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Dads and Daughters ~ DADs provides tools to strengthen father-daughter relationships and to transform the pervasive cultural messages that value daughters more for how they look than for who they are.
Divided Heart ~ Is your teen struggling with emotional issues, self-destructive behaviors, or inappropriate relationships? This online Christian community is dedicated to supporting those who are struggling and troubled..
National Center for Fathering ~ In response to a dramatic trend towards fatherlessness in America, the Center was founded to conduct research on fathers and fathering, and to develop practical resources to prepare dads for nearly every fathering situation.
National Center on Fathers and Families ~ Research and practice that expands the knowledge base on father involvement and family development, and that informs policy designed to improve the well-being of children.
Sgt. Mom's ~ The Internet Site for Military Families.
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PARENTING INFORMATION, ARTICLES, RESEARCH
Adult Consequences of Childhood Parenting Styles ~ Charts that show how different parenting styles affect adult attitudes toward life, others, work, sex and marriage.
Dealing Effectively with Children's Mistaken Goals ~ Guiding a misbehaving child away from a mistaken direction, not only requires insight, patience, and skillful encouragement, it may also require some parents to change their fundamental views of life, attitudes toward other people, and their feelings about themselves and their children.
Disciplining Your Teen ~ Right discipline defines protective boundaries and reminds your teen that there will invariably be consequences for breaching those boundaries.
Family Contracts Can Foster Responsibility ~ The key is to develop a system that incorporates the need for limits and accountability with the need for less control. A family contract can provide this balance.
Family Routines and Rituals May Improve Family Relationships and Health ~ According to this 50-year research review, family routines and rituals are associated with marital satisfaction, adolescents' sense of personal identity, children's health, academic achievement and stronger family relationships.
Keeping Tabs on Teens May Curb Alcohol Use and Risks ~ Teens whose parents monitored their whereabouts most or all of the time were less likely than others to take part in alcohol-risk behaviors, such as obtaining alcohol or drinking without their parents or guardians knowledge. Those who were highly monitored also were less likely to be involved in potentially harmful situations involving alcohol, such as being with other teens who drink or going to places that their parents did not want them to go.
Life Support: Immediate Relationship Repair with Your Teen
Monitoring: Staying Involved in Your Teen's Life ~ Monitoring means keeping track of your adolescent. This practice entails being able to answer these four questions at all times: 1) Who is your teen with? 2) Where is he or she? 3) What is he or she doing? and 4) When will he or she be home?
The Parent-Teen Relationship: How Parents Can Make the Most of It ~ Strategies parents can use to deal with typical teenage behavior.
Parenting "Difficult" Adolescents - Why "nothing works" and why there is hope ~ The choice of whether we will be an inviting influence in the lives of our teenagers is ours. The choice of whether they will respond to our invitations is theirs. We have no justification in giving up just because they happen to be running the other way.
Parenting Style and Its Correlates ~ This digest defines parenting style, explores four types, and discusses the consequences of the different styles for children.
Parenting Teens - Are We Having Fun Yet? ~ Accept that you cannot change your teen's behavior. Y ou can only change the way in which you react to that behavior. And when you do, your teen will be compelled to alter their conduct.
Raising Teens: A Synthesis of Research and a Foundation for Action ~ Research on parenting teens that include a set of Five Basics of Parenting Adolescents, with a list of strategies for each. Also featured is a list of Ten Tasks of Adolescence, which delineates the main aspects of adolescent development that parents and other adults need to be aware of and support.
Six Keys to Good Fathering ~ These keys are not a formula for raising kids, but they are sound elements.
There is a Way to Set Priorities: Always Put the Big 'Rocks' in the Jar First ~ If family is our top priority, what can we do to help ensure that we are "sharing our best" at home?
Tough Times Call for Strong Parents ~ Drawing lessons of strength and stability from generations before.
What is the Goal of Your Parenting? ~ Character growth is the mail goal of parenting.
What's Your Parenting Style? ~ Parenting style is one of the primary determinants of your child’s outcome whether he succeeds, achieves, meets the challenges, flounders, gives up, or runs from or fails in handling life.
When Parents Love Too Much (pdf) ~ Sometimes parents' best intentions can undermine the strength and security they were hoping to nurture in the children they love so much.
When Your Teen Rejects Your Values ~ It is not uncommon in their quest for identity and independence for teens to reject some of the values of their parents, their church, and society. And to a degree this is not unhealthy. Young people need to develop their own convictions about life. And part of the process may involve challenging the values and convictions they have been taught. |
