Are You A Care Giver? Below Are The ABCs Of Capable Care Giver

When you work with children, you often see yourself grow, as you help guide their growth and development. The role of care giver requires a positive ad thoughtful way of working with others. Many of the personality characteristics listed below are ones you already own. You may find that others are strengthened as you put your best foot forward each day in a care giver role.
A. Alert to all children for whom you are responsible and to the tasks needing to be done.
B. Bright, being a fast thinker and a sound reasoner.
C. Calm, not easily flustered, when conflicts or competing tasks arise.
D. Dependable in following rules and directions.
E. Enthusiastic about working with children and parents.
F. Fun-loving, enjoying children and laughing easily with them.
G. Generous with your love, ideas, and energy, sharing these readily with parents, children, and co-workers.
H. Healthy in both mind and body, having the energy to carry on the work for the hours required.
I. Initiating activities that need to be done and doing them happily, without prodding or pressure.
J. Just and fair to all children, parents, and co-workers, regardless of sex, race, religion, income level, age, size, or disability.
K. Knowledgeable about children, families, and child-care centers.
L. Loving to children in your care.
M. Mature for your age and experience.
N. Neat and clean in appearance.
O. Organized on the job and at home so needed work gets down it a minimum of strain and confusion.
P. Punctual in arriving for the job and in keeping activities on schedule as required.
Q. Quick respond to the needs of children, parents and staff.
R. Resourceful, being able to figure out solutions to new problems and to find creative uses for materials.
S. Strong in body, having stamina for the required work.
T. Thoughtful of others, seeing the children’s point of view and responding to their feelings and needs.
U. Upstanding in citizenship.
V. Venturesome in new ideas and new approaches to working with children.
W. Witty, using humor in dealing with children and others.
X. (E)xcited about the future and optimistically looking ahead.
Y. Yearning to be helpful to others.
Z. Zealous for children’s rights and causes.

GET READY FOR PARENTHOOD

After couple has decided to have children, deciding when to have them is a major step. Planning for the birth of a child allows the parents to prepare a comfortable and stable environment for their baby. This preparation adds in an important way to the future well-being of the child and the parents.
Readiness for parenthood cannot be measured. However, there are some factors that a couple might consider to determine readiness. They include: mature personality, stable relationship, life plans, physical and psychological health, financial readiness, and living environment.
The birth of a child has a strong effect on a couple’s relationship, particularly during the months just following the birth of the first child. Adjusting to new roles and responsibilities can be over-whelming at first, even for parents who have planned and prepared. Mature couples with a settled relationship are best able to handle the emotional changes that a baby brings.Some couples cannot have children of their own. They can satisfy their desire to raise children by adopting. Single parents face the challenges of child raising alone. Foster parents provide care for children who need a home.