Some of the responsibilities and challenges associated with parenting are pregnancy, parenthood, emotional responsibilities, financial responsibilities, physical responsibilities, safety responsibilities, discipline responsibilities, and parenting teens. Pregnancy holds the responsibilities of parenting before a child is born. The mother must have proper nutrition, low fat, proper vitamins, healthy weight, and no smoking/drugs/alcohol is order to give birth to a healthy baby. In regards to parenthood, raising a child is a big job. You have to have emotional responsibilities, financial responsibilities, physical responsibilities, safety responsibilities, and discipline responsibilities for the child. Parents have to meet the emotional needs of their children and they have the biggest influence on a child's emotional health. A parent must provide for a child's needs -- food, education, housing, clothes, health care. Raising a child costs on average around $13,000 a year. It is a parent's responsibility to provide for a child's basic physical needs -- food, shelter, clothing. It's also a parent's responsibility to keep a child safe and free from harm, such as injury, bullying, teasing, and abuse. Parents must teach their children to follow directions and obey authority through the use of discipline. Parenting teens can provide unique challenges. Parents must continue to set boundaries, need to maintain some control, and should be concerned about safety.
