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

People need to feel safe to talk without their ideas being criticized, judged, demeaned, or mocked.

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

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

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

I consider parenting skills, those skills that help children: (1) develop clear and important goals; and (2) figure out flexible and persistent ways of achieving their goals.

I can’t even take a stroll through a park. As soon as women see my face they start gathering up their children and running for home.