Parenting

If you're a parent, you get plenty of suggestions on how to raise your child. From experts to other parents, people are always ready to offer advice. Parenting tips, parents' survival guides, dos, don'ts, shoulds and shouldn'ts - new ones come out daily.

The truth is there is more than one "right" way to be a good parent. Good parenting includes

Keeping your child safe
Showing affection and listening to your child
Providing order and consistency
Setting and enforcing limits
Spending time with your child
Monitoring your child's friendships and activities
Leading by example

Parenting on Wikipedia

'''Parenting''' comprises all the tasks involved in raising a child to an independent adult. Parenting begins even before the child is childbirth or adoption and may last until the death of the parent or child. Parenting is a part of the personal relationship within a family.

Aspects of parenting

*Physical care: **reliably providing shelter, furniture, medical care, physical safety, and food *Social development and emotional support: **love, entertainment, physical touch **social skills, etiquette **moral and spiritual development **norms and contributions to the child's religion. *Financial support: **money provided by non-custodial parents, following a divorce. **insurance coverage and payments for a child's education.

Culture

Parenting practices are highly dependent on culture. For example, in Canada and the USA children live at home until late adolescence or early adulthood, and during this time are expected to leave home for college or work to support themselves. In some Asian countries, such as China, children live at home until they are married, a practice that is also common in European countries such as Greece, Portugal and Russia. Other cross cultural differences are evident in decisions pertaining to circumcision. The parents' decision to have a child circumcision is more common in some societies than others. In the United States, where many male babies are routinely circumcised, parents make that decision independently, and obstetrics and pediatrics professionals will usually follow the parents' decision. In Jewish and Muslim communities, circumcision is part of most interpretations of religious doctrine.

Discipline

Parenting may involve praise but also punishment. Some parents no longer consider spanking a valuable punishment. The term "child ... [ Read More ]

External Resources

TV Guide Online: Parent Trap, The - Review and a list of the cast and crew.

The Parent Trap World - Character information, pictures, cast and crew information, and lyrics to the songs in the movie.

Apollo Movie Guide - The Parent Trap (1998) - Review, links, and cast information.

Totally, Completely, Unofficial Parent Trap Page - Movie reviews of the two films and pictures.

Allwatchers Review - The Parent Trap - Plot summary and review.

The Nitpickers Site: The Parent Trap (1998) - Bloopers and mistakes found by viewers.

The Parent Trap (1998): The Official Home Page - Facts, games, a diary, and how the special effects work.

IMDb: The Parent Trap (1998) - Cast and crew information, plot summary, reviews, and trivia.

All-Reviews.com: The Parent Trap - A review of the film and second opinions by others.