Author Question: A nurse has completed a teaching session for parents on school-age childrens' expected developmental ... (Read 78 times)

laurencescou · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

A nurse has completed a teaching session for parents on school-age childrens' expected developmental milestones. The parents need further teaching if they indicate which behavior is expected in a school-age child?

a. Experiments with profanity and dirty jokes
b. Laughs at silly jokes and enjoys using words
c. Understands the concept of conservation
d. Engages in fantasy and magical thinking

Question 2

Which statement made by a mother of a school-age boy indicates a need for further teaching?

a. My child is playing soccer this year..
b. He is always busy with his friends playing games. He is very active..
c. I limit his television watching to about 2 hours a day..
d. I am glad his coach emphasizes the impor-tance of winning in today's society..

diesoon · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D
The preschool child engages in fantasy and magical thinking. The school-age child moves away from this type of thinking and becomes more skeptical and logical. Belief in Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny ends in this period of development. The school-age child goes through a period in which profanity and dirty jokes are explored. This behavior is not unusual for the school-age child. The school-age child has a sense of humor. His increased language mastery and increased logic allow for appreciation of plays on words, jokes, and incongruities. The school-age child understands conservation or that properties of objects do not change when their order, form, or appearance does.

Answer to Question 2

D
Team sports are important for the development of sportsmanship and teamwork and for exercise and refinement of motor skills. A coach who emphasizes winning and strict discipline is not appropriate for children in this age group. Team sports such as soccer are appropriate for exercise and refinement of motor skills. School-age children need to participate in physical activities, which contribute to their physical fitness skills and well-being. Limiting television to 2 hours a day is an appropriate restriction. School-age children should be encouraged to participate in physical activities.