Many parents struggle with their mental health. This is very concerning because their children may have more difficulties growing up. Let me tell you why.
When parents struggle with their mental health, they are less able to take care of their children, they pay less attention to their children’s needs, and the quality of the family’s life gets worse. Parents may be harsher with their children or may be distant from them.
Should I let my teenager get a tattoo? She’s 17 and I don’t want her to make a mistake she’ll regret, but I also have tattoos and don’t want to restrict her because she can get one with parental approval in our state.
This is one of those parenting questions for which there is not a right or wrong answer. It depends on your values. Some parents don’t see a problem with their teen doing a tattoo whereas others forbid it completely.
How to remove parental responsibility from father if he is unfit? What proof do I need as a now single mother? His parents are making this so hard and I don’t have any family myself to help with advice
I am very sorry that you are in this situation. It must be very tough for you.
The process of removing parental responsibility depends on where you live. In most countries a parent can be deemed unfit when:
What the heck is gentle parenting and why would people do it??
I love your question! If you follow me, you will know that I am not a big fan of gentle parenting. Gentle parenting was introduced by Sarah Ockwell-Smith in 2015. Since then, it went viral in social media. In my opinion, gentle parenting is a reaction to the way many parents these days were raised. Many parents were raised in a much more authoritarian way, and in their effort to do it differently, they have gone to the other extreme.
A newly separated mom feeling overwhelmed with parenting decisions, like handling school fines, family traditions, and how to approach things like signing birthday cards. She's seeking advice and support, especially as she's also on the spectrum.
I am so sorry that you are going through this. It is totally normal for you to feel overwhelmed. All those little things are a lot when you add them together!
How to convince your parents to butt out of your parenting life? Because I’m a teen mom living on my own, but my parents won’t stop trying to insert themselves into our lives.
Is having godparents essential to a child’s development?
Not at all. If you are religious and would like for your child to have godparents, great. If not, don’t worry at all. Think that there are godparents that are very involved in their godchildren’s life and there are others that are not very much involved. What is good for children is to have loving adults in their life whom they have a close relationship with. It doesn’t matter if they are a godparent, a family friend, or an aunt. Rest assured that having godparents is not essential.
What is a narcissistic parent? Growing up, I used to just think mine were strict and selfish, but now that I’m a mom, I worry that they were narcissistic parents and that it might transfer to my parenting style.
When we talk about narcissism we need to differentiate between two concepts. One is people who have narcissistic traits. These people tend to be selfish, cold, entitled and have feelings of grandiosity.
We have always considered that only women could experience baby blues or postpartum depression. However, recent research is challenging this belief. Fathers also have postpartum depression.
Postpartum depression is defined as a major depressive episode [1] that occurs shortly after childbirth. The condition is most often found in women but recently, researchers have been paying attention to men.
At what age should I turn off parental controls on my son and daughter devices?
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