Question: My wife and I were raised in very different environments, probably both different extremes in parenting. We have very different approaches to parenting as a result but I would like us to meet somewhere in the middle. Answer: Effective parenting is not about adopting one approach over another, but being able to adopt different approaches at different times. This means that both a “liberal” and a “strict” approach to parenting are part of the range of good parenting responses. Effective parenting is essentially about striking a balance between these two extremes and poor parenting is usually rigid and stuck in one extreme.

Source: The Irish Times May 02, 2021 04:52 UTC