A School-Age Child Becomes Frustrated with a School Assignment and Says,"I

question 19

Multiple Choice

A school-age child becomes frustrated with a school assignment and says,"I can't do this!" What is the most developmentally supportive response from the parent?

• A) Ask,"What is it that is so difficult?"
• B) Allow the child to quit the effort.
• C) Call in older siblings to help.
• D) Finish the project for them.

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Definitions:

DSM

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a handbook used by healthcare professionals as the authoritative guide to the diagnosis of mental disorders.

Depression

A mental disorder characterized by persistent sadness, loss of interest in activities, and the inability to experience pleasure, affecting one's thoughts, behavior, feelings, and sense of well-being.

Schizophrenia

A long-term mental disorder involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.

Voice Hallucinations

Auditory hallucinations where an individual hears voices that are not present or generated by an external source.