Parenting and Paternity AwarenessSession 1 Introduction

Created by T Stivers

Schindewolf Intermediate

State Mandated Course

Do you think you will ever become a parent?

If no,

why not?

Depends?

On what?

stands for:

Parenting and Paternity Awareness

It is a program from the Office of the Attorney General, the Child Support

agency for the state of Texas.

Purpose of p.a.p.a.

• To help you understand the facts you need to know when you make your own decisions about parenthood

• NOT sex education

Office of Attorney General:

• Locates absent parent• Establishes paternity (identifies biological father)

• Establishes and modifies court orders for child support and medical support payments

• Collects and distributes these payments

• Taking legal actions against absent parents who fail to pay support

Our objective is to learn about these areas of parenting –

YOUR: • Rights

• Responsibilities

• Realities

Few decisions will ever be as important as the decision you make about parenthood.

The 3 R’s

to Parenting

The 3 R’s

to Parenting

Show Segment 1 Video

What do you think would go through your mind if you found out tomorrow you were going to be a parent?

Non-custodial parent - Parent who does not have primary care, custody, or control of the child, and has an obligation to pay child support.

Custodial parent -

a person who has primary care, custody, and control of the child(ren)

Can be a dadCan be a mother

Biological parent -

Caregiver -

Either of the two people who are the source of the sperm and egg

Person who takes care of a child and helps provide for the child’s basic needs and safety at any given time

Activity: Defining Yourself

• Look at the list of defining words

• Choose 6 words that you think defines you and write them in your spiral

• How would your parent(s) define you? Record 6 words from the chart

• How would a teacher define you? 6 words

Discuss later

Can people change what they are?

Find a word that use to describe you but no longer does. Find a word that describes you now but not in the future.

How do definitions influence our behavior?

How can we influence the way others define us?

Activity: Defining Yourself