Series Introduction: What's a Mom and Dad To Do?

WHAT'S A MOM AND DAD TO DO?

Parenting Tips for the Modern Family

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Series Introduction

If you're a parent and you've spent anytime online or talking with friends and family, you already know parenting opinions are abundant, subject to change, and often contradictory. How do you sort through the confusing advice? What's a mom and dad to do? 

This series offers research-based information that can help you navigate a few of the inevitable questions and choices that are part of the adventure of raising your children. 

Introducing the NEPEM Model

What exactly is that, you ask? 

The NEPEM Model is pretty cool and happens to be the foundation for this series. 
Here's the full name:

"NATIONAL EXTENSION PARENT EDUCATION MODEL OF CRITICAL PARENTING PRACTICE" 

The who, when, and where this model was published:

Smith, C. A., Cudaback, D., Goddard, H. W., & Myers-Walls, J. (1994). Manhattan, Kansas: Kansas Cooperative Extension Service.

A short summary of what it includes:

Infographic created by author, clip-art from FAML120

Click here to read on!

First Post - Parenting Styles

Second Post - More Than Moods

Third Post - Lies and Punishment

References:

Smith, C. A., Cudaback, D., Goddard, H. W., & Myers-Walls, J. (1994). Manhattan, Kansas: Kansas Cooperative Extension Service. https://www.k-state.edu/wwparent/nepem.

Zhuk, A. Happy Young Family. Retrieved from https://stock.adobe.com/images.