Parenting is the process of raising children. Parents to be and new parents often worry that they will not do a good job raising their children, or feel overwhelmed by the responsibility. According to Dr. Spock, a well-known child care expert whose...

Parent-Child Relationships The relationship, over the full extent of a child's development, between parent and child. Of the many different relationships we form over the course of the life span, the relationship between parent and child is...

Parenting is the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood. It has recently become a very popular topic due to the necessity of clarifying the process of upbringing a child at home by parents as the opposite to the formal...

Parent to Parent (P-P) programs provide informational and emotional support to parents who have a child, adolescent, or adult family member with special needs. P-P programs offer an important connection for a parent who is seeking support for a specific disability issue, by...

1Parenting Loving your child is the most important part of being a parent, but it is not the only part. Parenting skills are like any other skills and need to be learned. Being a parent can be a hard job. Be sure...

It looks as if I won’t have another baby. Not for medical reasons (though I’m on the downward slope of my fertility) and not for lack of a loving partner. Indeed, it’s due to the ongoing excellence of my relationship with my boyfriend that...

New Vikings running back Adrian Peterson's parents laid the groundwork for their son's success _ albeit in vastly different ways.Bonita Jackson brought the speed. As a high schooler, she ran the 100 meters in a blazing 11.3 seconds and represented the United States on the...

Research and mental health professionals support the notion that parents are overprotective of their children. They place too much emphasis on eliminating possible dangers around their children even before they exist. Those kids face difficulty in protecting themselves because they never have a chance to experience the wider world. Obsessive control over children produces an over-dependency within a child that emotionally handicaps them. Children must be free to overcome their frustrations, solve their own

Two case studies: a young couple who are raising their infant child, and a divorced mom who is raising a teen-ager. The example is compared to child-rearing literature on these topics: behavior problems and substance abuse; conflicts between parents and adolescents; and rules.

Parenting methods have been affected by numerous factors over time. This essay discusses a few.