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Many teen parent program teachers use the Teens Parenting Series (Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey, Your Baby’s First Year, The Challenge of Toddlers, Discipline from Birth to Three, and Teen Dads) as parenting textbooks.
However, we still meet teachers who have never heard of us. We still meet teachers who use standard child development texts instead of texts designed especially for their students. So . . . we have a new handout for anyone who has an interest in parenting education but isn’t familiar with the Teens Parenting Series. It includes a chapter from The Challenge of Toddlers, "She’s Struggling for Independence," together with the workbook assignment and teaching activities for this chapter. For a copy, call 1-888/612-8254; fax 1-888/327-4362; or e-mail us.
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" . . . excellent resource for young parents . . . practical, concrete advice on childrearing mingles with personal accounts from teenage mothers and fathers." Kliatt
" . . . contributes a strong sense of how children change parents' lives . . . with first-person comments of young people who speak about the satisfaction of parenting as well as its more onerous side." Booklist
Ideal for classes and Independent Study Reading level: Grade 6. 224 pages. Photos. Lay-flat binding.
Contents
Contents
Preface
Foreword — Jan Stanton
Foreword — Lois H. Gatchell
1 He’s One — Soon He’ll Be Running — 12-18 Months • Tremendous changes in both of you • Walking adds excitement • He jabbers before he talks • She copies Mom and Dad • Emotions develop rapidly • Your problem-solving toddler • From bottle or breast to cup • Helping baby’s brain develop
2 She’s Struggling for Independence — 18-24 Months • Toddlers, like teenagers, struggle for independence • When your child asks for help • “Terrible Twos” • Her skills increase rapidly • Coping with fears • Don’t rush toilet teaching • Major tasks for parents • Most important stage in life
3 Active Play — A Toddler’s Work — 12-24 Months • Active play is valuable • Play ball! • Play space, play time needed • Play with him often • Classifying objects • Plan for indoor play • Making toys at home
4 Her Imagination Soars — 12-24 Months • She loves to pretend • Let him “help” • Toddlers and talking • Don’t correct his speech • Read to your child • Choose non-sexist books • You’re the teacher
5 Dad’s Ahead If He’s Involved — 12-36 Months • Some fathers are very involved • Others leave it up to Mom • Building a family • Learning to be a father • When Dad lives elsewhere • Maintaining a relationship • Your child changes your life
6 Mealtime for Toddlers — 12-36 Months • Keeping mealtime pleasant • She can eat with you • Offer small helpings • Coping with messiness • Toddler needs less food • Serving new foods • Outlaw junk food • Fat-proofing your toddler • Nutrition and extended family living • It’s your responsibility
7 Importance of Sleep — 12-36 Months • Sleep/rest important for toddlers • Importance of bedtime ritual • Solving bedtime problems • She doesn’t want to be alone • Every-five-minutes routine • Night waking • Should child sleep with parent? • Crowded home affects sleeping habits • Remember — routine helps
8 Your Amazing Two-Year-Old • New world of learning • Your child’s first teacher • Read to him again and again • “I love you, Mommy” • To bed, to sleep? • No mealtime arguments • “Where do babies come from?” • Potty training • Hard to accept change • Even more patience needed • Winning — for both of you • You’re his model
9 Playing with Your Two-Year-Old • Sometimes she’s self-sufficient • Made-at-home toys • Time for finger painting • Teaching with games • Helping Mom and Dad • Celebrating holidays • How much television? • Select programs carefully • Playing outside • What about cold weather? • An athlete already?
