Prudent Parenting

You’ll need to make parenting decisions about when the child or youth in your care can participate in activities. Follow prudent parenting standards when you make these decisions.

Prudent parenting means:

• Making careful and thoughtful decisions.
• Focusing on the child or youth’s health, safety, and best interests.
• Supporting the child or youth’s emotional and developmental growth.

Use prudent parenting to decide when the child or youth can participate in:

• Recreational activities or hobbies outside of school.
• Social activities.
• Overnight activities where you are not present over 24 hours and up to 72 hours, like school trips.

If the caseworker or court created a safety plan or a supervision plan, follow the plan when you decide what to allow the child or youth to do.