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#1 – LIFE WITH KIDS

Activity:

Use Pamphlet #1 – Have parents look at page 3 of their pamphlet, where

they ranked how well they were doing on each item.

Have them look at the areas where they did the worst as a parent and decide
if each item is something they can control or not control, and why. Use the
Parenting Worksheet to list key things in their life they can control and not
control. Discuss as a class which things they can control and not control.

Here’s an example for Safe Environment:

Kids don’t get hit, beaten, shaken, pushed or physically hurt.
I Can Control: I Don’t Control:
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What relationship I’m in- if my How my boyfriend feels about my
boyfriend gets mad and hit’s my kids or what makes my boyfriend

child, I can leave the relationship mad
When my boyfriend and my kids are If my child likes him

around each other
How I control my anger How my boyfriend controls his anger
Who my kids are around at school
For Evaluation Only
Each situation is different; sometimes one person may be able to control
something, where another person may not. Discuss the difference.

Example:
My son and I live with my parents, I’m going to school and can’t afford to
move out, so I have to depend on mom for childcare. I’m not happy with
how she discipline’s my son, but for now I can only go so far with disagreeing
with her.

Another person might make the point that she could move in with someone
else, choose to find another solution for childcare, confront her mother about
her ideas on discipline and work out a compromise…

NOTE:
Each pamphlet IM will have a component on taking responsibility – things
they can control/ don’t control, so they should get used to looking at the
situations in each pamphlet and deciding what actions they can take to make
changes.

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