My definition of effective parenting is to deliver the experience of being loved without condition, that your value and worth are a given and that there is always a choice in as consistent an environment as possible.
I believe it to be THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB IN THE WORLD!
Does that make it clearer why I capitalize Mother, Father, Mom and Dad?
The other day I watched as a couple drove into the parking lot of a supermarket, parked and walked toward the store, only to return to the car fighting and shouting at each other, in and out of the car, for about ten minutes.
I wondered what it must have been like growing up in that house?