The Parenthood
Decision
Unit 1
Parenting
Mrs. Dollard
▫ FW 1.1: Apply terms in correct
context.
• FW 1.2: Classify types of
parents.
▫ 1.2.1: Compare and contrast
characteristics of parenting
types.
• FW 1.3: State factors to
consider in making a
parenthood decision. (N.S. 15.4)
▫ 1.3.1: Determine factors to
consider in making a
parenthood decision.
▫ 1.3.2: Develop a checklist of
personal qualities needed for
effective parenting.
▫ 1.3.3: Examine effects of
parenthood on marriage and
personal relationships.
• FW 1.4: List types of family
structures with components of
each.
▫ FW: 1.4.1: Chart types of
family structures.
▫ FW 1.4.2: Designate impact of
an additional child within each
family structure. (N.S. 15.4.3)
• FW 1.5: List costs related to
having and raising a child.
▫ FW 1.5.1: Determine the
financial cost of having and
raising a child.
▫ FW 1.5.2: Research cost of
teen pregnancies to society.
• FW 1.6: Name reasons for
family planning.
▫ FW 1.6.1: Examine reasons
for family planning.
FW 1.1-1.8
• FW 1.1: Define terms related to
the parenthood decision.
• FW 1.7: List factors that
influence family planning
decisions.
▫ FW 1.7.1: Investigate
options for infertile couples.
▫ FW 1.7.2: Analyze legal and
ethical impacts of current and
emerging technology on
fertility and family planning.
(N.S. 15.4.4)
▫ FW 1.8.1: Identify reasons
for seeking genetic
counseling.
FW 1.1-1.8
• FW 1.8: Describe the purpose
of genetic counseling.
FW 1.1
• Adoptive Parent: a person who becomes a parent
through a legal process.
• Biological Parents: two people who conceive a
child; also called birth parents.
• Blended Family: either or both spouses have
been married before and have one or more children
from a previous relationship.
• Family Planning: a deliberate act of deciding
how many children and the spacing of years
between each child.
• Foster Parent: a person who provides a
temporary home for a child.
• Genetic Counseling: medical advice that tells a
couple the options and risks of having genetic problems
in their children.
• Heredity: the sum of all the qualities a person inherits
from his or her parents at birth.
• Infertility: the inability to conceive a child.
• Nuclear Family: made up of a married couple and
their biological or adoptive children.
• Parenting: the process of caring for children and
helping them grow and learn.
• Sibling: a brother or sister.
FW 1.1
FW 1.2
• Birth-biologically
becoming a child’s parent.
• Marriage-becoming a
child’s parent by marrying
his/her parent.
• Adoption-legally
becoming a child’s parent.
• Foster/Guardianshipproviding a substitute
family.
• Readiness for Parenting
• State of Marital Relationship
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Strong relationship
Keeping the marriage the primary relationship.
Willingness to compromise
Open communication
• Finances
• Goals
▫ Short Term
▫ Long Term
• Careers
FW 1.3~N.S.15.4
• Nuclear family
▫ husband, wife & at least one child by birth or
adoption
• Single parent family
▫ one parent and his or her biological or adopted
child
• Blended family
▫ people with children marry and create a
“stepfamily”
▫ all relatives in the family
• Foster family
▫ a person who provides a temporary home for
a child.
FW 1.4 and 1.4.1
• Extended family
For Other Children
• Increase in responsibility
• Increase in financial
resources
• Quality time for each child
• Parents need to make
marital relationship and
individual time a priority.
Playmate
Opportunity for sharing
Life long relationship
Longest relationship in life
Sibling Rivalry
FW 1.4.2~N.S.15.4.3
For Parents
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• Prenatal Costs
• Delivery Costs
• Health Care (Birth-18)
▫ Medical Visits/Dental Visits
▫ Immunizations
▫ Prescriptions
• Initial Cost
▫ Baby Supplies
▫ Equipment
▫ Furniture
• Toys
• Clothing
• Child Care
• Educational Costs
• Entertainment
FW 1.5
FW 1.5
• Furniture
▫ Bed
▫ Changing table
▫ Rocker
• Equipment
▫ Bath tub
▫ Stroller
▫ Swing
• Supplies
▫ Diaper/wipes
▫ Formula
▫ Breastfeeding supplies
• Clothes
▫ T-shirts
▫ Gowns
▫ Socks
• Toys
▫ Rattles
▫ Stuffed animals
• Childcare
▫ Types and cost vary
• Readiness…Am I Ready???
