Parenting Issues
Family Communication
Few subjects in parenting are as fundamental, or as important, as communication. Humans function so much by language, whether implicit or explicit, that learning how to communicate effectively affects virtually every other sphere of family relations.
But developing good strategies for good communication, based on sound ideas, is extremely complicated. Individuals differ so widely in age, [...]
Traditional vs Non-Traditional Parenting
In the past 40 years, roughly since the 1960s, parenting (along with dozens of other life issues) has undergone a revolution in thinking.
Traditional methods were questioned, in many cases rejected, and a spirit of experimentation resulted in the adoption of many alternatives.
Many people during the 1960s began to believe that the restrictive, almost Victorian [...]