| A | B |
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| authoritarian style | A parenting style based on the idea that children should obey their parents without quetion |
| democratic style | a parenting style in which parents allow children some input into rules and limits put on their behavior |
| deprivation | The lack of an enriching environment |
| nurturing | giving a child opportunities for encouragement and enrichment and showing love, support, and concern for the child |
| parenting | caring for children and helping them develop |
| permissive style | A parenting style in which parents give children a wide range of freedom, with children being able to set their own rules |
| conscience | an inner sense of right and wrong |
| guidance | Using firmness and understanding to help children learn to control their own behavior |
| negative reinforcement | A response aimed at discouraging a child from repeating a behavior |
| positive reinforcement | a response that encourages a particular behavior so it will be repeated |
| self-discipline | children's ability to control their own behavior learned through guidance |
| time-out | a short period of time in which a child sits away from other people and the center of activity after he or she has misbehaved |
| child care center | A facility in which staff provides care for children whose parents are not available during working hours |
| Head Start | A federal government program that sets up locally run child care facilities designed to help lower-income and disadvantaged children improve their readiness for school |
| parent cooperative | A child care situation in which part of the care is provided by the parents of children in the program |
| play group | A child care arrangement in which parents take turns caring for each other's children in their own homes |
| preschool | a facility that provides education programs fro children aged 3 to 5 |
| abstinence | avoiding sexual activity |
| hormones | Chemicals in the body that cause changes |
| sexuality | A person's view of himself or herself as a male or female |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | an illness spread from one person to another by sexual contact |
