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

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

Sometimes offering support and making yourself available when the child or adolescent is ready to talk can be the most helpful you can be.

Demonstrating faith and optimism in the child or adolescent's ability to work things out in their own time and in their own way can be very difficult but it is possible to do this while also offering assistance.

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

In order to be effective decision makers and to live satisfying and contented lives, people need to be aware of their goals, desires, and purposes and need to be able to evaluate or assess the extent to which they are heading in the direction specified by their inner standards.

Parents should be able to develop goals about the type of parents they want to be.