8 questions from the 4 lessons in this badge. You need every one right, and you can try as many times as you like.
Step 1 of 8
1Decide
You are carrying the baby and the doorbell goes. Where do you put her?
Yes. Her back, in the cot, is the one place she cannot fall from and nothing can cover her face. The doorbell can wait, and if it cannot, whoever is there can wait for you to do this first.
Not there. Sofas and beds are exactly what babies roll off, and pillows are what they roll into. The only place you ever put a baby down and walk away from is the cot, on their back, with nothing else in it.
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2Find them
Which of these are normal for a baby, and not a reason to ring anyone?
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3Decide
She is two. She has gone quiet in the kitchen. What is the next thing?
Right. Quiet plus a toddler plus a kitchen is three reasons to stand up, and you did it before you had finished thinking about it. That is the habit this badge is trying to build, and it is the one that matters most.
Get up. A two-year-old who has gone quiet has usually found something interesting, and interesting in a kitchen means the bin, the cupboard, or a chair by the counter. Calling out tells you nothing. Looking tells you everything, and it takes four seconds.
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4Find them
Which of these would you sort before you sit down?
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5Decide
Grace, nine, has shut her bedroom door. It is an hour until lights out. What do you do?
Right. She gets the space, and you still know where she is, what she is doing, and when you will check. The knock at the time you said is the bit that makes it work: she learns you mean what you say, without you standing over her.
Not quite. Sitting in with a nine-year-old is treating her like a four-year-old and she will hate it. Leaving her entirely is the other mistake: you still have to know what she is doing. Space with a promised knock gives her the room and keeps the job yours.
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6Find them
Which of these fit a six-year-old?
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7Decide
Sam's mum says the landing light has to stay on. It seems a waste. What do you do?
Yes. You do not know why, and you do not need to. It might be the thing that lets him sleep, or the thing that stops a bad hour at two in the morning. The parent knows, and that is enough.
No. This is the improvising the lesson warned about. It seems small to you because you do not know what it is for. Sam might not be able to tell you either. The rule is the parent’s, and it holds until the parent changes it.
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8Find them
Which of these do you ask the parent, not work out yourself?
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