Computerized doll

Baby Think It Over infant simulator

Parenting Simulation

The experience of caring for the infant simulator for

a long period time

Electronics Box

The small computer that fits in the back of Baby

Think It Over

Care Key

The small plastic device the teen wears to tend

Baby

Tending

Caring for Baby by inserting the care key in

its back when it cries

Rough handling event

An instance of mistreatment of Baby,

either deliberate or accidental, including

dropping or hitting, that is recorded by the electronics box

Neglect event

Ignoring Baby’s crying for one minute or more. Neglect events are

recorded by the electronics box.

FILL IN THE BLANKS!Directions: Number a piece of paper to . Use the Baby Think It Over

Student Handbook on your table to find the answers as a team.

You won’t know when, or how ____1____ Baby will need your attention. Like a real infant, it may sometimes need you at ____2_____times, including when you are ____3____, taking a test, or talking on the ____4____ with a friend. A parent should respond ____5____ when an

infant cries.

BTIO models with the Realistic Head Support feature must be carried and held correctly or it will be recorded in the ___6_____ box. Baby is often mistaken for a ___7____ infant, so you will need to dress it warmly in cold weather and never leave it ___8____. A real infant may cry for several reasons, including pain, being uncomfortable, hot, cold, hungry, thirsty, sleepy, illness, bored, wet diaper, poo diaper, needs attention, etc. Baby will only cry for one of five reasons, which include wrong ___9____, needs care (using _____10 _____), no longer needs care, handled roughly, ___11____ not supported.

WHEN BABY CRIES

Baby likes to be on its back, right side, or ____12____. If you hold it upside down, on its left side, or lay it on its ___13_____, it will cry after a few ___14_____ and will continue crying until after it is moved back to a proper position. If you let the crying ___15_____ for more than one minute, the electronics box will record a ___16____ event.

Baby may ____17____ randomly throughout the day. Real babies need to be fed, burped, ____18______, etc. You will ____19______ all these actions by using a ____20_______ care key. It will take approximately the same time it would take to care for a baby. Sometimes tending may take longer, as with a real baby depending on it’s need. Your ___21_____ will fasten the care key to your ____22_____ with a wristband, similar to what you would wear in a hospital. You, and only _____23_____, can care for your Baby. If there will be any times that you cannot care for Baby during your parenting simulation, arrangements for a ____24______ must be made with you instructor’s ____25_______.

When Baby cries, first checked to see that you are ____26___ it correctly. If you are, or if changing the position doesn’t stop the crying, then it probably needs ____27_____. To tend Baby, insert the care key into the hole in the electronics box and turn the care key _____28_____.

TENDING BABY

Once you insert the key into Baby’s back, there will be a ____29____ second delay before Baby stops crying. Do not ____30____ the care key, because it may break. While tending, you must hold the key in place or Baby will start crying again. Baby may need tending as little as 5 minutes or as long as ____31____ minutes. When the tending time is over, Baby will cry again (even though the key is still inserted) to tell you that it is ____32_____ with the tending period. Remove the care key and the crying will ____33_____. You should then place Baby back in its carrier.

Like a real baby, Baby must be handled _____34_____. Unlike a real baby, it can tell your instructor if it was handled roughly, whether it was your ____35_____ or not. You are solely responsible for Baby. If a real baby was hurt while in your care, it would still be your fault; this is also so for Baby.

Baby Don’ts

1. Don’t _______________________________________ . Some people think it’s funny to abuse Baby, or may want to get you in trouble by damaging it.

2. Don’t _________________________________________, because it’s too easy to drop something and it could be Baby.

3. Don’t ______________________________________________________________________.

4. Don’t _________________________________________________. This can cause permanent brain damage in a real baby.

5. Don’t _________________________________________________. ____________________________________________, in real life shaking can cause brain damage, and sometimes death.

MATCHING TERMS______ 1. The experience of caring for Baby. A. TENDING

______ 2. The small computer that fits in Baby’s B. ELECTRONICS BOX

back and records your care of baby. C. CARE KEY

______ 3. Baby Think It Over infant simulator. D. ROUGH HANDLING

______ 4. Ignoring Baby’s crying for one minute or more. Neglect events are recorded E. NEGLECT

EVENTby the electronics box.

F. PARENTING SIMULATION______ 5. The small plastic device the teen wears

to tend Baby. G. COMPUTERIZED DOLL

______ 6. An instance of mistreatment of Baby, either deliberate or accidental, including dropping or hitting, that is recorded by the electronics box

______ 7. The small plastic device the teen wears to tend Baby