C HAPTER 18: C ARE OF THE S CHOOL -A GE
C HILD
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A school nurse is conducting a class on safety for parents of school -age children.
Which statement indicates the parents need further teaching?
a. Our child needs to wear sunscreen when playing soccer.
b. Our young school-age child will continue to ride belted in the back seat.
c. We will monitor the volume when our child is listening to music on the i -
Pod with ear buds.
d. Were glad our child will be home after school to let repairmen in while we
are working.
ANS: D
Safety teaching for school-age children includes sun protection and wearing
sunscreen when participating in sports, having the child belted in the back
seat of the car away from airbags, and avoidance of listening to loud music
through earphones. A child home alone should not allow others int o the home
if the parent is not there.
2. Identify the statement that is the most accurate about moral development in the 9 -
year-old school-age child.
a. Right and wrong are based on physical consequences of behavior.
b. The child obeys parents because of fear of punishment.
c. The school-age child conforms to rules to please others.
d. Parents are the determiners of right and wrong for the school -age child.
, ANS: C
The 7- to 12-year-old child bases right and wrong on a good-boy or good-girl
orientation in which the child conforms to rules to please others and avoid
disapproval. Children 4 to 7 years of age base right and wrong on
consequences; consequences are the most important consideration for the
child between 4 and 7 years of age. Parents determine right and wrong for the
child younger than 4 years of age.
3. Which parental behavior is the most important in fostering moral development?
a. Telling the child what is right and wrong
b. Vigilantly monitoring the child and her peers
c. Weekly family meetings to discuss behavior
d. Living as the parents say they believe
ANS: D
Parents living what they believe give nonambivalent messages and foster the
childs moral development and reasoning. Telling the child what is right and
wrong is not effective unless the child has experienced what he or she hears.
Parents need to live according to the values they are teaching to their
children. Vigilant monitoring of the child and his or her peers is an
inappropriate action for the parent to initiate. It does not foster moral
development and reasoning in the child. Weekly family meetings to discuss
behaviors may or may not be helpful in the development of moral reasoning.
4. Which behavior by parents or teachers will best assist the child in negotiating the
developmental task of industry?
a. Identifying failures immediately and asking the childs peers for feedback
C HILD
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A school nurse is conducting a class on safety for parents of school -age children.
Which statement indicates the parents need further teaching?
a. Our child needs to wear sunscreen when playing soccer.
b. Our young school-age child will continue to ride belted in the back seat.
c. We will monitor the volume when our child is listening to music on the i -
Pod with ear buds.
d. Were glad our child will be home after school to let repairmen in while we
are working.
ANS: D
Safety teaching for school-age children includes sun protection and wearing
sunscreen when participating in sports, having the child belted in the back
seat of the car away from airbags, and avoidance of listening to loud music
through earphones. A child home alone should not allow others int o the home
if the parent is not there.
2. Identify the statement that is the most accurate about moral development in the 9 -
year-old school-age child.
a. Right and wrong are based on physical consequences of behavior.
b. The child obeys parents because of fear of punishment.
c. The school-age child conforms to rules to please others.
d. Parents are the determiners of right and wrong for the school -age child.
, ANS: C
The 7- to 12-year-old child bases right and wrong on a good-boy or good-girl
orientation in which the child conforms to rules to please others and avoid
disapproval. Children 4 to 7 years of age base right and wrong on
consequences; consequences are the most important consideration for the
child between 4 and 7 years of age. Parents determine right and wrong for the
child younger than 4 years of age.
3. Which parental behavior is the most important in fostering moral development?
a. Telling the child what is right and wrong
b. Vigilantly monitoring the child and her peers
c. Weekly family meetings to discuss behavior
d. Living as the parents say they believe
ANS: D
Parents living what they believe give nonambivalent messages and foster the
childs moral development and reasoning. Telling the child what is right and
wrong is not effective unless the child has experienced what he or she hears.
Parents need to live according to the values they are teaching to their
children. Vigilant monitoring of the child and his or her peers is an
inappropriate action for the parent to initiate. It does not foster moral
development and reasoning in the child. Weekly family meetings to discuss
behaviors may or may not be helpful in the development of moral reasoning.
4. Which behavior by parents or teachers will best assist the child in negotiating the
developmental task of industry?
a. Identifying failures immediately and asking the childs peers for feedback
