Deck 14: Parenting When Unmarried

Question 1

Give three supportive factors in helping teen fathers to become effective caregivers: __________.

Answer 1

support from extended family,parenting programs,job training programs,getting further education,support groups for young fathers

Question 2

Age,ethnicity,and education did not distinguish single mothers who could or could not form trusting relationships with men,but _________________ did.

Answer 2

childhood abuse

Question 3

When grandmothers replace teen mothers as caregivers,teen mothers learn effective parenting from watching what their mothers do and copying their behavior.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

There is great heterogeneity among single mothers but a single path to adulthood for their children.

Question 5

When they were matched with mothers in two-parent families on education,income,area of residence and age of child,single mothers reported more stresses and fewer __________ than married mothers.

Question 6

Unmarried fathers who stay involved in their children's lives make constructive changes in their own lives.

Question 7

About twenty percent of teen fathers live with their infants and another 50 percent visit weekly.

Question 8

In single mother households,across all ethnic groups,the number of ________ changes predicts children's behavior problems.

Question 9

Teen fathers' working is unrelated to their involvement with their children.

Question 10

A teen mother's ability to provide postnatal __________ in the child's life was an important predictor of the child's reading skills and socioemotional skills.

Question 11

When African American teen mothers living with their mothers serve as __________ to their mothers,they are more likely to become effective caregivers.

Question 12

Paul Amato believes that the current trend for fathers to be less __________ in children's lives represents a real decline in the resources available for children.

Question 13

Single women who have children alone by choice ask themselves a variety of questions including whether they have financial resources and social supports to raise children.

Question 14

In Latino families with teen mothers,conflict was lower and cohesion increased when families held ___________________ values.

Question 15

Even when single mothers have known adversity,those mothers who have ________ _____________ show effective parenting behaviors.

Question 16

The behavior of children living in single parent homes with low levels of __________ was similar to that of children living in two-parent families.

Question 17

The parents of pregnant teens have often been less __________ than have been parents of teens who do not get pregnant.

Question 18

Name three protective factors for children of unmarried parents: ____________.

Question 19

Married,cohabiting,and single mothers have similar levels of depression.

Question 20

Teen fathers are in need of parenting programs because they find babies' crying and distress difficult to deal with.

Question 21

Social supports helping children of teen parents cope with negative life events include all of the following EXCEPT

A) grandparents' restrictiveness.
B) fathers' support.
C) family's religious involvement.
D) children's participation in sports and community activities.

Question 22

Single fathers are more likely to establish paternity when

A) benefits to the child are emphasized.
B) legal consequences are emphasized.
C) the decision is an independent one.
D) A and C

Question 23

Most babies born to unmarried mothers are born to parents who were romantically involved with each other whether or not they lived together.

Question 24

A national program that helps teens to parent their children

A)teaches parents how to attend and play with children.
B)urges parents to focus on rules and consequences for not following them.
C)requires parents to teach parenting skills to one other family member.
D)A and C.

Question 25

All of the following statements describe the average unmarried mother EXCEPT

A) is in her late twenties or early thirties.
B) is having her first child.
C) is having her second or third child.
D) has her first child as a teen.

Question 26

Families of adolescent fathers are less likely to

A) use effective discipline.
B) monitor their children.
C) have resources.
D) all of these

Question 27

Parenting groups for low-income unmarried parents increase parenting skills but have not improved parents' abilities to work together.

Question 28

Mothers in Fragile Families study felt less anxious and depressed when they had people in their lives who:

A) gave their children clothes and toys.
B) provided emergency child care.
C) could do chores like housecleaning and cooking.
D) A and C

Question 29

The personal characteristics of adolescent mothers that predict having a baby as a teenager include all of the following EXCEPT

A) being aggressive.
B) being outgoing.
C) being aggressive and withdrawn.
D) being noncompliant.

Question 30

More often than older parents,teen parents

A) have unrealistic expectations of children.
B) are too verbally stimulating.
C) are in synch with young children's needs.
D) none of the above

Question 31

Forty percent of babies are born to unmarried mothers indicating that young people no longer value marriage.

Question 32

In African American families,teen mothers developed effective caregiving skills when their mothers

A)took pleasure in their daughters' growing skills.
B)expressed negative feelings quickly and directly.
C)taught teen mothers skills.
D)A and C.

Question 33

The teen mothers of resilient children had all of the following qualities EXCEPT

A) they had knowledge of children's needs and developmental milestones.
B) they set very high expectations for children.
C) they were sensitive caregivers.
D) they provided a stable life style for children.

Question 34

In the homes of unmarried mothers,the most important predictor of children's later well-being is

A) absence of harsh discipline.
B) number of hours mother is at home.
C) mothers' educational level.
D) mother's age.

Question 35

The initial reactions of grandmothers and pregnant teen mothers to the pregnancy are negative.

Question 36

Observations of adolescent fathers' interaction with their children reveal fathers often

A) make many critical and negative comments.
B) use positive strategies to influence children.
C) create resistance in children with their commands.
D) A and C

Question 37

Children of unmarried parents are reported to have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

A) single common path to adulthood.
B) difficulties in school.
C) negative moods.
D) aggressive behaviors

Question 38

Even when girls are headed in the direction of adolescent parenthood,their parents' _______________________ helped girls stay in school and avoid pregnancy.

A) monitoring
B) affection
C) negative consequences
D) restrictiveness

Question 39

All of the following statements describe young children born to teen parents EXCEPT

A) they show differences from other babies at birth.
B) they show delays in language and cognitive skills.
C) they have insecure attachments with mothers.
D) they are more anxious and worried.

Question 40

Pregnant teen mothers who made positive changes in their behavior when they became pregnant gained support from all of the following sources EXCEPT

A) their mothers.
B) extended family members.
C) their schools.
D) babies' fathers.

Question 41

Describe and illustrate three kinds of community interventions that help single parent families

Question 42

Nonresident unmarried fathers are most likely to stay involved with children over a two-year period when

A) fathers had a distant relationship with the mother.
B) mothers' extended family was positive towards the involvement.
C) fathers' extended family was negative toward his involvement.
D) mothers' extended family did not interfere.

Question 43

A sample of African American single mothers reported the two main sources of support for them were:

A) maternal aunts and sisters.
B) babies' fathers and employers.
C) grandmothers and babies' fathers.
D) grandmothers and maternal aunts.

Question 44

Describe four characteristics of the transition to parenthood of a sample of young African American teen mothers including at least two of the sources of support for them in the process.

Question 45

Describe and illustrate five positive personal supports that help single parents function effectively.

Question 46

Describe and illustrate four factors that increase the likelihood that adolescents will become teen mothers and teen fathers.

Question 47

Current interventions to help single parent families include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) encouraging marriage.
B) improving couples' relationship skills.
C) increasing economic resources for families like food stamps, child care services
D) providing services to stimulate children's development like high-quality preschool programs

Question 48

When Single Mothers by Choice reduce their level of __________________,their children are similar in behavior to children living in two-parent families.

A) stress
B) depression
C) anger
D) frustration

Question 49

Many low-income unmarried women distrust men because of childhood abuse but about ____ percent work through these feelings and form satisfying relationships with men.

A) 10
B) 22
C) 34
D) 52

Question 50

Describe and illustrate four ways in which fathers benefit from staying involved in their children's lives.