Children (Successful Children) ~ Subliminal

Successful Children — Raising successful children is not just a parenting responsibility, it is a trust placed in every parent by our entire society. Our children are our greatest asset. No one needs tell any parent just how important their role is with respect to guiding a child to become as great as they can be. That said, saying something and managing to get it done in a world full of uncontrollable stimuli is not an easy task. The optimal parent is one who is involved and responsive, who sets high expectations but respects her child’s autonomy. There are many different parenting styles but the data shows a clear preference. “Decades of studies, many of them by Diana Baumrind, a clinical and developmental psychologist at the University of California, Berkeley, have found that the optimal parent is one who is involved and responsive, who sets high expectations but respects her child’s autonomy. These “authoritative parents” appear to hit the sweet spot of parental involvement and ge