Child, Family, School, Community 9th Edition by Larry Siegel, Roberta Berns, Roberta Berns

Exercise 2

PURPOSE To examine your values relating to parenting.
What would you do?
• Your 2-year-old has been coming into your bedroom for the past three nights at 3:00 A.M.
• Three-year-old Charles spills his milk all over the table and begins to cry.
• Your 4-year-old daughter tells you the 6-year-old boy next door likes to play "doctor."
• Just as you walk out of the grocery store, you notice your 5-year-old son eating a candy bar that you did not purchase.
• Your 6-year-old daughter does not want to go to school. You talk to the teacher to find out what the problem is; the teacher says your daughter is shy and will not participate in class or interact with the other children.
• Your 7- and 9-year-old children have lately been arguing about everything. When they have nothing specific to argue about, like a toy, a game, or a television show, they tease each other.
• Your 9-year-old son is watching the news on television and asks, "What does 'rape' mean?"
• Bill, age 10, has recently begun to ignore your requests to put his things away. He also has been "forgetting" to do his regular chores.
• Your 11-year-old daughter asks to spend the night at a school friend's house, and you have never met the friend's parents.
• Your 12-year-old son makes an online purchase using your credit card.