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Love and Affection:
“You support and accept the child, you are physically affectionate, and spend quality one-on-one time together.”
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Stress Management:
“You take steps to reduce stress for yourself and your child, practice relaxation techniques, and promote positive interpretations of events.”
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Relationship Skills:
“You maintain a healthy relationship with your spouse, significant other, or co-parent and model effective relationship skills with others.”
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Autonomy and Independence:
“You treat your child with respect and encourage him or her to become self-sufficient and self-reliant.”
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Education and Learning:
“You promote and model learning and provide educational opportunities for your child.”
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Behavior Management:
“You make extensive use of positive reinforcement and use punishment only when other methods of managing behavior have failed.”
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Health:
“You model a healthy lifestyle and good habits, such as regular exercise and proper nutrition.”
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Religion:
“You support spiritual or religious development and participate in spiritual or religious activities.”
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Safety:
“You take precautions to protect your child and maintain awareness of the child’s activities and friends.”