10 Guarding Your Toddler’s Health and Safety • Your toddler needs even more supervision • Protect him from burns • Poisoning is big danger • Cars can be deadly • Preventing serious illness • Your baby needs a doctor • Diarrhea still dangerous • When your child gets sick • Ear infection must be treated • Caring for toddler’s teeth
11 Protecting Your Child from Sexual Abuse • Teen parents and sexual abuse • Sexual abuse is devastating • Protecting your children from abuse • Heart to Heart Program • Does abuse affect one’s parenting? • “I finally told my mom” • Who do you tell? • Getting professional help
12 The Partnership Challenge • Parenting Alone • When you date again • Is marriage a solution? • Divorce is difficult • Making the marriage decision • Making a good partnership better • Winning over the other parents • Planning your family • What are your options? • Enough time for first child
13 Gang Involvement Versus Parenting • Pregnancy may be a way out • Does gang involvement affect parenting? • Why join a gang? • Gang clothes on babies? • Will your child join a gang? • Getting out
14 Your Future — Your Child’s Future • Looking ahead • Taking financial responsibility • Importance of education • Non-traditional jobs for women • After high school, what? • Job helps self-esteem • Who stays home with the kids? • Heavy expense of moving out • Money versus happiness • When you have other problems • Finding community resources • Don’t give up • Pregnancy and marital counseling • Writing your life script
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Excerpt
Chapter 2: 18 - 24 Months
She's Struggling for Independence
* Toddlers, Like Teenagers, Struggle for Independence * When Your Child Asks for Help * "Terrible Twos" * Her Skills Increase Rapidly * Coping with Fears * Don't Rush Toilet Teaching * Major Tasks for Parents * Most Important Stage in Life
Marty hates the word "No." If I say "No," he wants to do the opposite. He's very active. I say anything, and he picks it up, sometimes in sentences. He likes clothes. He likes to put his training pants on and off. He likes hats. He likes dolls. He's even starting to learn to swim. Yumiko, 16 - Marty, 21 months
Kamie says "NO." That was one of her first words. She's very talkative. She puts on her pants and her socks herself. She knows how to open doors, turn on the TV, change the channel. She's always alert, wanting to do new things, I think maybe because we give her so much attention. When she does things, we clap. Sometimes I think, what would she be like if I weren't here? Lucas, 21 - Kamie, 21 months
The runabout stage in a child's life is one of the most difficult for his parents - and for himself. He's trying to move away from being a dependent baby. So far, he has relied on other people for almost everything. Now he wants to be an independent person who makes many of his own decisions and who is rather self-reliant. To develop properly, he needs to take this step, hard as it is on those around him. Infants are okay, but with toddlers, you have to kind of know what you're doing. And you have to take it one day at a time. Roseanna, 14 - Felipe, 2
Toddlers, Like Teenagers, Struggle for Independence
The toddler's "negative stage" has been compared to the beginning of puberty. At that time, as you may remember, young people struggle toward becoming adults who make their own decisions. No longer does the adolescent want her parents to "run her life." A great deal of friction occurs in many families because of the parents' desire to stay in control of their teenager's life while the teenager insists on taking over that control.
It's often a difficult time for everyone. Your toddler probably has similar feelings. No, she doesn't want the family car tonight, but she does want to feel she is in control of what she eats, the clothes she wears, when/whether she uses the bathroom, and how long she plays outside. Giving her the opportunity to make some of these decisions may make it easier for her to comply with your wishes when you can't let her choose.
Henry is a handful. He doesn't really mess things up and break things, but he climbs, gets into everything. I'm constantly having to watch him while I'm doing everything else. It gets very hectic. Every time I tell him to do something, he says "No." Sometimes I put him in the bedroom and shut the door. He'll bang on the door and cry, and that gets on my nerves. When I get really uptight, I let Marvin take care of him, and I get out of the house. Olivia, 21 - Henry, 23 months
Teenagers and their parents are ahead if they can each give a little.
Perhaps she can't have the family car whenever she wants it, but she can use it for errands and an occasional evening out with friends. Perhaps she can't stay out as late as she chooses, but maybe she and her parents can arrive at a reasonable compromise.
The consequences of treating adolescents either too strictly or too loosely may be severe. They still need parental support, but they also need to be able to take responsibility for their own actions. Teenagers who either lose control of themselves or have never learned to take control of their lives can end up with serious difficulties. They not only may have trouble with other people, but with the law as well.
Parents and toddlers, too, need to adjust to each others' wishes. Your toddler needs to feel she has some control over her life just as you do. A major difference between a teen's struggle for independence and a toddler's struggle is that your toddler can't yet express herself well using words.
How would you feel if you had faced the difficulties of adolescence without being able to talk very well? You'd probably feel terribly frustrated. Compromise and respect are magic ingredients for minimizing the frustrations of living with a toddler. Being sensitive to your child's need to control some aspects of her life will help you understand her behavior better.
When Your Child Asks for Help
As your child becomes more and more independent, she will get upset if she can't do what she wants to do. Yet, her language has not developed enough to tell you what she's feeling and what she wants. She's frustrated, and she can't explain what's wrong because she doesn't know the words. The result may be a tantrum.
