Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework 2011.pdf - mnafee

Reciprocity
1. Interact with their children in a mutually engaging way, characterized by
balanced turn-taking in play and conversation.
Pace
1. Adjust the pace of their interactions with their children for optimal
learning and stimulation.
Temperament
1. Understand, appreciate, and work with their children’s temperaments,
whether similar to or different from their own.
PARENT-CHILD
RELATIONSHIPS
Nurturing
Parents support their children’s development when they:
Physical Care
1. Provide for the nutrition, shelter, clothing, health, and safety needs of
their children.
Affirmation & Affection
1. Notice and affirm efforts as well as accomplishments.
2. Express affection and warmth to their children through touch, voice,
and non-verbal endearments.
3. Acknowledge and attend to the full range of their children’s feelings.
Empathy & Respect
1. Model and teach empathy and kindness.
2. Foster their children’s self-respect and respect for others.
Guidance
Parents support their children’s development when they:
Modeling
1. Model appropriate behavior.
Monitoring & Management
1. Monitor their children’s activities and respectfully guide their
interactions with peers and adults.
2. Manage daily family activities and routines to balance child and parent
needs.
Structure
1. Establish and maintain reasonable guidelines, expectations, and rules.
2. Understand and utilize limit-setting situations as teaching opportunities.
3. Teach problem-solving skills.
4. Provide their children with developmentally appropriate opportunities to
learn responsibility.
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