Child Development I Interview Mr. Cocklin he suggested that a person have financial stability and have a good home for a child to live in. Being a successful parent in his eyes are someone who cares about the well-being and safety of the baby. The challenges of having a child are worrying about the safety of the baby and the rewards would be seeing the joy of a happy child. Great ways to handle problems with your children are being consistent and handling each problem on a case to case basis. Advice he would give to others that are about to become parents are, you‘ll never have free time again. Parenting changes overtime by trying to be self-sufficient. Mr. Woods has children and he said that he would suggest before becoming parents you pick all of their health needs as in doctors and all the medical care they will need. A successful parent is someone who puts there kids first and not themselves. Also what you do is more important then what you say as a parent. Rewards of parenting are if you love your children they respect you and don’t want to disappoint you. The best way to handle problems with your kids is sitting and talking with them not yelling and screaming. Advice he would give others that are about to become parents are you don’t matter anymore it’s your child’s needs that matter the most, also you don’t know what love is until you have a child. It’s the most important thing you’ll ever do. Mr.Clendinin said that ways he would suggest you be ready is knowing how to discipline, how to love and how to release. Challenges are no training, a lot of outside influence. Rewards are knowing you’ve put someone in a position to achieve more than you’ve achieved. Ways to handle problems are to communicate with each other discuss problems and decide things together. Advice he would provide for people becoming parents are do the best you can with what you know and ask others when you need to. Parenting changes over time because at first