Parenting Styles
The myth of the good mother
by Selina J
When you are pregnant, you have visions of being the greatest mother on the planet. By the time your child reaches the age of three, you are hoping that you are not the world's worst mother! Thankfully, you are neither the best nor the worst mother - you are just a mother, and on most days that is good enough.
I admit that I had visions of perfect motherhood. After all, I had a lot of experience with
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The question at had is "Is it responsible for a parent to let a 12-year-old child ride the NYC subway
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Our children are precious gifts from God for us as parents to protect, guard, guide and love. I have
Childhood Development
- How to raise an extraordinary child
- Helping your child succeed socially
- Play: Why it's so important to a toddler
- Children and failure
- Tips for raising confident children
- Keys to curbing sibling rivalry
- Developing a child: Cognitively and emotionally
Parenting Methods
- How to make sure your actions influence your children in positive ways
- How dads can make a difference in the lives of their children
- What is tag-team parenting?
- What is competitive parenting?
- Humor: Babies don't come with manuals
- How to teach children to live "green"
- Fathers: How to parent differently than your father
Problems Parents Face
- Single parents: Tips for organizing a child's play time
- Does parental stress endanger children?
- Single parents: How to begin a new social circle
- Ways to tell if your child is too sick to attend school
- Single parents: How to let go of bitterness
- Tips for getting organized as a single parent
- Adjusting to a no vacation lifestyle with kids
Working Parents
- Balancing work and a new baby
- Parents working on Christmas: Celebration adjustments
- How to hire a nanny: Telephone interview
- Work-at-home benefit: Children can help
- How to hire a nanny: Face-to-face interview
- Is there any harm in raising a "latchkey kid"?
- Problems and suggestions for working moms with child-bond confusion
If a child's caregivers are not "on the same page", the road to a happy child will meander through briers and thorns. Consistency is
The distinction between authoritative and authoritarian parenting styles is subtle, yet crucial; it displays more of a degree than
When your happily ever after flies out the window and leaves you as the single parent of your children, frustration doesn't even begin
"On Loan To Us From Heaven"
A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets
Writing Assignments
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- Parenting Styles (Other)
- Potential parents: Will you copy your parents' parenting style?
- Is it better for children to be raised by stay-at-home parents?
- Is it responsible for a parent to let a 12-year-old child ride the NYC subway alone?
- Should men bridge the childcare gap?
- Parenthood
- Are parents always parents or should they learn to let go as their children age?
- Is communication easier with a son or a daughter?
