ReCAPP: Professional Credits: Parent/Teen Communication Quiz

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Parent/Teen Communication

Continuing Education
Self-Study Quiz
for CHES and
CFLE Contact Hours

Directions:
Read each question carefully. Circle the appropriate letter for each answer on a printed version of the self-study quiz answer sheet. Circle only one answer for each question.

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Self-Study Quiz

According to a national survey, kids are ready to talk to their parent about:
1. how to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS.
2. how to handle pressure to have sex.
3. how alcohol and drugs might affect decisions to have sex.
4. all of the above.

Experts recommend that parents:
1. talk about the tough issues with their kids when they turn 13 years old.
2. talk about the tough issues early and often.
3. talk about the tough issues only when their kids bring them up.
4. "be together as a team" when they talk about the tough issues with their kids.

Parents can request free booklets and other resources from the Talking with Kids about Tough Issues Campaign by:
1. calling 1-800-CHILD44.
2. accessing the web site www.talkingwithkids.org.
3. contacting Kaiser Family Foundation or Children Now.
4. all of the above.

When talking to kids about sex, parents are encouraged to:
1. primarily present the biological facts.
2. discuss the emotional aspects of a sexual relationship.
3. share details from their own sexual experiences.
4. all of the above.

Can We Talk? is a program that includes:
1. a series of student workshops designed for them to learn about their parents' values.
2. a series of teen/parent workshops where values regarding sex are clarified.
3. a series of parent workshops.
4. a parent workshop series focused on positive discipline.

Can We Talk? is built on the philosophy that:
1. parents are already experts.
2. every family has different values.
3. family talks about self-esteem, sex and peer pressure should be on-going.
4. all of the above.

Can We Talk?:
1. can be implemented in a wide variety of ways.
2. must be implemented in a standardized way.
3. is most effective if implemented in high schools.
4. none of the above.

ReCAPP's Learning Activity titled "Sex on TV: Teens and Parents Talk" encourages:
1. teens to watch more television.
2. teens to watch television shows with less sexual content.
3. teens to talk and listen to their parents about sex.
4. parents to watch more television.

"Families Matter: A Research Synthesis of Family Influences on Adolescent Pregnancy" found the effects of parent/child communication on teen pregnancy outcomes to be:
1. positive.
2. negative.
3. inconsistent.
4. inversely correlated.

Brent C. Miller, author of "Families Matter," concludes that parents can:

predict whether their adolescents will become pregnant.
influence their children's behavior and likelihood to become pregnant.
prevent their children from having sex.
none of the above.

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