Quarter 2 HEALTH 8 Week 7

Learning
Competency:
 Analyzes the importance of responsible parenthood (H8FH-IIg-h-37)

Specific Objectives:
o Knowledge: Identify the factors of responsible
parenthood;
o Skills: Enumerate the responsibilities of parent
to children; and
o Attitude: Value the importance of responsible
parenthood
PRE-TEST!

MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE

Direction: Respond to the following
statements with a modified TRUE or FALSE.
Stretch your neck to right if the statement is
correct and stretch it to the left if it is not.
1 Families have the same number of people.

2 Families can celebrate different holidays

3 Families live in one house.

4 Families celebrate birthdays in the same way

5 Families change all the time.

 Even though family members fight, they
6 still love each other.
7 In all families, mothers and fathers work.

8 Mothers and fathers always live together.

9 Different families have different rules.

10 Families have children.

 The Number Game!

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Guide Questions:
 How many are you (siblings) in your family? Stay behind the
numbers posted on the board. Go!
 From eldest, what is your rank among your siblings? Go!
 Then from youngest what is your rank according to your order?
Go!
 On your own opinion, what is the ideal number of sibling(s) in the
family? Go!
Q2 HEALTH 8 Week 7
Group Activity! Instructions:
“My Ideal Family”
Materials: 1.The class will be divided into four (4) and labelled
as Family 1, Family 2, Family 3, Family 4.
 Manila paper 2.Each family (group) shall brainstorm in 3 minutes
 Pentel Pen/marker about their ideal family. Write your answers on a
½ Manila Paper.
3.After 3 minutes, wait for the “Go Signal” to post
your answers on the board. There should be no
duplication of answers (no point if any).
4.You will be given 2 minutes to analyze your
answers. You can still add responses if 2 minutes
are not yet over.
5.Each correct response is 2 points. The family with
highest points wins the game.
What is Parenthood?
Parenthood is the state of being a parent. Traditionally, it means
being a father or mother of the biological child. When adoption is
involved, the parents are the legal father and mother of the child.

Parenthood is a great responsibility or task. It

is not a role which can be successfully played
on the basis of chance. It is a status where
responsible couples arrive at after making a
decision to have a family.
What is Responsible
Parenthood?
Responsible parenthood is the will and ability to respond to the
needs and aspirations of the family.
is defined as the series of decisions couples make
to ensure the best possible life for the family and
for the community to which the family belongs. It
is the ability of the parents to raise children in the
Filipino way and to satisfy the social, economic,
and religious responsibilities of a family.
Parenting also includes the inculcation of values
and instilling of discipline.
Factors when thinking of
Parenthood Happiness and
stability of the
 The relationship of the couple should be satisfactory
because a child’s arrival may only become another source
Marriage of marital stress and misery.

 A wife should be physically and emotionally

Physical and
emotional prepared to give birth to a healthy child and the
readiness of husband should be mature enough to carry out
both partners his responsibilities.
for parenthood
 The cost of living gets higher as the new born
Financial
child completes the family and it depends to
Stability his parents.
Importance of Responsible
Parenthood?
An important part of growing up is learning to make decisions
about our lives. Part of decision- making means taking
responsibility for our own actions and understanding that our
decisions affect the lives of other people.
In order to make responsible decisions, a person
needs accurate and reliable information.
Decisions about family size and child spacing
should be made by the mother and father
together as they will affect both of their lives.
Importance of Responsible
Parenthood?
Responsible parenthood includes the process of deciding how to
choose our partners, when to form families, when to have the first
child, child spacing, how many children to have in all, etc. But
responsible parenthood does not end with decisions about how
many children to have and when to have them. Responsible
parenthood includes all the decisions we take to ensure the best
possible lives for ourselves and our children.
Importance of Responsible
Parenthood?
Children have special needs that often can be neglected if not
carefully planned for. Beyond their need for appropriate nutrition,
children also need emotional support and affection, mental
stimulation, social involvement, and recreation.
Watch and Reflect!
Process Questions:
1.What is Parenting?
2.What is Responsible Parenting?
3.Can you give at least 5 responsibilities of a parent to their
child/children?
.

RESPONS .
IBLE
PARENTI
NG

. .
Do this!

THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN

Direction: Give me your thumbs up if you agree with the
following statement and thumbs down if not. Do this
activity with all honesty.
1 Mom and Dad provide my basic needs

2 Security is the priority of my parents

3 Parents give love and care to their children

4 We live under the bridge because our

parents are jobless.
5 I get what I want from my parents.
SMART CHECK!

Complete the Sentence

If I would become a parent, I
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
________________________
Identify whether the following
statements describes responsible
parenthood. Write Yes if it is correct and
No if it is not.
1.Responsible parenthood includes the process of deciding how to choose our
partners
2.Establishing a family is a very important decision that demands emotional,
intellectual, social, physical, and economic preparation.
3.Parenthood is just a mere fun of being a parent.
4.Children have special needs that often can be neglected if not carefully
planned for.
5.Couples need to make their own decisions regarding responsible behavior.
6.Responsible parenthood includes all the decisions we take to ensure the best
possible lives for ourselves and our children.
7.Parenting also includes the inculcation of values and instilling of discipline.
8.Parenthood is a great responsibility or task.
9.There is no factor to consider when thinking of parenthood.
10.Being a responsible parent is not an easy task to work on.
Interview
Direction: Ask your parent about the importance of being a
responsible parent. Take note all their answers on your
notebook. Use the following questions below as your guide
for asking.
1. How they become couple?
2. Are they happy being married?
3. What are the three factors they consider when they are
thinking parenthood?
Thank You