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Explain the difference between a protective environment and a nurturing environment. What are characteristics of a nurturing parent? What factors, which may be out of a parent's control, impede a nurturing environment? What types of physical care must a parent provide for an infant child? List and explain factors that lead to poor relationships and increase the risk of child abuse. List and briefly describe the four different types of child abuse. What is Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS)? Why does SBS often go unnoticed? Critical Thinking Questions What additional responsibilities are needed by parents of a special needs child? Describe two strategies that parents can use to help cope with stress. Describe the three types of childcare available to families. What can parents do to be more involved in their children's education at home and at school? Which factors should a parent consider when choosing a childcare option?

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8. What additional responsibilities are needed by parents of a special needs child? Having a child with special needs ( a kid that has either mental or physical anomaly ) can be very challenging and tough, therefor, extra time, energy and patience should be present at all times. They are limited in learning new things, which makes it hard to keep up with peers. There are many obligations that need to be fulfilled when a person has a healthy child, and it's even more complex when a person has a child with special needs. They should adapt space where a child spends most of his or her time, in order for them to feel good enough to perform all their daily tasks.

9. Describe two strategies that parents can use to help cope with stress.

1. Supporting spouse -- having a child is a priceless thing, but it's one of the most stressful and challenging roles in one's life. A constant feeling that we are not good enough and like we are going to miss every important thing in our child's life can drive us crazy. In order to '' have everything under control '' it's very important to have someone who will tap us on the shoulder, who will tell us that we are a good mom/dad, who will tell us that we got this and who will tell us that everything is going to be okay.

2. Free time -- being a mom or a dad is the best thing in the world, but sometimes we get lost in hectic schedule, as we want to do our best at our job ( which is tightly connected to fatherhood and motherhood as we are doing it all for our offspring ) and we want to be the best mother/father on the planet Earth. In order to do that, we need time for ourself, so our kid has a healthy, happy, satisfied and rested mommy/daddy.

10. Describe the three types of childcare available to families.

In-home -- a licensed person can open a child care in their own house where they will be able to take care of other people's children. Usually, there are a few children present, so a certain provider can focus on all of them and split her/his attention to each and every one of them.

Day care -- it's a licensed center where elder people or children are taken care of by a professional and licensed person. The name says it all -- care during the day.

Baby sitters -- it is a person who is usually paid hourly to take care of someone's baby. The action is occurring at the owner's house, and a hired nanny should perform many tasks: feeding, putting the baby to bed, taking a bath, etc.

11. What can parents do to be more involved in their children's education at home and at school?

They should ask about their day. What they learned that day, was the homework hard, do they happen to be struggling with a certain subject? Are teachers treating them well? Do peers help when they hit a rough patch? Do they need help with any subject or if a tutor should be hired in order for them to understand a subject better? Etc.

12. Which factors should a parent consider when choosing a childcare option?

They shouldn't pick the first institution they see just so they can get it over with. The most important thing is that a child is safe and in order to accomplish that, they should ask around and gather as many info as they can. Making sure that it is a safe and healthy environment for the child is crucial, as the child will be spending most of his/her time there.