A parenting program should provide time for parents to clarify their own ideas about what it means to be an effective and successful parent.

Prioritizing listening to their child or adolescent is extremely important. It can be very hard to listen to someone who is upset or troubled without offering advice or suggestions or otherwise telling him or her what to do.

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them.

A parenting program should focus on parent's attitudes to themselves, their children, and the relationships they are building with their children.

One of the most important goals to have may well be the goal to create the life you want without preventing other people from creating the life they want.

There is no one best way for parents to become the parents they want to be just as there is no one best way for a child to grow into a contented and contributing member of society.

A parenting program should provide time for parents to clarify their own ideas about what it means to be an effective and successful parent.