Pitstop Session 1 - The Ministry of Parenting

SESSION 1
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Travelling the Road to Independence
Baby (0 – 4) Child (5 – 9) Pre-Teen (10 – 13) Teenager (14 – 17) Adult
(18+)
Teens need to:
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Build mature relationships with both sexes
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Learn to be independent i.e. ironing, cooking, manage their own money
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Finish school, take exams and make plans for the future
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Feel OK with their body, how it is growing and manage those tricky
hormones SESSION 1
A Comparison of Twos and Teens
TWOS
TEENS
1. Rebels against parents request
1. Rebels against parents request
2. Both want friendships but also
find it “scary”
2. Both want friendships but also
find it “scary ”
3. Needs constant reassurance of
parents being around
3. Needs constant reassurance
of parents being around
4.
4.
Issues of control
a) Toilet training
b) The clenched teeth of a 10
month old refusing to eat
Issues of control
a) Coming in times
b) The defiant refusal of a 14 year
old to talk to their parent
5. Will not share toys
5. Will not share relationships
6. Finds it hard to be in charge
of play
6. Finds it hard to be in charge in
peer friendships
7. Puts things in their mouths from
buttons to bugs
7. Puts things in their mouths
from alcohol to drugs
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