Effective Parenting For Challenging Times

Parents are the lightning rod of the family. As parents, we need to have the amazing ability to absorb the sometimes relentless challenges facing families todayl

We also need to do it in such a way that we do not get burned out or bitter. It can seem so unjust sometimes: you give and give, only to be disappointed or worse.

That is the purpose of this website: to offer hope and guidance in the most challenging job in the world: parenting in stressful circumstances.

The days of Dick and Jane on Main Street with Mom at home making yummy cookies and a happy Dad coming home to play in the yard with the children are gone.

At least, gone in the manner presented in the idealized books. Probably nobody really lived like that, but it sure sounded nice. I grew up reading those books, but my life was not like that, not at all.

Used to be that the biggest problem in school was cutting in line, chewing gum, passing notes, or talking in class. Now it is guns, knives, mass murderers with automatic weapons, bomb threats, heroin, meth, pot, and who knows what else! Can you imagine going to school in some places?

We find the best resources to help with parenting tips and parenting advice. Have you ever noticed that the best "advice" comes from people with no children? We offer only tested methods and advice!

Parenting toddlers can be a lot of fun, it can also be exhausting. Find out from other parents what works and what to avoid. Some of the advice the experts offer is just theory, you want what works!

Parenting teenagers is almost like learning a new language. You know what you want, but how the heck do you say it!

Then there are the boomerang kids. They just won't leave home and refuse to grow up. What on earth can you do?

Effective parenting is not an oxymoron! It is a skill that can be learned and taught. We are in this together; it takes a village to raise a child!