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

Seeking the counsel of trusted and respected health professionals can also be helpful in providing parents with some balance for their concerns as well as other avenues of support.

Accessing a "professional listener" such as a psychologist or counselor can be useful if the loved one wants to use this form of support.

Once parents have a clear idea of their important parenting goals, beliefs, and values, they can then think about specific situations and identify the outcomes they would like to achieve in these situations. How can you be the parent you want to be whether or not your children are behaving as you would prefer?

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

I always thought if you really want to be a good actor, you've got to be able to fart in public. That, to me, is the most important. If you are so inhibited that you can't fart, I don't mean around your friends, I mean just a fart, out loud somewhere. I don't mean the 'silent creeper', everybody does that. I mean fart out loud! Just that you can do it and not be afraid of it. Humility is very important.

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