How Well Do You Know About Parenting Skills? Trivia Questions Quiz
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How well do you know about parenting skills? It has been said that a lot of people can give birth, but becoming a parent is dependent on how well you raise your offsprings. Do you think that you have proper parenting skills based on the parents around you and what books you have read on parenting? Take up this book and get to find out for sure.
- 1.What does it mean to say that parenting begins with "you"?
- A.
You are their role model
- B.
Your children want to copy everything you do
- C.
As a parent you need to get your "own act" together
- D.
Children learn more by what's "caught" than by what's "taught"
- E.
All of the above
- F.
None of the above
- 2.Which is the worst example of "quality time"?
- A.
Reading a book together
- B.
Planning a game together
- C.
Cooking together
- D.
Watching TV together
- E.
Fishing together
- 3.One of the most powerful and yet underused tools in parenting is:
- A.
Punishment
- B.
Negative reinforcement
- C.
Positive reinforcement
- D.
Spanking
- 4.Positive reinforcement is seven times more effective in changing behavior.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Which statements are true about positive reinforcement?
- A.
The more positive reinforcement you use the less need for correction
- B.
It is giving some type of positive acknowledgment to reward a desired behavior
- C.
It is seven times more effective in changing behavior
- D.
Positive reinforcement helps compensate for negative statements
- E.
All of the above
- F.
B, c, d only
- 6.Most experts agree that spanking is an acceptable form of punishment.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Different disciplines work better for different children because children have different temperaments.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Which statements are true about "punishment" and "discipline"?
- A.
Punishment is more commonly associated with spanking
- B.
Discipline comes from the root word "disciple"
- C.
Consistency with discipline is essential
- D.
Spanking is considered acceptable punishment
- E.
All of the above
- F.
A, b and c only
- 9.Being inconsistent in your discipline will provoke defiance and rebellion in children.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Your child will need you to be their "parent" more than they will need you to be there "friend"
- A.
True
- B.
False
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