50 easy ways to be a fantastic parent
Throughout the year, the Parents Magazine board of advisors — a brain trust of pediatric doctors, developmental experts, and educators — shares the latest thinking about raising happy and healthy kids in the pages of Parents. Now they've gathered their all-time favorite nuggets of advice in one list.
Editor's note: This content, "50 easy ways to be a fantastic parent," by Barrie Gillies, originally appeared in Parents Magazine. It has been posted here with permission.
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People are having fewer kids because parenting nowadays has become complicated, guilt-ridden, competitive, and a legal liability. Just spend time with your kids, teach them basic values, and that it. Done. You don't need to be a therapist, legal expert, or neuroscientist.