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God, the model parent ?

God, the model parent ?. Some key parts of parenting (as identified by the group). Security/protection. Money!. Patience/tolerance/hope/inspiration. Time spent. Affirmation/acceptance. Setting &negotiating limits/discipline. Love. Community/ values/. Food/shelter/money. Flexibility.

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God, the model parent ?

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  1. God, the model parent?

  2. Some key parts of parenting (as identified by the group) Security/protection Money! Patience/tolerance/hope/inspiration Time spent Affirmation/acceptance Setting &negotiating limits/discipline Love Community/ values/ Food/shelter/money Flexibility Long term perspective Playing/ energy lifeskills Setting example Education

  3. Some facts about parenting… • Parenting develops childhood self-control, which predicts adult health, wealth and public safety1 • Victims of child maltreatment are particularly at risk of becoming perpetrators of child maltreatment2 • There is an increased risk of childhood obesity (OR 1.36) among maltreated children3 • (But note that probability is not the same as inevitability! You can still shape your own life) • Moffitt T, Arseneault L, Belsky D, Dickson N, Hancox R, Harrington H, Houts R, Poulton R, Roberts B, Ross S, Sears M, Thompson W, Caspi A (2011). A gradient of childhood self-control predicts health, wealth, and public safety. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 108(7): 2693 -2698; doi 10.1073/pnas.1010076108 • Dixon, L., K. Browne, and C. Hamilton-Giachritsis. 2005). Risk factors of parents abused as children: a mediational analysis of the intergenerational continuity of child maltreatment (Part I). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, and Allied Disciplines, 46(1), 47–57 • Danese A, Tan M (2013). Childhood maltreatment and obesity: systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry (2013), 1–11

  4. Questions for this evening • What words best define your experience of being parented? • Are there cultural differences in parenting? • If the church is to support parenting in South Africa, what images of Father & Mother God should we portray? • What are the of good parenting? 5 Secrets

  5. 5 secrets of good parenting • Women: Stop drinking all alcohol the moment you miss a period (cells differentiate between 29th & 70th days)1 • Have as much skin-to-skin contact between parents and baby in the first 1000 minutes of life2 • Read to your baby from birth3 • Let your baby sleep in bed with you, for at least the first few months4 • Create space, to renew yourself5 • Bánhidy F, Lowry RB, Czeizel AE. Risk and Benefit of Drug Use During Pregnancy. Int J Med Sci 2005; 2(3):100-106. doi:10.7150/ijms.2.100 • Bergman N (2013). The science behind skin-to-skin contact. http://dhss.delaware.gov/dph/chs/files/thesciencebehindskintoskincontact.pdf • Nelson C (2000). From neurons to neighbourhood: the science of early childhood development. University of Minnesota. www.nap.edu/books/0309069882/html/ • Morgan B, Horn A, Bergman N, “Should Neonates Sleep Alone?” Biological Psychiatry 70 (November 2011): 817–825 • Secki J, Holmes M (2007). Mechanisms of Disease: glucocorticoids, their placental metabolism and fetal ‘programming’ of adult pathophysiology. Nature Reviews (Endocrinology) 3: 479-488

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