Parents should not agonize over anything a child does or fails to do if the child is perfectly capable of agonizing over it himself.

Invariably, micromanaging results in four problems: deceit, disloyalty, conflict, and communication problems.

Parents should not agonize over anything a child does or fails to do if the child is perfectly capable of agonizing over it himself.

The combination of foolishness in the heart and free will in the head is extremely volatile.

How do you prevent a little sociopath from becoming a big, full-blown sociopath? Sit on him.

The assumption being that if high-risk children could be made to 'feel good about themselves,' these epidemics could be mitigated. ... This prescription, unfortunately, has proven to be yet another in a long list of nouveau homilies that haven't lived up to their promises.

Today's mom watches her every child-rearing step lest she commit some egregious and apocalyptic parenting faux pas that will certainly doom her child to a life spent sleeping under overpasses, or worse, not going to Harvard.