Parenthood: Parents and Step Parenting

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A Parent is a person who sires or gives birth to and/nurtures and raises an offspring. Becoming a parent or carer is one of the most demanding jobs there is. There are different types of parenting such as biological parents and social parents. Biological parents are the parents who produce and provide the genetic material for a child. This parenting begins at the moment of conception. Social parents are individuals who care for a child without providing genetic material. They may be adoptive, foster, step or surrogate parents. These parents take on the responsibilities of being a parent and may face particular difficulties due to the nature of their child.

Adoption is an alternative for parents who cannot conceive a child. It is a legal procedure in which the children are no longer considered a part of their biological family but of their adoptive family. Adoptive parents are required to show that they can meet the needs of the child.

Fostering is the full-time care of children outside their own home by people other than their biological or adoptive parents or legal guardians. Children come to foster care for a number of reasons. A small number of children are in foster care because their parents feel unable to control them or their behaviour is unacceptable. Some have been neglected and their parents are unable to take care of them due to mental health problems, substance abuse or incarceration.

Step Parenting occurs when parents have re-partnered after separation, step-relationships often cross house-hold boundaries. The children may have a co-resident step parent, a non-resident step parent or both. In addition, one or both partners in cupels without any co-resident children may have step-children living elsewhere.

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CONTRIBUTION TO WELLBEING

Koorana contributes to both the child and parents/carers lives dramatically. The child benefits from the early childhood education that they are taught with, home based learning programs, caring and day care services and therapy services. They are interacting with other children of their age group and also playing around outside doing activities, therefore their social, emotional and physical wellbeing are all being enhanced. Parents or carers wellbeing is also being worked on, with parents being able to work while being assured that their child is in good and supportive care. They are also able to focus on themselves for the time that their child is in day care services, and this also enhances their emotional well-being.

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