
Even in the heat of the moment, refrain from these phrases.

No matter how much you need to send that email...

Two-year-olds are figuring a lot out, all at once.

Children are still learning, and need someone to show them the way.

On first glance, you would think that a “detached parent” was an uncaring or uninvolved parent. Detachment parenting seems almost as if it was created specifically to rebut the attachment parenting model that has grown to be so popular. However, according to Heidi Smith Luedtke, Ph.D., author of

If you don't want to spank, there are still ways to create a disciplined home.

Think carefully about when you pass the phone over.

Helicopter parenting is a term that was coined for over-parenting during the 1990s. It refers to a parent who hovers over their child constantly – like a helicopter – and watches their every move. This can have an adverse effect when the parent steps in to solve all of the child's problems in life.

When children's emotions get out of control, they lash out.

You may think that there’s nothing worse than your toddler’s tantrums, until your toddler has one in public. Then you have to manage not only an out-of-control child, but also the disapproving and not-so-sympathetic stares of strangers. When your toddler lets loose with an earth-shattering tantrum,