Parenting

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently admitted to using some pretty wild antics to scare his kids into changing their behaviour.
"In my mind, I’m still planning for parents weekend, Thanksgiving, sending his winter clothes. ... None of this will happen."
"When I realised I might also be passing along my angst, my inner critic, and my unrelenting feeling of not being quite good enough, I woke up."
Here's what experts suggest you can do to help your child avoid becoming a people-pleaser.
It's important to do your own work before reaching out, say experts.
Stay-at-home mums say it’s a far cry from the old June Cleaver image of a parent who spends any time she’s not with her children to cooking and housekeeping.
Something needs to change for parents and, importantly, for children.
In 1998, half (50%) of the population said it was important for children to be obedient. Today, just 12% think that's the case.