Parenting and Paternity Awareness Session 1 Introduction State Mandated Course Aug 2013.
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Transcript of Parenting and Paternity Awareness Session 1 Introduction State Mandated Course Aug 2013.
Parenting and Paternity AwarenessSession 1 Introduction
State Mandated Course
Aug 2013
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 and intro video
What do you think would go through your mind if you found out tomorrow you were going to be a parent?
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Non-custodial parent -
Parent who does not have primary care, custody, or control of the child, and has an obligation to pay child support.
As a parent….what’s my name?
Custodial parent -
a person who has primary care, custody, and control of the child(ren)
Can be a dadCan be a mother
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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 on the chart on page 4.
• How would your parent(s) define you? Record 6 words from the chart on page 4.
• How would a teacher define you? 6 words
• How about your friends? 6 words
Discuss later
Can people change what they are?
Find a word that used 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