Try to step back and gain a little perspective because there will be someone at all stages questioning your particular skills as a parent.

Every parent will have to find their own parenting style; something that works best for them and their children. Most often two children from the same family will not respond or react the same way to the same situations and consequences as the other...

Temper tantrums are a part of growing up, something that kids do extremely well and parents have to fight down their own temper to deal with.  Many times, though, even the best intentions result in handling it the wrong way.  A more serious problem, however, is when the habit of throwing tantrums carries over into later years.

On older child who throws a tantrum or crying fit is giving...

 Our society is constantly evolving entailing various changes in the dynamics between parent and child.

Effective parenting today requires that the parent is fully aware of the world their children live in. Today’s world is highly technical, for one. Technology is very much part of our daily lives. You will see eight year olds with their own cell phones. Most kids spend time chatting...

There truly are many approaches to parenting. Most of us who are raising children now grew up with authoritative parents, you know “do what I say and not what I do” and “because I said so, that’s why” type of parenting.

As new parents we remember those years of frustration at what we deemed as parenting without reflection. As adults, we’ve read all the...

Dear Lauren,

I was recently married to a woman who has three sons.  I married with the full intention and desire to help parent and raise the boys.  Now I am finding that I meet a lot of resistance from my wife.  Every time I tell the boys to do or not do something, she runs interference, contradicts me in front of them, and minimizes me as a person and a parent.

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