Objective – Consider what is needed to be ready to parent

Completed Lesson Plan due now.

Chart Your Course due Monday.

Pick up new handout (to add to your computerized baby signature list) and your laptop

While you wait for us to begin… log onto wiki

Enduring Understandings

• Parenthood involves many various commitments, including a financial commitment.

• While it is worth it, the financial commitment requires planning.

Prepared to Parent

Ready and willing to provide everything a child needs to reach his or her optimal development,

physically, emotionally, socially and intellectually.

Is She Ready to be a Quality Parent?

• 21 years old• Lives with parents, one is an

alcoholic• Has trouble with her boyfriends

– she likes to always get her way and she gets bored with the same guy after a couple months

• Owes $5000 for her car• Works part time at the Shore

Stop. Her boss is mad because she is often late and calls in sick.

• “Babies are so cute” and “I like the attention I would get.” My baby would be dressed the best!

Ready toParent

Requires:

Record the areas you think are important.

PhysicalReadiness

Career Plans

Financial Readiness

Quality Environment

TimeManagement

Skills

Relationship Readiness

Ready toParent

Requires:

Pre- Conception Care

It is not good enough to wait until you know you are pregnant….

Unhealthy lifestyles before pregnancy can cause harm to future children.

Every Year in U.S. One Million Women Do Not Receive Prenatal Care

Their babies are 3 times more likely to be low birth weight and 5 times more likely to die

Shirley Secrest RN CNM CCEPeninsula Regional Medical Center

Are YOU ready to parent James or Jasmine? James Michael Bennett

Jasmine Marie Bennett

PhysicalReadiness

Career Plans

Financial Readiness

Quality Environment

TimeManagement

Skills

Relationship Readiness

Ready toParent

Requires:

Relationships - with people at school – staff and students, no S or ISI, Pd 7 teacher, bus driver, no FACS dept referrals

Time management – passed term 1, no ISI…

Quality Environment- smoke free

Financial – all borrowed books returned, not on JMB fine list, bring in 1 new item for infant service project

Career – complete pre and post test, + reflection

Physical – Stay well to be in school on your delivery day. Stay awake the day after

What does it cost to deliver a healthy baby?

With Insurance: From Under $500 to $3,000 or more

Vaginal Without Insurance: $9,000-$17,000

C-Section Without Insurance: $14,000-$25,000

http://children.costhelper.com/baby-delivery.html

What does a baby cost?

http://www.babycenter.com/costofchild/

Why do you need health insurance before you get pregnant?

The following link assumes you have health insurance. Let’s look at it together.

(Don’t forget to hover over the pie chart)

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/tools/CRC_Calculator/default.aspx

http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/ExpendituresonChildrenbyFamilies.htm

What does a baby cost?

• You need some savings• You need to be caught up on debt• You need health insurance for the mother and for the

child• You need life insurance (5 to 8 times your yearly income)• You need an income (have you worked at the job long

enough to have paid sick leave?)• You may need a different vehicle• You may need a different home or neighborhood• You will need to provide food, diapers, clothes, books,

games, gifts, recreation, etc.

What does a baby cost?

• New parents spend on average $6,000 to get the initial supplies for the baby.

• To raise a child to the age of 18 it costs $150,000 - $220,000 depending on your lifestyle.

• Need more data?– The cost of raising a child – check this out

Laptop Time:

Two Sides!!

Name___________________________ Date_______________________

After printing out the results of the websites, answer the following questions.

1. What surprised you the most during this assignment?

2. Using the data from the Baby Expense Calculator, explain how you will be sure you have health insurance for your baby’s first year. Once you are already pregnant, you cannot buy most health insurances.

3. If you have a quality health insurance plan, will you have to pay for any medical costs? Explain.

4. Using the data from the First Year Baby Costs Calculator, what is the grand total? _________

5. How would you prepare to meet these expenses in advance?

6. How important is having a good income to providing for your children?

HRM – DVD – Parenthood: Are You Prepared

• Warmup – pretest

• DVD – add notes to your unit notes

• Reflection – Activity 8 – Reasons to Become a Parent

• Class consensus:– Most valid– Least valid

Extended Research –What would you buy?

• Complete the steps of the Layette Project.

How will I pay for the costs of prenatal care, delivery and other

needs of my baby?

Depend on Government Assistance

Purchase private health insurance

Prepare to find a job with health care benefits

Add family coverage to your spouse’s health insurance

Other…

Make this decision part of your pre-conception planning