has changed. Explain how.

Question 41

What are five terms used for families in which divorced parents remarry?

Question 42

Multiracial families have unique strengths that are not necessarily shared by mono-race families. List two strengths.

Question 43

Parents sometimes express anger toward their child's caregiver.Why does this happen?

Question 44

What are some ways to encourage families to share their cultural and ethnic traditions with the child care center?