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HD 382 PARENT AND FAMILY DEVT

Instructor:  N Stinnett

Credit Hours:  3 hrs.

Course Description

This course explores the changing nature and dynamics of parent-child relationships.  Implications for parenting strategies and parent education are discussed.

Course Objectives

a)  Explore the process of interaction by which parents and children affect each other as individuals and as a family.

b)  Examine and analyze the changing nature of parent-child relations throughout the child’s years of infancy, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood.  Issues that promote health and safety of children also will be explored.

c)  Examine and analyze the ways in which culture, family structure, and current lifestyle variations affect the process of parenting and parent-child relationships.

d)  Analyze the implications that developmental interactions between parents and their children have for parent education programs.

e)  Increase understanding of parenting techniques that foster effective relationships between parents and their children