Responding when your child asks for help is the best way to cut down on the number of tantrums she will have:
* When your child wants you, stop to see what she wants. * Provide the help she needs if possible. * Talk briefly at your child's level of understanding about the event. * Once you have assisted or comforted and talked to your child, your next step is to leave her alone.
Because of your sensitivity to her needs, your child learns a lot from an interchange like this:
* She learns to use another person (you) as a resource when she can't handle a situation herself. * She learns that someone thinks her discomfort, excitement, or problem is important, which means she is important. * Her language skills also get a boost each time this happens.
For more suggestions on helping your child deal with a temper tantrum, see Discipline from Birth to Three by Lindsay and McCullough.
"Terrible Twos"
This is Kaylie's "NO" stage. I figure she's at the age where she'll say "No" regardless of what I tell her. Right now, she's mostly running around, screaming and yelling, having fun. Samantha, 16 - Kaylie, 20 months
Often, people speak of the "Terrible Twos" as if extreme negative behavior suddenly turns up after a child's second birthday. For some children, however, this negative attitude starts as early as 13 or 14 months. At least by the time he is 17 months old, your child will probably enter this difficult phase. He will often want his own way, no matter what. No longer can you distract him by offering a substitute for the forbidden activity. If he sees that you disapprove of whatever he's doing, he may be even more determined to continue doing it. He will often be hard to live with.
Two thoughts may comfort you. First, this happens to just about every child. His negative actions certainly do not mean you are a poor parent or a terrible person, nor does it mean your child is a brat. Second, his extreme negative behavior will probably go away, or at least become much less intense, within a few months. Perhaps by his second birthday, you will find living with him is a little easier.
For many of us, becoming independent is a real struggle from birth to adulthood. When your toddler seems extra difficult, remember that being a toddler is even harder than caring for one. Your toddler needs all the help and respect you can provide.
If Marty doesn't know how to put something together, he'll get help. If he wants to read a book, he brings it to me. He pulls the legs off his plastic doll and brings them to me. He's pretty independent. Sometimes if I walk up and try to help him, he seems to be saying, "Mom, I can do it, leave me alone." Yumiko
You still need to be firm about things that matter, but give him choices whenever possible. Don't say, "Come to lunch right this minute." Instead, a few minutes before lunch is ready, ask, "Do you want to wash your hands for lunch, or shall I help you?" At bedtime you might say, "Which book do you want me to read tonight?" During this negative stage, don't ever say, "Do you want lunch?" or "Do you want to go to bed?" unless you can handle "No" for your answer.
Avoid showing your power when possible. Don't order him to do something unless it's really necessary. If it is necessary, then of course you insist that he go along with your wishes.
Routines and a regular schedule, not only for bedtime, but also for meals, naps, baths, and dressing, may help. Let him do it himself as much as possible. At times, he will insist on doing it himself when you know he can't possibly succeed. He may get terribly frustrated, but still won't let you help him.
You need far more tact in dealing with a toddler than with the most temperamental spouse or employer in existence. Remember - being tactful is simply being sensitive to another person's feelings.
How much should you help your child? He needs to continue to be able to call on you as his resource for help when he needs it. Sometimes a child of this age seems not to want to work things out for himself. If he always wants mother to help him put the puzzle together, either it's too hard for him, or he isn't learning to be as independent as he should be.
Use your best judgment. Help him when you think he needs you - if he wants you to or will let you. Guide him toward more independence when you think this is advisable.
Her Skills Increase Rapidly
By your child's second birthday, she may be able to pedal a small tricycle. If she has had practice, she can walk down stairs alone, but she still needs to hang on to the stair railing.
Your almost-two-year-old may be running more than she walks. She can walk on low walls if you hold one of her hands. She can even walk a few steps on tiptoe if you show her how.
By this age, she can take off her clothes, and even put most of them back on. It helps if you choose easy-to-put-on clothing. In fact, when you're shopping for her and looking at items, consider the ease with which she can help dress herself. Easy-to-put-on clothes can save her - and you - a lot of frustration.
If you choose clothes with big buttons or zippers and shoes with Velcro fasteners, you'll make it easier for her. Wide sleeves with big armholes and wide-necked garments will also help.
