Topic 4 Family planning and responsibility
Activity 1: Being a Parent
Question: What is necessary in order to be a parent or caretaker? What is necessary for responsible parenthood? How do these ideas link to family planning?
Definitions:
Responsible Parenthood: The way you think, feel and behave in a balanced way, so you can decide together if you want children and how to raise them.
Family Planning: the right to decide if you want to have children and when.
(Rephrased from Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH), 2002, p. 38).
Source: Beverly Care https://beverlycare.org/services/family-planning/
Activity 2: Responsible Parenthood & Family Planning
Question: Reflect on the definitions of responsible parenthood and family planning and compare them with your own ideas.
Activity 3: Mini-drama about Parenting
Create a mini-drama with small group of 3 or 4 people. Illustrate one point about parenting you think is important for other boys and girls to think about. Play your mini-drama for the rest of the class and ask for their feedback.