Only A Mother Will Be Able To Get 100% On This Parenting Quiz
- by Kristen Catalano
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Being a parent, especially a mother, is one of the most rewarding and important jobs that you will ever have in your entire life. You are completely responsible for shaping and raising a human being. You don't want to make a mistake along the way and end up raising a brat who is mean to others and unproductive to society. You instead want to raise someone who is kind and considerate of others. But how do you do this? When you become a parent you will be gifted with a set of instincts like no other that will help make your job a bit easier.
With that being said there are many different parenting sales and techniques out there to ensure that you are on the right track and steering your little one in the right direction. Mothers and father are both extremely important in a child's life, however there are just some things that mothers do better or know more about than dads. So we compiled a parenting quiz that only mothers will be able to get 100% on. This quiz includes scenario questions as well as general health questions that most mothers will know the answers to. If you think that you have what it takes to get 100% on this quiz than go ahead and try!
At what age should you start potty training your child?
Every child learns at a different rate and speed then others. Some children are super easy to potty train and pick it up in one week and other take a long time to get it down pat with no accidents. Everyone starts potty training when they feel that their kids are ready and will understand what it means. However their is an ideal age that you should start potty training your child at. Do you know what this age is?
You're child comes home from school upset after being bullied on the playground, what do you do?
At some point in every mothers life your child will come home from school upset about something that another child did or say to them. Sometimes you will get a call from the teacher to explain the situation and others you will have to rely solely on your child's account of events. So if your baby comes home from school upset after they were bullied on the playground what do you do? Tell them to defend themselves or go up to the school?
How should you dress your child for the weather?
Dressing your child according to the weather can be a bit tricky. Especially in the early weeks of each season because the temperature can range so greatly, in the morning it can be freezing but by the afternoon it is a thousand degrees outside. You don't want to send your child to school sweating in a thousand layers or shaking all day from being underdressed for the weather. There is a rule of thumb when dressing your child, what is it?
Which food is high in calcium?
It is important, that as a mother, you help your child maintain a healthy diet. A healthy diet consists of all of the main food groups as well as foods high in certain vitamins. If your child has a healthy diet then they will be able to fight off bacteria and germs better, resulting in less sick days for you! So do you know which of the foods below is high in calcium? Which should you try to have your child eat often?
When should you start talking to your baby?
Talking to your baby is important because you will be their main speech teacher for their first few years of life. They will learn speech patterns from you and the basic words from hearing you use them over and over again. So when is the best time to start talking to your baby? Should you start right away or wait so that they don't get overwhelmed and confused? Maybe you should wait until they can walk on their own or start walking?
What do you do if you think that your child has been poisoned?
No matter how hard you try and no matter how many locks you put on cabinets and drawers your baby will eventually get into something that they are not suppose to. There are few things scarier than seeing your baby holding a cleaner or something that could harm them. The panic that sets in may leave you frozen. So what do you do if you suspect that your baby may have ingested something that could be dangerous to them? Force them to vomit or call emergency services?
What do you do if your child got something stuck up their nose?
Children are curious creatures. They are constantly trying to stick things places that they don't belong or eat things that they shouldn't be eating. So your toddler comes running up to you pointing to their nose, upon further investigation you realize that they stuck something up there that is not suppose to be there. Maybe a rock or a toy. What do you do? Do you run to the doctor for help or try to get it out on your own?
What do you do if your child's room is a complete mess?
Now this may seem like a stupid question. If your kids room is a mess then you obviously clean it right? Or do you make them do it in order to learn responsibility and how to clean up after themselves. You don't want your grown kid to expect others to clean up for them their whole life right? But right not their just a kid so whats the harm if you just pick up the toys and put them away?
When should you start your baby on solid food?
Babies are always changing and growing. They can literally grow overnight so when should you start your baby on some baby food? Baby food is basically just real food mushed up so is it ok to start feeding your baby as soon as they are born, I mean all they have to do is swallow right? Or maybe you should wait until they are a year because their stomachs are more developed and they will be able to hold the food down.
How often should you change your baby's diapers?
Pretty much everyone knows that babies go to the bathroom in diapers. If you don't change them often enough then they can get terrible diaper rash and will be in a lot of pain for a few days until it clears up. Do you know how often doctors recommend changing a babies diaper so that you are able to avoid diaper rashes and irritation all together? Should you change them every couple of hours or just three times a day?
What do you do if your child comes home with a bad grade?
Children are not perfect. With that being said they will eventually come home with a grade that is less than perfect. So what do you do when your perfect, little angel comes home with a failing grade on their math or science test? Do you let it slide because it is after all just one bad test grade or do you ground them so that it doesn't happen again and they learn their lesson? Maybe hire them a tutor for extra help?
What is the best punishment for a child if they misbehave?
