Thinking About Children

Name: ___________________________________ Date; ____________________ Period: _______

Compete the following sentences about children. There are no right or wrong answers. After answering all questions,
re-read your answers. What do they tell you about your attitudes about children?
1. Learning about children can help me ___________________________________________________
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2.

What I like most about children is ________________________________________________

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3.

What I like least about children is _________________________________________________

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4.

My favorite thing to do when I was little was ________________________________________

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5.

I think children learn best by ____________________________________________________

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6.

Children need parents or caregivers because _________________________________________

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7. When I am a parent, I will __________________________________________________________
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8.

Most of my knowledge about children has come from ___________________________________

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9.All children are alike in that they _____________________________________________________
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10.

All children are different in that they ______________________________________________

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11. One of the hardest things for a child to learn is ___________________________________________

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12.

The greatest challenge in caring for a child is ________________________________________

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13.

I dont understand why children _________________________________________________

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14.

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of a newborn is _____________________________

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15.

My favorite age of children is _________________ because ___________________________

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16.

When Im with children, Im surprised by ____________________________________________

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Now, go back to #1 and reread your statements. Write 2-3 sentences that describe what your answers reveal about
your attitudes towards children.
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Do you think that a career related to children might interest you? Explain why or what not, and if it would, what type
of career?

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