Parenting Challenge

Parenting Challenge

Please read each question carefully and select the correct answer by clicking on the corresponding button. The answer key will be provided after the quiz is scored. Streeeetch that mind!

1.

Approximately how many new words is a 2-year-old capable of learning per day (not necessarily to speak, but to understand)?

2
5
10
20
I don't know
2.

What is generally a good age to introduce solid foods to a baby?

3 months
6 months
8 months
12 months
I don't know
3.

When do experts say is the best time to get babies shoes?

At birth
When they start crawling
When they start walking
When they start walking outside
I don't know
4.

Which of the following is the average 4-year-old not yet able to do?

Skip on one foot
Tie shoes
Draw a figure of a person
Throw a ball overhand
I don't know
5.

When are most children physically (but not necessarily emotionally) ready to start potting training?

12 months
12-17 months
18-24 months
24-30 months
I don't know
6.

When do children begin to identify more strongly with certain people in their lives than with others (and react to "strangers")?

Immediately after birth
3-5 months
6-9 months
10-12 months
I don't know
7.

Young children eat up to _____ times as much as adults in proportion to their body weight.

2
4
6
8
I don't know
8.

How long do experts recommend you breastfeed a baby?

At least 6 months
At least 1 year
At least 1 year and a half
As long as possible
I don't know
9.

Which of the following is NOT true about breastfeeding mothers?

A few glasses of wine before breastfeeding is fine.
They need to eat more - about 200 calories a day more.
Consuming large amounts of coffee, tea, and caffeinated soda may agitate the baby.
Medications can make their way into the milk.
I don't know
10.

When does the awareness of sex differences begin to appear?

Soon after birth
5 -10 months
11-16 months
17-22 months
I don't know
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