Name: ______________________________ Date: ______________ Partner: ______________
Directions: Part 1 is the eight jobs of a parent or caregiver. Part 2 is the 24-hour caregiver clock for a two year old; fill every hour with a job letter and shade the hours the caregiver is working for the child. Part 3 is readiness, at a general level. Part 4 is the community supports match. The exit card is at the bottom. The child and the family are fictional.
My do now guess: a two year old needs an adult paying attention ______ hours a day.
Part 1: The eight jobs of a caregiver
| Letter | Job | A toddler example | A babysitter does this? |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | Safety | Gates, outlet covers, never alone near water | |
| F | Food | Three meals and snacks, cut small, no choking foods | |
| H | Health | Doctor visits, shots, medicine, sleep | |
| L | Love | Holding, talking, being there when they cry | |
| T | Teaching | Words, colors, how to share, what "hot" means | |
| M | Limits | A bedtime, a rule about hitting, a "no" that means no | |
| $ | Money | Diapers, food, clothes, child care, the doctor | |
| C | Time | All of it |
Parenting is unpaid work, and it is the biggest job most adults ever do.
Words in other languages [check with a native speaker before printing]:
| English | Turkish | Portuguese | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| caregiver | bakıcı | cuidador | cuidador |
| safety | güvenlik | segurança | seguridad |
| food | yemek | comida | comida |
| health | sağlık | saúde | salud |
| love | sevgi | amor | amor |
| limits | sınırlar | limites | límites |
| money | para | dinheiro | dinero |
Part 2: The caregiver clock
A normal weekday for a two year old. Anchors: wakes at 6:30, nap 1:00 to 2:30, bed at 7:30. Your surprise card (the teacher gives it): ______________________
For every hour, write what the child is doing, what the caregiver is doing, and the job letter. Shade every hour the caregiver is doing a job for the child, including "listening while they sleep."
| Hour | The child is | The caregiver is | Job letter | Shaded? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 a.m. | ||||
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| 2 a.m. | ||||
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| 11 a.m. | ||||
| 12 p.m. | ||||
| 1 p.m. | ||||
| 2 p.m. | ||||
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| 8 p.m. | ||||
| 9 p.m. | ||||
| 10 p.m. | ||||
| 11 p.m. |
Hours shaded: ______ out of 24. Compared to my guess: ______________________
Stretch: a second surprise we invented: ______________________ Hour: ______ Job letter: ______
Stretch: a monthly cost estimate for three jobs (use the figures on the slide): Food $______ Diapers $______ Child care $______ One thing a family with one income might have to give up: ______________________
Part 3: Readiness, at a general level
This is not about whether or when anyone should have a child. It is about what a person needs in place to do the eight jobs well.
| What a person needs | One reason, from the clock |
|---|---|
| Age (a body and a brain that are done growing; their own school years finished) | |
| Money (the clock has a cost) | |
| Support (a partner, a parent, a friend, a neighbor; nobody does 24 hours alone for long) | |
| Patience (the 2 a.m. fever and the spilled cup are the job, not the exception) |
Which of the four does the clock show most clearly? ______________________
Part 4: Community supports
| Support | What it does | An hour on my clock where it would help |
|---|---|---|
| The pediatrician | Checkups, shots, medicine, the "is this normal" phone call | |
| The school (and later, pre-K) | Teaching, meals, the nurse, the counselor | |
| The public library | Free books, story time, a warm place, computers | |
| WIC | Food help for pregnant people, babies, and children under 5 in families that qualify | |
| 211 | One phone number for finding any local help: food, housing, child care, utilities. Available in many languages. | |
| The family liaison at school | Knows every local resource; helps with forms | |
| The after-hours nurse line | A nurse on the phone at 2 a.m. |
Local numbers from the slide [Sal: fill these in]:
211: ______________________ One other: ______________________
Exit card: 3-2-1
3 of the eight jobs: ______________ ______________ ______________
2 community supports and what each does: ______________________ ______________________
1 sentence: The caregiver clock surprised me because ________________________________________________
Teacher key
- Part 1, "a babysitter does this": S yes, F yes (snacks and a meal the parent left), H no (a babysitter does not make health decisions; they call the parent), L yes, T sometimes, M yes (the bedtime the parent set), $ no, C yes (for a few hours).
- Part 2, a "got it" clock: every hour has a letter; midnight to 6 a.m. is shaded with L or S ("listening," "checking"); the surprise (a fever at 2 a.m., a spilled cup at dinner, a scraped knee at the park) is handled with H, F, or S, not skipped; the count is 18 to 24. A common clock: 6:30 wake L/S, 7 breakfast F, 8 to 12 play and errands T/S, 12 lunch F, 1 to 2:30 nap (shaded, caregiver does dishes and listens), 3 to 5 park or play S/T, 5:30 dinner F, 6:30 bath S, 7:30 bed L/M, 8 p.m. to midnight listening.
- Stretch costs, placeholders to confirm locally: diapers about $70 a month; toddler food about $150 to $250 a month; child care from $800 to over $2,000 a month depending on the county. [Sal: pull two local numbers and mark the month.]
- Part 3, strong reasons: age (the clock has no gaps; a person still in school could not fill it); money (child care alone can cost more than rent); support (the 2 a.m. fever after a full day; somebody has to cover the next morning); patience (the surprise card is every day).
- Part 4 matches: pediatrician to the 2 a.m. fever or a checkup hour; the school to a daytime teaching hour; the library to a morning or afternoon play hour; WIC to a meal hour; 211 to any hour a family needs help finding something; the nurse line to 2 a.m.