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How Do You Feel about Parenting?
Respond to each of the following items based on your own opinions about parenting. Circle the letters that best match your response.
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SA |
Strongly Agree |
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A |
Agree |
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U |
Undecided |
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D |
Disagree |
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SD |
Strongly Disagree |
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One cannot parent successfully without, at the same time, being a generally successful adult member
of the community. |
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It is inappropriate to view parenting as a method of achieving immortality. |
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Parenting requires that one be willing to make major personal sacrifices for the benefit of the child. |
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Parenting adds a large measure of vitality to an adult's life. |
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Parenting demands greater creativity than any other adult pursuit. |
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A person who cannot comfortably make decisions for others should not consider parenting. |
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A family cannot exist in the absence of children. |
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To Carry This Further
After completing this personal assessment, join three of your classmates in comparing and discussing your responses. What suggestions were made to help increase your awareness of all that parenting involves?
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