Our Family's Lifestyle

As a home based child-minder the safe supervision of children both in and out of the home is ultimately my complete and main responsibility. When considering the level of supervision required it is important to remember that ’supervision’ can be interpreted into 3 different level types- I.e. the depth of supervision that you adapt, and that safety requirements outlined by Ofsted determines supervision to be adapted at all times of children in my care primarily in the following activity areas;

In order to ensure a safe and healthy environment and services for children/young people there are some factors which need to be taken into account. These include any equipment which they will be in contact with, such as electrical equipment, anything which may pose a fire risk, any damaged furniture or fixtures which they may come into contact with. If there are any cables or anything they may trip over as well as any spillages or anything they may slip on and fall. All if these issues need to be taken into account

It is important when planning and setting up learning activities that indoor and outdoor environments are hazard free and that staff and pupils will be able to work safely. The following factors must be taken into account when planning healthy and safe indoor and outdoor environments and services;

However, there were many reasons that people might think of of not wanting to stop smoking. For 16 year olds, a reason could be that they enjoy it and that their friends do it and they haven’t received any problems. Even though this is all true, it might not happen to their friends but it could happen to them. Furthermore, they could also think that it could help them deal with the stress that they might be experiencing due to their GCSE exams, although, we can prove that nicotine doesn’t help relax but it is instead a stimulant. For pregnant women, they could feel that they saw a relative smoke during their pregnancy and that their baby was a healthy weight and had no health problems, but this isn’t necessarily applicable to every pregnant mother.

It is vital for children to be kept safe in the early years setting, it is possible for them for to be at risk for example if there was not enough staff in their setting, if the staff were not police checked or the environment / equipment is not safe.

There are a number of important principles to think about when you are planning for healthy and safe environments or activities with children and young people. Most of these are common sense – just remember: everyone is an individual and may have particular needs. If you are clear about the following points it will become second nature to include safety in your planning.

Naudia’s mother acknowledged Naudia’s is being influenced to smoke by her friends because one Naudia’s friends was coming over and stealing her cigarettes out of her ashtray, so she stopped her from coming

The good health and safety of children needs to be promoted at all times. As stated by Penny Tassoni (2010), we must make sure that children’s environments are safe by carrying out furniture, toys and equipment checks and ensuring that they are safe for children to use before they come into the setting and to be generally observant.

Growing up, I can remember my mother’s ongoing disappointment and frustration with my grandmother’s smoking addiction. She continuously begged her mother to quit smoking, but unfortunately, her words never had much of an impact other than my grandmother trying not to smoke around her or moving outside the house to smoke. With my grandmother aging, her smoking has not decreased and with other compounding health issues, my mom is not just frustrated but also extremely saddened by the state of my

Jane’s was diagnosed with COPD in her 30’s; she has been living with this disease for a long time. Jane started smoking cigarettes in her 20’s; she smoked for a little over 30 years. Recently Jane has made the decision to stop smoking, cold turkey. She does not want any nicotine patches or any help to stop smoking. She is an extremely determined person and likes to do things on her own. Her Daughter Nichole smokes cigarettes, she tries to only smoke outside, but during several visit the apartment smelled like someone was smoking inside. The fact that Jane is trying to quite, while her daughter continues to smoke in front of her makes it challenging for Jane.

This man is a smoker for more than 50 years. He is diabetes type 2, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and overweight. Also, he has benign prostate hyperplasia, and cardiovascular disease. He believes that the CVA is the result of smoking. He knows he has the risk of having stroke or infarct. The man believes he would live more, if he quit smoking. He knows with stopping smoking, he could have better relationship with the family. Whenever he wants to talk or consult with each member of family, they say please go wash your mouth first to not smell and then come to talk. They blame him of smoking instead of listen to his problem carefully. He also knows if he quit smoking, he can have healthier remaining life. He stated, “I wish I could quit, but it is so hard to change your habits”. He repeatedly decided to quit smoking. he didn’t smoke about a week, but after that he started smoking again. He believes he is old to change the habits and starting for anything is late in his

     During the 1040's and 50's smoking was popular and socially acceptable. Movie stars, sports heroes, and celebrities appeared in cigarette advertisements that promoted and heavily influenced teens. Influence also came from Television and other media sources. The desires to be accepted and to feel grown up are among the most common reasons to start smoking. Yet, even though teenagers sometimes smoke to gain independence, and to be part of the crowd parental influence plays the strongest role as to whether or their children will smoke, Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA), 1991. Children are exposed to and influenced by the parents, siblings, and the media long before peer pressure will become a factor. Mothers should not smoke during pregnancy, nicotine, which crosses the placental barrier, may affect the female fetus during an important period of development so as to predispose the brain to the addictive influence of

Tobacco is highly addictive and tobacco companies and friends alike utilize children and adult’s ignorance to the drug to promote it. Smoking imposes many burdens onto other people that are non-smokers. Exposure to second hand smoke is wrong and by making a harmful decision not only for yourself but for others as well shows ignorance and the fact that you do not care for anyone around you. Their health and well being is just as important

O’Byrne, Haddock, Poston, and Mid America Heart Institute (2002) investigated whether parenting style was a risk factor of smoking initiation and experimentation among adolescents and whether there was a relationship between parenting style and readiness to quit, and nicotine dependence among smokers. O’Byrne et al. (2002) defined current smokers as those who smoke regularly, experimenters as individuals who have smoked on one or two occasions, but have not smoked in the past month. Initiated smokers were considered both current smokers and individuals who smoked regularly in the past and then quit. Readiness to quit was categorized into four stages: precontemplation, for those who had no intent on quitting, contemplation, for those who may quit but not within the next 6 months, preparation, for those who will quit within the next 6 months and action, for those who will quit next month. Parenting style was measure by the Family of Origin Scale (FOS) which measured family intimacy and autonomy. This scale

Nowadays students are not only being pressured to smoke by their peers and by their surrounding, but they are also watching their parents smoke. Many teens have been influenced by