Coping with Fears
If your child is afraid of the noise of trains and trucks, toilet flushing, police sirens, or the vacuum cleaner, be patient with her. She may have other fears. Whatever they are, they are real to her. Telling her it's "nothing to be afraid of" won't make it better. Accept the fears as the real feelings they are.
Gently help her cope. If she's afraid of the dark, for example, provide a little night light. If she's fearful of storms, let her stay close to you until it's over. If you're not afraid, she probably will follow your example eventually.
Don't Rush Toilet Teaching
Toilet teaching (training) is not an appropriate task for most children under two. Their brains and bodies have not matured enough yet. They simply are not ready. Efforts spent at toilet teaching a child too soon result mostly in frustration for parents and child.
For a discussion of toilet teaching, see Discipline from Birth to Three by Lindsay and McCullough.
Major Tasks for Parents
As a parent of a child just learning to get around, you have three major tasks. First, you need to design your child's world so that she can satisfy her curiosity without getting hurt and without causing damage to your home. If you can child-proof your house or apartment and your yard, you'll be doing your child and yourself a favor.
Your second job is to react to your child when she wants you. She may want your help because she's frustrated at something she can't do herself. She may have hurt herself slightly and needs comforting. Or she may be excited and want you to share her excitement. Your assistance, comfort, and enthusiasm are important to her.
It's crucial to your child's learning that you respond promptly to her needs and to her interests. If you're talking on the phone, it's better to say, "I'm talking on the phone. I'll be with you in a minute," than it is to ignore her. Of course, you'll then need to be with her "in a minute."
Your third major responsibility with your child is to carry out your role as authority. Being firm is often necessary. Don't say "No" constantly, or you'll destroy some of your child's curiosity. When you do say "No," mean what you say.
If you say "No," then laugh because she looks pretty funny sitting in the middle of the dining table playing in the sugar bowl, will she take you seriously? Instead, say "No," get her down from the table, and put the sugar bowl away.
The important thing is to see that she carries out your requests. At this age, this generally means removing your child from the situation or distracting her. Ideally, you won't say "No" a second time because you'll already have taken care of the problem.
Most Important Stage in Life
Marty explores everything. He opens doors, closets, drawers, pulls all his clothes out. I just go in there and pick them up and make him help. It's not that drastic when a kid pulls his clothes out of his drawer. When he's old enough, he'll fold them up himself. Now he helps . . . he hands them to me. Yumiko
Helping your toddler develop well is perhaps the greatest challenge you will ever face. How she develops socially and intellectually now is the basis for all of her future development in these areas. Her growth in language and curiosity during this time is of vital importance.
While parenting during this stage has many difficult times, you will also find lots of enjoyment in a well developing toddler. You will find you're no longer living with a baby but, rather, with a young and very interesting little person.
Enjoy your child!
Workbook Assignments - Excerpt
1. Why is the 18-24 month stage likely to be difficult for the toddler's parents? 2. Why is it best to let your toddler make her own decisions whenever possible? 3. Explain this sentence: "Compromise and respect are magic ingredients for minimizing the frustrations of living with a toddler." 4. Why do so many toddlers have temper tantrums? 5. Describe the four steps to follow when your child asks for help. 6. Describe three things your child learns if you take the time to follow these four steps. 7. Describe a typical child's reactions when he's in the "Terrible Two" stage. 8. Explain the idea that "being a toddler is even harder than caring for one." 9. List three choices you could give a toddler. Don't use the examples in the book. 10. Why does the author suggest you need a great deal of tact in dealing with your toddler? 11. List four things to look for when you want clothes that will make it easier for your toddler to dress and undress herself. 12. What is a good way to react if your toddler is afraid of something? Include a specific example. 13. Are most children ready to use the toilet before their second birthday? 14. Describe three major tasks for parents of a toddler.
Note: Suggested responses to the above and other assignments in The Challenge of Toddlers and other Teens Parenting Series workbooks plus quizzes and answer keys are included in the Teens Parenting Series Teacher's Guide. Workbooks are consumable with plenty of space for student to answer questions in complete sentences.