▫ Measuring Maturity
▫ Thinking about Health
 Allow for physical and emotional
recovery in between children.
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Condition of the Relationship
Lifestyle Considerations
Considering Goals
Financial Considerations
Number of children
Spacing of children
FW 1.6 and 1.6.1
• Ensures parenthood is by
choice rather than by chance
• Allows couples to achieve
goals they have set for
themselves
• Couples can determine what
size family they desire
FW 1.6 and 1.6.1
Health
• Fertility
▫ Birth Control Options
• Infertility: the inability to conceive a
child.
• Infertility Medications
▫ Cost of Infertility Medications and
Procedures
▫ Cost of multiple births on a family’s
income.
▫ Ethical Issues
▫ Statistics of Infertility technology and
multiple births.
▫ Health issues related to multiple births.
 Mother
 Unborn Babies
FW 1.7, 1.7.1, 1.7.2~N.S. 15.4.4
• Positive:
▫ The medication may
stimulate the
woman’s body to
function properly in
preparation of
conception.
▫ The woman may
finally get pregnant.
FW 1.7.1
• Negative:
▫ Side Effects
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Dizziness
Diarrhea
Lung Problems
Abdominal Pain
Nausea
▫ Multiple Births
 The more children a pregnant
woman carries, the more
difficult it is for them all to
survive.
 The more babies the lower the
birth weight.
 The more babies the harder it
is for the mother to carry them
full term.
• Adoption: the couple
legally takes all responsibilities
and rights for raising a child
already born or in the womb.
• Surrogate Mother:
(substitute mother). A woman
who becomes pregnant for
another couple.
▫ She may carry a couple’s
fertilized egg that was removed
from the biological mother
because she is unable to carry the
baby to completion.
▫ A surrogate may be artificially
inseminated with sperm from the
husband of an infertile woman.
 This process takes legal
arrangements and must meet
state law.
FW 1.7.1
• Artificial
Insemination:
▫ a process by which the
doctor injects sperm
into a woman’s uterus
with a special needle.
 The sperm may be the
husbands or a donor.
• In Vitro
Fertilization:
▫ a process that is used when a
woman has damaged Fallopian
tubes that prevent pregnancy.
 In a small glass dish, a doctor
combines a mature egg from the
woman and combines it with the
sperm from her husband.
 If fertilization occurs, the doctor
places the zygote in the woman’s
uterus.
 If the zygote attaches itself to the
uterus a normal pregnancy takes
place.
FW 1.7.1
• Ovum Transfer
▫ The procedure uses an egg taken
from a female donor through in
vitro fertilization.
▫ It may be used by other women
who lack working ovaries or
have inherited disorders.
FW 1.7.1
• As more technological advances are
made, there are many questions raised
about the ethics involved in helping to
make babies.
▫ Ethical Impacts
 Can people afford multiples?
 Societal Ramifications
 Public assistance
▫ Technology has improved creating more
multiple births
 Health Problems for mom and baby.
• Ovum transfers and surrogate mothers
are especially controversial.
▫ Legal Issues
FW 1.7.2
• Genetic Counseling:
▫ medical advice that tells a couple
the options and risks of having
genetic problems in their
children.
• History of Genetic Disorders
• Previous birth of a child with a
genetic disorder.
• Risk Factor
▫ Age
FW 1.8 and 1.8.1
• Genetic Counselor
▫ Runs a multitude of tests on
both parents.
▫ Informs parents on
probability of having a child
with a genetic disorder.
▫ Provides parents with
options.
▫ Does not tell the parents not
to have children.
▫ Does not tell parents what to
do with an existing
pregnancy.