Deck 12: Stress and Success in Family Life

Question 1

What did the 6 featured families have in common?

Answer 1

They were all in the same childcare program, loved their children and wanted what was best for their children. They had different ways of showing love and different ideas about what was best, but the intent was the same for all families.

Question 2

How is the power dynamic between adults and children shifting within families in relation to the emerging society?

Answer 2

Families are shifting from the model of having the dominator model give way to a true equity model. Parents are learning how to empower their children and using power with and for children, rather than overpowering. This allows children to feel personal power and have less need to overpower or manipulate others. They are free to fulfill their unique potential.

Question 3

Across America, which societal condition is rising rapidly?

A) Attachment
B) Codependence
C) Poverty
D) Success

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following are protective factors of resilient children?

A) They have been needed by someone
B) They take a passive role
C) They rub people the wrong way because of their life experiences
D) They have been protected from harm, pain and trauma

Question 5

A family must have which of the following characteristics to be considered a "successful family"?

A) A high-powered job
B) Outstanding health
C) Attachment to each other
D) An important position in the community

Question 6

How can adults help all children become resilient?

Question 7

Stress is

A) Always bad
B) A growth factor
C) Never needed
D) Difficult for resilient kids

Question 8

What is the word to describe when one person encourages and enables another to lean too heavily on him or her, creating bonds that trap both of them?

A) Attachment
B) Codependence
C) Poverty
D) Resiliency

Question 9

Which of the following might be too much for one family, but optimum for another?

A) Poverty
B) Resiliency
C) Stress
D) Success

Question 10

What are some strategies for working with families from a strength-based perspective?

Question 11

How can teachers give legitimacy to all families?

Question 12

Diversity in family structure

A) Reflects cultural differences and changing times, but not necessarily the breakdown of the family
B) Infers that most families are dysfunctional
C) Means that children suffer when they do not grow up in what has been thought of as the traditional family that has a mother and father
D) Is the same as a nuclear family

Question 13

When can stress be considered a positive force in a child's life?

A) When the child care director walks into the center
B) When educators use it for performance on evaluations
C) When it is not used by parents
D) When it is a growth factor

Question 14

According to the research of Emmy Werner, all of the following are characteristics of resilient children, with the exception of?

A) Psychological strength
B) A sense of connectedness in the early years
C) Ability to elicit positive responses
D) Religious affiliation

Question 15

According to Emmy Werner, resilient children caused something happen early in life, not just by chance, but by recruitment. What was it?

A) Attachment(s)
B) Codependence
C) Poverty
D) Stress

Question 16

What is the name for a family that is made of individuals coming together as a couple, who each have their own children?

A) Blended
B) Broken
C) Dysfunctional
D) Separated

Question 17

Which of the following is true about resilient children?

A) They have a hard time connecting
B) They are destined for greatness
C) They have difficulty with social skills
D) They emerge intact from a history of severe distress

Question 18

When working with families from a strength-based perspective, an early childhood educator should implement all except?

A) Form a relationship with that family
B) Look for every family's strengths and focus on those
C) Acknowledge the family's strengths to its members
D) When you have problems finding strengths, focus on the areas of improvement for each member of the family

Question 19

Poverty is a factor in child rearing. Therefore, which of the following statements is true of poverty?

A) There is nothing the society can do about it
B) Even though many children are poor, they still have all their basic needs met
C) Poverty can be blamed on parents who cannot or will not work
D) Poverty is getting worse, even though there are antipoverty policies that have been proven to work to reduce the bad effects of poverty on children

Question 20

What is the most important influence in a child's life for school success?

A) Home environment
B) Number of hours watching television
C) Home visit by an educator
D) Number of hours spent in the home