Hi,
Thought this may be of use to others. When Cafcass did a section 7 report for me previously, I was sent a questionnaire to complete, about Parenting styles:
1. Why do babies cry?
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2. How would you respond to the different types of crying?
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3. What physical needs does a child have as s/he is growing up?
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4. What emotional needs does a child have as s/he is growing up?
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5. What educational needs does a child have as s/he is growing up?
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6. How do you think children learn?
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7. What kind of things do you think are naughty?
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8. What things can a parent do when a child is naughty?
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9. Would you ever smack your child? If so, what for?
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10. Do you think children like to be cuddled? If so, when would you cuddle them?
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11. Do you think that children should know that parents are ‘in charge’?
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12. If so, how would you let your children know you were in charge?
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12. Should parents encourage imaginary play with small children, for example, having a tea party?
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13. Should parents join in?
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14. At what age do you think children would want to stop playing at having tea parties or imaginary play?
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15. How often do you think parents should play with children?
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16. How long do you think a child of 12 months will concentrate on one game/thing/activity?
· One minute
· Five minutes
· Ten minutes
· Fifteen minutes
· Thirty minutes
· Forty-five minutes
17. Why do you think they can concentrate for that long?
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18. At what age do you think children should be allowed to go to the shop alone?
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19. When should children be allowed to have boyfriends/girlfriends?
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20. When should children be allowed to stay up until 10.00pm?
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21. At what age should children be allowed to stay in the house alone?
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22. At what age should children be allowed in the kitchen unsupervised?
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23. At what age should children be allowed a say in important family decisions – for example, whether a new partner should be allowed to move into the house?
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24. How old should children be before they are allowed pocket money?
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25. How old should a child be before they are told about contraception, masturbation, safe [censored]?
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26. Is there an age when you think children should be allowed to watch pornographic films?
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Great Post Bill... any recommended answer suggestions? Clearly with the caveat that we shouldn't all copy and paste them!
😆 I googled for some answers haha.