Parents love children, setting the foundation for infants to develop healthy attitudes and beliefs about relationships. Parents model, monitor, and teach the importance of good health habits, and provide good nutritional choices and adequate rest and playtime. Social Competencies 32. Planning and decision making observation Parents make all safety and care decisions for infants and model safe behavior. As infants become more independently mobile, parents allow them to make simple choices.
Parents model positive, constructive interactions with other people.
Parents accept and are responsive to how infants express their feelings, seeing those expressions as cues to infants needs. Resistance observation Parents model resistance skills through their own behavior. Peaceful conflict resolution observation Parents behave in acceptable, nonviolent ways and assist infants in developing these skills by helping them solve problems when they re faced with challenging or frustrating circumstances. Positive Identity 37. Parents feel they have control over things that happen in their own lives and model coping skills, demonstrating healthy ways to deal with frustrations and challenges.