Author
Jeanne Warren Lindsay Jeanne Warren Lindsay Jeanne Warren Lindsay is the author or co-author of sixteen books for and about pregnant and parenting teens. Half a million copies of her books have been sold. Lindsay's books deal with teenage pregnancy, parenting, adoption from the birthfamily's perspective, and teen relationships. Her Teen Dads: Rights, Responsibilities and Joys was selected by the American Library Association as a Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Her other books include Nurturing You Newborn; Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey; Your Baby's First Year; The Challenge of Toddlers; Discipline from Birth to Three; Books, Babies, and School-age Parents; Do I Have a Daddy?; School-Age Parents: The Challenge of Three-Generation Living; Pregnant? Adoption Is an Option; Parents, Pregnant Teens, and the Adoption Option; Teenage Couples: Caring, Commitment and Change; Teenage Couples: Coping with Reality; Teenage Couples: Expectations and Reality; Five Teens Parenting Comprehensive Curriculum Notebooks; and Teenage Couples Curriculum Guide. Lindsay has worked with hundreds of pregnant and parenting teenagers. She developed the Teen Parent Program at Tracy High School, Cerritos, California, and coordinated the program for many years. Most of her books are written for pregnant and parenting teens, and quotes from interviewees are frequently used to illustrate concepts. Lindsay grew up on a farm in Kansas. She has lived in the same house in Buena Park, California, for 36 years. She loves to visit the Middle West, but says she's now addicted to life in southern California. She and her husband, Bob, have five children and seven grandchildren. Lindsay is the editor of PPT Express, a quarterly newsletter for teachers and others working with pregnant and parenting teens. She speaks frequently at conferences across the country, but says she is happiest while interviewing young people for her books or writing under the big avocado tree in her backyard. You can reach Jeanne Lindsay by email. Illustrator
Untitled Document David Crawford illustrator, Teen Dads and other Teens Parenting Books; also Teenage Couples Series: David Crawford, M.A., has been a teacher, counselor, program administrator, and photographer of family life for 30 years. He has worked with thousands of pregnant and parenting teens as the director of the Program for Pregnant and Parenting Students, William Daylor High School, Elk Grove Unified School District, Sacramento, California. David uses photography as a teaching aid, blending the art of photography with education and enhancement of students' self-esteem. He is a leader in the field of digital photography as part of the Digital High School Program. David and his wife, Peggy, have two sons, Alton and christopher, both 31, and a daughter, Terrica, 23, who has given David and Peggy a granddaughter. Teaching Help
Teaching Help
CASE STUDY I'm With the Father — But I Wish I Wasn't
The revised edition of The Challenge of Toddlers includes a chapter, "Gang Involvement Versus Parenting." In preparation for writing this chapter, I interviewed about 20 young parents who had been in gangs. Most of them were no longer associated with their former gang, and generally they credited this change in their lives to having a baby. They knew the gang would not be a good influence on their child. Zelia, 17, was five months pregnant when I interviewed her. Her baby's father was in a gang, and Zelia shared her feelings on this issue:
I'm with the father right now but I wish I wasn't. He's a gang member. That's what attracted me at first, Rodney's appearance, but now that I'm pregnant, I don't want my daughter to have anything to do with anything like that.
Rod wants his best friend to be my daughter's godfather, and he's a gang member too. Rod tells me, "I'm going to take the baby to the gang meetings."
I told him, "No, you're not, you aren't going to take her anywhere."
I do like Rod but I don't want my baby to be around anything like that. I think he's confused when he says his gang is his family. I say, "They aren't going to be there when you're killed, they aren't going to visit your grave."
Usually when a gang member gets killed, they have little sweaters, black or white, and on the back they have "Rest in Peace." They put the guy's nickname on it, and they wear that for a few days.
Rod is 16. I don't think he's doing anything for himself. He says we're going to get the baby this or that, but he isn't working, and I don't even want to know where he gets the money. He was pretty much involved in drugs, but once he ended up in the hospital. The doctor said that drug had rat poison in it, and that really scared Rod. Now I don't think he's doing drugs, but I don't know.
I live with my parents, and they don't accept him at all. We had this real ugly incident on New Year's Eve. Rod came to me and said his dad was going to give him a new car, and now he could pick me up after school every day.
I said, "No, my dad doesn't want you to pick me up because of the way you look. Somebody could be shooting at you, and I'd be there." He got mad and called me a bitch and said awful things.
My dad talked to Rod and said he wasn't to come to my house unless my dad was there. Then his mom came and said disrespectful things to my parents. I told my boyfriend this was it, I didn't want to see him any more.
