Which Statement About Adolescent Parents Is TRUE

question 117

Multiple Choice

Which statement about adolescent parents is TRUE?

• A)Their children have equal rates of school readiness compared to adult parents' children.
• B)They spend less time reading to their children.
• C)They engage in less harsh parenting than adult parents do.
• D)They have greater exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

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Definitions:

Concrete Operational Stage

A developmental phase in children, identified by Jean Piaget, typically occurring between ages 7 and 12, where children begin to think logically about concrete events.

Cognitive Development

Cognitive development is the process by which individuals acquire and evolve in their thinking abilities, from infancy through adulthood, encompassing reasoning, memory, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Equal Amounts

Refers to a situation where two or more entities possess the same quantity or measure of something.

Conservation

In cognitive development, conservation is the understanding that certain properties of objects remain the same despite changes in their form or appearance.