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Meet Children’s Needs revised 2/10 K Brown

Meet Children’s Needs revised 2/10 K Brown. Nurture Children aka TLC. Provide care that encourages healthy growth and development Give a child opportunities for encouragement and enrichment

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Meet Children’s Needs revised 2/10 K Brown

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  1. Meet Children’s Needsrevised 2/10 K Brown

  2. Nurture Children aka TLC • Provide care that encourages healthy growth and development • Give a child opportunities for encouragement and enrichment • When parents nurture, they show love, support, and concern

  3. Protect Children • Parents provide a watchful eye and use quick reflexes to keep children safe. • Protect from others

  4. Teach Children • Teaching is introducing new ideas, and providing stimulating environment. • Do you agree that parents are the child’s first teacher?

  5. Guide Children • Using firmness and understanding to help children learn to control their own behavior How should parents guide children?

  6. Legal Responsibility for Children • Parents have the legal responsibility to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care and education for their children. • Parents may also be financially responsible for damage to property or injury of another person caused by their child

  7. What happens if parents do not meet the legal needs of their children? • Parents can forfeit rights as parents. • If parents neglect their legal responsibilities, a judge may issue an order for termination of parental rights. • Reasons for termination of parental rights include severe abuse or neglect, abandonment, and long-term alcohol or drug abuse.

  8. What happens to the child when parental rights are lost? • Foster care • Adoptive homes

  9. Provide Financial Support • Children are expensive • Money is needed to pay for clothes, health care, food equipment, and other expenses

  10. Parents must meet the financial needs of their children: • If family income is below $38,000 it is in the lower income range. • If family income is above $38,000 it is in higher income range. • According to the USDA data, it costs $124.800 for lower income and $170.460.00 for a higher income family to raise a child to age 18 years. • That doesn't even include college tuition.

  11. Financial Facts Parents who have a dual income of $40,000-$66,000 per year will spend about $170,000 on a child before age eighteen. This is about $10,000 per year.

  12. The Cost of Raising a Child USDA 2006

  13. Resource Time Go to websites below to find your family type and the cost of raising a family http://www.babycenter.com/cost-of-raising-child-calculator http://www.bankrate.com/brm/calc/raiseChild.asp

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