Children will also misbehave, probably more often then you would like. They will get bored when you are out in public or get rowdy in the house during those long winter nights. So what do you do if your child is refusing to listen to you an follow the rules? Do you spank them on the butt and put them in time out or try to cal my talk to them and deter their attention away from being bad? Maybe take something away?
Should you help your child with their homework?
Homework is intended to reinforce the lessons that your child is learning in school. They will inevitably struggle with it at some point and ask for your help completing it. It can be super tempting to just to it yourself in order to get it over with and move on with your night. But is this the best thing to do? Will your child really learn anything from watching you complete the problems or is it best to work through it with them?
Is it ok for children to use things like iPads and phones?
Kids nowadays can navigate technology better than most adults. They are able to pull things up on their iPads or phones faster then you even. But is it really a good idea to let children spend their free time playing games or watching videos on iPads or phones? Should you limit their time or let them do what they want. It can be tempting to let them sit on the couch for hours watching videos on their tablet especially after a long day.
How much TV should a child watch?
TV is another thing that kids love. Some kids can sit in front of TV screens for hours before growing bored. Allowing your child to watch TV is a subject debated by many, some are for it and others are very against it. There are a ton of shows on TV that are educational and will at least teach your child something and others that are purely for entertainment purposes. So how much TV should your child actually watch a day?
Your child made a commitment to do something but doesn't want to do it, what do you do?
You're child made a commitment to go to a friends birthday party or water your neighbors plants when they are away. When the time actually comes they decide that they don't feel like following thorough with whatever commitment they made. So what do you do? Do you make up an excuse for them and let them fall through on their commitment? Or do you force them to do whatever they committed to in order to teach them responsibility and a lesson?
Your child refuses to eat breakfast before school, what do you do?
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It will not only provide your child with important nutrients that their bodies need it will also give them energy to go through the day awake and cognitive of what they are doing. So one morning your child wakes up and decides that they don't want to eat breakfast. What is your reaction? Do you force them to eat or let them leave for school without eating anything. Is this a battle that you fight?
What do you pack your child for lunch?
As a mom, you are probably in charge of packing your little one, or ones, lunch. But what do you include in their lunch box? Do you fill it with nutritious food that you know they hate but is good for them? Or instead do you opt for things that you know they will eat but aren't the healthiest? Would you rather your child eat junk food then nothing or offer them healthy options and do what they wish with them?
Your child is having a tantrum in the middle of the store, what do you do?
At some point in your toddlers life they will throw a temper tantrum in a completely public place. You will probably be frozen with embarrassment at first but eventually you will have o pull yourself together and figure out how to stop them from having a fit. So what do you do to calm them down? Give in and give them what they want or hold strong and let them tire themselves out with their crying? Will you be able to withstand the embarrassment?
Everyone at school has a new toy and your child wants it as well, do you buy it for them?
There will come a time when everyone at school will have a toy that your child doesn't. Your child will come home acting like its the end of the world if they don't get this toy. What do you do when this day comes? Do you go out and buy them the toy so that they can fit in with everyone else or do you make them earn it by doing chores around the house or getting a good grade?
What is the best predictor of academic success?
There are a few different things that can sort of predict how well your child will do in school as far as their academics are concerned. There have been many studies to figure out what some indicators of academic success are. Is a child with a stable home and loving family guaranteed academic success? Or does it have to do with the way that they were disciplined as children? Maybe it concerns their work ethic and how they handle stress?
Which factor predicts how your child will turn out?
There are also factors that can predict how your child will turn out and how they will behave as adults. For example, will they be kind and hard working or maybe self centered and only concerned with themselves. Or are they going to be very involved in the community and always trying to help those less fortunate them them. No matter which one it is there are factors that you can look for to predict what your child will be like.
What is the best approach for dealing with an angry teen?
Teenagers are tricky creature to deal with. One minute they will love you and the next they will look at you like you are the literal devil. So for those days when your teen is being increasingly moody and angry what is the bets approach? Should you tackle the problem head on and try to figure out whats wrong or let them figure it out on their own and give them space? Try to think back to when you were a teen.
Your child wants to sleep at a friends, what do you do?
At some point your child will ask you to have a sleepover at their friends house. Maybe it will be when they are in elementary school but most of the time it is when they are in middle or high school. What is your response to this question? Do you trust them enough and drop them off without question or tell them no and thats the end of it? Maybe you want to speak to the parents to make sure that they will be home?
How important is it that children interact with other children?
As a parent, especially a mother, it can be very tempting to have your child with you all the time. They are only little once so why would you want to share them with others? Especially with other kids who may not be kind to them and bully them? But is it important that children interact with other kids their age or it is ok if they don't as long as they meet their milestones and are caught up to those their age