Baby Assignment

These are your options…This paper is our contract. Read through it and make a decision. This contract is due ______. If you break any part of the contract, your assignment will automatically be ½ credit. There will be no late assignments taken for this, so make sure you know what you’re doing and when it is due. Sign and date it and turn it back in. This assignment is worth 250 points.

  1. Take the baby for 2 full days and 3 nights. You will need to do a pre-assessment, keep a log each time the baby cries and for how long, and then write up 2 paragraphs about the experience. Be specific and tell me what thoughts you have about having a baby. If you take a baby, this contract ensures that you will be responsible and take care of it. If anything happens to this baby, you will need to replace it or cover the cost of damages. It could be anywhere from $50 - $800 so be careful when letting your friends or younger siblings play or help you with the baby.

**2. Make a video. Interview 2 sets of parents with young children about their lives and

responsibilities. It is your responsibility to write up a minimum 10 question interview, set up

and conduct the interviews on video. One of them must be willing to let you video a

few hours of their day and let you interact with them and see what they go through.

One interview must be a mother, so you can ask questions about pregnancy, childbirth

and delivery. One may be your own parent. Tell me what you learned.

**3. Conduct a survey. They survey can be about any parenting related issue. You

choose a topic and go from there. Your survey must be filled out and completed
by 50 people and then you must read their answers, draw conclusions and write

up 3 – 4 page typed paper about your findings. The beginning of your paper must

tell about why you chose this topic and then tell me the procedure you used for

conducting the survey. Also, share the results (in a graph or chart) and, most importantly,

tell me what you learned. You can choose topics like: teen sex and pregnancy, parenting

responsibilities, parenting decisions, discipline, balancing work and family, having a new

baby at home, costs of raising a child, etc. It is your choice. The paper must be double

space, 12 point Times font and have regular margin settings and should be at least 3 pgs.

4. If you come up with a different project idea, write it up and approve it with Mrs. Stockdale.

**Extra Credit may be earned for these assignments.

I, ______, have chosen assignment #_____. The date I will have it accomplished is ______. (any date before May 12)

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