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REAL CARE BABY- Parenting Simulation Project Guidelines

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  • CFS Standard 1: Responsibilities of Parents

Students will understand the decisions and responsibilities involved in parenting
1.1 Analyze factors to consider when determining readiness for parenting and identify parenting responsibilities

1.3 Analyze the major decisions, changes, and adjustments required of parents
Congratulations! You are a parent. For 72 hours, you will be responsible for taking care of your “baby”. The purpose of this project is to give students the experience of caring for a young infant as if he/she were a parent. For most teenagers, they are most likely to be a single parent.
The project is worth 200 points. Your grade will be based on three factors: 1) proper care of your baby- 120 pts., 2) a completed baby book- 40 pts., (including photographs of “parent” with baby during different activities, more details will be given in class), and 3) an additional budgeting for baby assignment- 40 pts.. There will also be extra credit available through this project. All work must be neatly done, ink or computer generated. Check for spelling, grammar and typos. Each activity should be high-quality work of the individual student, not friends or family members. #2 & 3 are due one week after your simulation is completed by 8 AM on the due date!

CARE OF THE BABY – 120 points


Each 24-hour time period is worth 40 points. The wristband must be intact on your wrist when you return the baby. No points will be earned if the wristband is off. If you have an additional wristband, you must return both to earn full credit. Baby and all supplies must be returned and checked in by your assigned time and return date. If materials are missing or late, points will be deducted.

Remember that YOU are the individual responsible for baby. During school hours day care is available with your instructor for no charge (lunchtime is excluded from daycare). Employers, co-workers, and family members do not always cooperate in helping a new parent juggle responsibilities. Babysitting should be available only when it would be impossible, not merely inconvenient, to care for Baby. Work, athletic competition and practice are the only approved use of a babysitter. All students who request a babysitter wristband will be required to complete 40 points of additional activities. The additional activities requirement applies even if the babysitter wristband is not used. Students are still responsible for any unfavorable data due to a babysitter’s care. Select any babysitters with care. Babysitting should be kept to a minimum so you can spend as much time as possible with Baby. If a student wishes to make-up any unfavorable data deducted during baby care they may also select from the additional activities list. This work will be counted as extra credit. Many students are able to earn full credit with no deductions for abuse, neglect, shaken baby, etc. A perfect score will be considered “Perfect Parent” and 20 points of extra credit will be awarded to the student. Please note: “perfect parent” extra credit will not be awarded if a babysitter is used. The computer printout will determine care points. The following points will be deducted for each occurrence:

Any Neglect 2 points Rough Handling 20 points

Head Support 3 points Shaken Baby 25 points



EMERGENCY HELP:

If there is an issue with a baby during the 72 hours, you must FIRST review the student care card (provided with baby at check-out); if the issue cannot be resolved then contact your instructor. Please contact via e-mail with “DPRIDE”, your name and “baby issue” in subject line of the e-mail. Your instructor may request additional contact info. to further resolve the issue. E-mails are checked throughout the day during weekend cycles and in the morning during the week. If an issue is not an emergency, it can be worked out once the student has returned to school. IF YOUR WRISTBAND HAS BROKEN OFF, YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY!!!



BABY BOOK – 40 points

Make a baby book for your child. All work should be neatly done (ink or computer- generated – no pencil). Take time to organize all materials, check for spelling & grammar. In this order, include the following:



  1. This project guidelines packet

  2. your project evaluation/ teacher rubric with Completed parent evaluation on back

  3. your project print-out w/score

  4. your child’s birth certificate- with an appropriate name for your child, parent name, date, height, weight, and a witness

  5. 5 DIFFERENT photographs taken during your time with baby. These should be taken a variety of places: at home, at school, at the park, etc. Print each picture and secure on a page in your project. There can be multiple pictures per page. Each photo should be labeled at the bottom of the photo. For example: picture of student & baby labeled “Proud Mama/Papa.”

