Raising Teens – the Hardest Part of Parenthood

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  So, you’ve had children and watched them grow up through that wonderful age when everything is cute or beautiful. You’ve been on that first day of school, your heart wrenching with sadness as they walk away from your hand and enter their first day truly away from you. Then come those long afternoons before [...]

Parenting style is one of the strongest influences on how a child drinks alcohol

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Parenting style is one of the strongest influences on how a child drinks as a young adult, a study suggests. Independent think tank Demos studied data based on about 15,000 children born in the UK in the last 40 years. It found that a “tough love” style of parenting was the best way to ensure [...]