The next day he wrote me a letter and told me how much he loved me. He said if he couldn't have me, he would kill himself. So I'm afraid to leave him. I don't like his lifestyle, the gangs, the drive-bys. I don't want my baby to go through that at all.
One of my cousin's sons, she has him bald, 2 years old, wearing little gang outfits. I don't think a little boy should be looking like that. I think people judge a little boy by the way he looks. That's not fair to the child. That poor little boy doesn't know what's going on.
Lately I don't see my boyfriend as much. I don't talk to him that much. I try to stay away from him. Last year I thought, "Oh my god, this is the one for me. I love him." But I'm too young, I don't know what love is.
I don't regret my child. She's there and I'm going to support her and teach her good morals so she won't end up the way her father is. One day I freaked that my baby won't have a father, he'll not be with me during labor. Since I got pregnant, my boyfriend doesn't get a job. I don't know what he thinks, that my parents are going to support the baby.
Rod tells me that I'm not mature, but there he is over there running around in his car, getting in trouble, the narcs coming to his house, taking his car away.
My whole lifestyle is completely different from his. My parents want me to find someone who will support me in the way my parents supported us. I know if I stay with my boyfriend it won't be like that. It will be hell for me.
Discussion Questions
1. Why do you think Zelia stays with Rod? 2. Would it be better for her baby if Zelia broke up with Rod — or should she stay with him so her baby won't feel deserted by her father?
Teaching Activities
Toy Evaluation Activity Activity for Challenge of Toddlers, chapter 3, "Active Play - A Toddler's Work" or chapter 9, "Playing with Your Two-Year-Old." By Gail Ellis, Crisp County High School, Cordele, GA 31015
"Which toy should I buy for my child?" Parents often buy toys because they like them or because they're the hottest new toy being advertised. In my child development class we do an activity to help the students evaluate the usefulness of toys and the appropriateness for different age children.
We first discuss that play is a child's "occupation." Children learn about the world and their role in that world by playing. Many toys can help a child with this learning. We discuss the importance of manipulative toys in developing fine motor and reasoning skill. Learning colors through toys develops mental skills. So does using fantasy in imaginative play. Sensory skills are developed through toys that make sound or are played with by touching and watching. Active play toys allow a child to develop physically.
We then spend one class period "playing" with toys. I bring a big box full of a variety of toys for various ages, some from home, some from the Consumer and Family Science Department's child care lab. Then I give each student a copy of the "Toy Evaluation Guidelines." We discuss the toy categories and guidelines for evaluations.
Students usually have time to evaluate at least five toys.
In pairs, students evaluate toys based on the following guidelines:
Put the toys in one or more of the following categories:
Manipulative: Does the child do something to or with the toy? Imaginative Play: Does the child pretend when playing with the toy? Sensory: Does the toy make a sound, have bright colors, different textures? Active Play: Does child have to get up and move around to play with the toy?
For each toy evaluated, please provide the following information:
1. Name of toy
2. Under which category(ies) does this toy belong?
3. Recommended age:
4. What skills are needed in order to play with the toy?
5. What skills does the child learn from playing with the toy?
6. Are there any safety considerations?
7. Is the toy durable? Will it last?
Picture Book Report Additional resource for The Challenge of Toddlers, chapter 4, "Her Imagination Soars."
Choose a picture book from our library, from home, or the public library. If possible, choose a book appropriate for your child at this time. Before you complete this report, read the book to your child or, if you don't have a child, to another child. If you are pregnant, read to your unborn child.
Title of Book ________________________________________ Publisher ___________________________________________ Author _____________________________________________ Date Published ______________ Price ____________
1. What is the story about?
2. What is the theme of the book?
3. Does the book have a purpose? If so, what is it?
4. Do the characters appear real to you and your child? Please explain your answer.
5. Does the background or place of the story seem real? Please explain your answer.
6. How can a child become involved in the story and pictures?
7. Do the words and pictures go together? Please explain your answer.
8. Are the pictures and story original and creative? In what ways? If not, please explain.
9. Do you like the book? _______ Why or why not?
10. Did your child like the book? ______
Doll House Demonstrates Safety Hazards Activity for Challenge of Toddlers, chapter 10, "Guarding Your Toddler's Health and Safety." Contributed by Sharon Doney and Ellen Kanter.
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