  6. a summary paper (numerical order or essay style, three pages minimum, size 12 font, double-spaced) answering the following:

  1. Was the parenting simulation more or less difficult than expected?

  2. How did your family react? At first? At the end?

  3. How were you treated in public?

  4. How did the baby affect your social life? Sleep? School/work? What adjustments did you have to make to your schedule/life?

  5. How has the simulation affected your life plans?

  6. In your opinion, what are three prerequisites for being a parent? (age, etc.)

  7. Discuss with your parents how they handled you as an infant. How did they handle the stress? Is there anything they would do differently? Any other suggestions they would recommend?

  8. Compare & contrast what it would be like to be a parent as a teen (what you just experienced), with what you think it would be like to be a parent as an adult? Consider:

How would the expenses of the first year be covered? (insurance, furniture items, consumables (diapers, formula), clothing, day care, etc.) Who would take care of the child during the first year?

  1. Overall thoughts about the experience/ conclusion.



BUDGETING FOR BABY – 40 points

  1. Budgeting for Baby WS with correct totals/info and a attached list of sources used (for example: the specific web address of each PAGE used, NOT just www.babiesrus.com)



Last, add any “additional activities” from provided list, (for BABYSITTER payment or extra credit) should be placed after the items listed above.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES –

40 points required if student used a BABYSITTER/otherwise counted as extra credit

Use a separate page for each of your activities. All work should be computer generated or neatly written in ink. No pencil or binder paper is acceptable.


The following activities are each worth 10 points.

  1. Make/design a birth announcement. Work must be computer generated. Include baby’s name, parent’s names, date & time of birth, graphics/artwork

  2. Take your baby to a variety of public places. Survey at least ten people (not students/teenagers) and ask the following:

  • Have they seen the Baby Think It Over previously? How did they learn about the Baby? What is their opinion about the project?

  1. Watch an episode of Sesame Street and write a summary. 1) List the date of the episode, 2) What was the theme of the episode? 3) What was the lesson? 4) What other topics were featured on the same episode? 5) Overall, do you think Sesame Street is an appropriate show for a young child to watch? Why/why not?

  2. Visit a baby/hardware store and find the costs of at least eight different safety items used to “baby-proof” your home. Consider all rooms in your house and the amount needed for each room. Include the number of each item and calculate the actual cost of these items if you purchased the quantities needed for your home. Include the total cost. Itemize your list and show your work. List any resources used.

  3. Review a children’s book written for children age three to five. List the title of the book and the author. Then explain the following for the book: 1) theme (example: friendship), 2) lesson (what was the message of the book), 3) characters (were the characters appropriate etc.), 4) Overall, do you think this is an appropriate book for a three to five year old? Why or why not?


The following activities are each worth 20 points.-LIST RESOURCES USED FOR EACH!

  1. Visit the American Academy of Pediatrics website (http://www.aap.org/). Find the “children’s health topics” section and select a topic of interest to you. Print the article and complete the same style of summary as assigned for the “current event” assignment in class. 1) Language of the discipline, 2) Big idea, 3) Details, 4) Unanswered questions, 5) Theme. Attach your summary to the article.

  2. Contact at least three local day-care providers and ask the following? (Be sure to list the name of each day care provider).

  • What is the weekly cost – for an infant, toddler, and preschooler?

  • Is part-time care available, or only full-time?

  • What hours are available for care?

  • How many other children will be cared for?

  • What is the youngest age child? What about school-age children?

  • Is the provider licensed? Why or why not?

  1. Using http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus , or http://www.aap.org/, or a health care provider, determine what foods a child will eat during the first year of life. What is the time line for introducing these foods? Visit a grocery store and determine the cost of feeding a baby for one day at the age of 3 months? 6 months? 9 months? One year? Be specific about your resources. (Print the first page of the article you find on the website and attach with your work.)

  2. Using http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus , or http://www.aap.org/ ,or a pediatrician/health care provider, determine what the health needs are for the first two years of life? What is the cost and time table for immunizations? What is the cost and time table for well-baby visits? What is the cost for a sick baby visit?? What is the most common illness for a baby? Be specific about your resources. (Print the first page of the article you find on the website and attach with your work.)


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