Mandatory Parenting Classes

Should all high school students be required to complete parenting classes?

In parenting classes, one learns pregnancy prevention, knowledge of pregnancy, basic skills such as cooking and cleaning, tending to babies and children, growth and development, and the health and safety of the child. All high school students should be required to complete parenting classes because these will assist them in the preparation for parenthood. The benefits of parenting classes encourage prevention of many teen pregnancies and often teach CPR a skill for everyone to learn. This class is an important lesson for adolescents who have not learned. It also engages adults who need more intelligence on childcare. Teenage parenting classes will teach your teen how

Teens learn that when punishment is necessary, it should be age appropriate and fit the infraction. Some classes educate future parents on children’s social and emotional development. Since socialization and emotional development begin very early, it is essential that parents seize the opportunity. It is also important that students see the value in nonaggressive strategies and learn how to help children to self-monitor their behavior. Parenting classes help students see that effective behavior management is more about behavior modification than punishment. Even though anger toward our children is normal and common, it clearly stands in the way of effective parenting. Unresolved and uncontrolled anger can even grow and evolve into a pattern of behavior that can potentially be dangerous emotionally and physically. As children grow, older parents often need tools to help them deal with their child’s challenging behavior, such as discipline and counselling classes.

There is also a baby safety class, which helps parents keep kids safe from predators. Shaken baby syndrome, which is a very harmful and serious brain injury resulting from forcefully shaking an infant or toddler. How to avoid sudden infant death syndrome would be taught and how to hold and keep a baby safe. Changing diapers, giving bottles, sleeping techniques, teen benefits, and last of all baby safety. (Ireland) (Smith) In conclusion, the question still remains “Should all high school students be required to complete parenting classes?” By my research that I pulled, it would be highly beneficial in helping with teen pregnancies and parenthood preparation. These classes teaching teens about responding to their child’s behavior skills. If they are in high school, it teaches them how to maintain their grades and not to drop out. It helps with post-partum depression after the teen feels obligated. And last but not least it puts the students into concertation of safety