Key Terms in Parenting, Family Dynamics, and Child Development
Female Infanticide ✔✔✔killing of female children immediately after birth
Fertility Rate ✔✔✔the number of children born alive during a specific period
Infant Mortality Rate ✔✔✔the number of deaths of infants less than one year of age per 1000
births
Sterilization ✔✔✔causing permanent infertility by removing or disabling reproductive organs
Authoritarian Parenting ✔✔✔parental control and the use of reward & punishment
Authoritative Parenting ✔✔✔warmth, support, acceptance & indirect positive control of
children
Permissive Parenting ✔✔✔the children have greater power than parents in family situations
Attachment ✔✔✔behaviours that meet the need of an infant to maintain or attain proximity &
protection with a parent
Intact Family ✔✔✔family in which both parents are in their first marriage & have biological or
adopted children
Child Neglect ✔✔✔covers wide range of parental behaviours; failure to provide necessities of
life to adequate supervision, emotional neglect, etc.
Diminished Parenting ✔✔✔lessened ability to parent due to stress (could come from divorce,
etc.); increased emotional & financial burdens as a result life's pressures
In Vitro Fertilization ✔✔✔eggs are remove, then fertilized in lab, then returned to the women's
uterus
Perinatal ✔✔✔referring to the period of time immediately after birth
Persistent Poverty ✔✔✔poverty that last for a long time rather than a short term result of crisis
LICO ✔✔✔Low-income cut off
Female Infanticide ✔✔✔killing of female children immediately after birth
Fertility Rate ✔✔✔the number of children born alive during a specific period
Infant Mortality Rate ✔✔✔the number of deaths of infants less than one year of age per 1000
births
Sterilization ✔✔✔causing permanent infertility by removing or disabling reproductive organs
Authoritarian Parenting ✔✔✔parental control and the use of reward & punishment
Authoritative Parenting ✔✔✔warmth, support, acceptance & indirect positive control of
children
Permissive Parenting ✔✔✔the children have greater power than parents in family situations
Attachment ✔✔✔behaviours that meet the need of an infant to maintain or attain proximity &
protection with a parent
Intact Family ✔✔✔family in which both parents are in their first marriage & have biological or
adopted children
Child Neglect ✔✔✔covers wide range of parental behaviours; failure to provide necessities of
life to adequate supervision, emotional neglect, etc.
Diminished Parenting ✔✔✔lessened ability to parent due to stress (could come from divorce,
etc.); increased emotional & financial burdens as a result life's pressures
In Vitro Fertilization ✔✔✔eggs are remove, then fertilized in lab, then returned to the women's
uterus
Perinatal ✔✔✔referring to the period of time immediately after birth
Persistent Poverty ✔✔✔poverty that last for a long time rather than a short term result of crisis
LICO ✔✔✔Low-income cut off
