It is important to note that Cultures around the world exhibit diverse approaches to child rearing, reflecting their unique cultural values and beliefs.

All interaction skills are very important but the four skills that we have selected: are “Must Know and Must Do” skills that all parents need to learn more about and use in a positive manner when interacting with their children.

Effective time management skills are essential to all adults and children. From scheduling and managing after-school activities to homework to chores… oh, and your life, too. Day-to-day demands can become overwhelming and create an atmosphere of constant stress. Who doesn’t want a calmer, more efficient morning, a less hectic afternoon, and a more peaceful bedtime?

When we hear the words ‘Intentional interactions’ we tend to think these interactions include parent and child doing things together like doing chores together, teaching your child step by step how to make her/his bed, planning discussions that will take place during meals, and doing a cooking project with your child. Yes, these interactions are important, but there is much more to learn about intentional interactions and how important these interactions are.

We need to understand that to be an intentional parent, we need to plan how to continue growing and building our parenting skills as our children age. Intentional parenting stresses the need for parents to have an intentional approach to improving their parent-child skills.

Like many parents who go to a website to learn more about parenting, we found some confusion because of the different words that different writers were using to define effective parenting and intentional parenting. Both have common beliefs and we believe that they differ in name only.

Our goal is to provide you with a guide that contains the information, strategies and skills that, if implemented consistently, will increase the possibility that parents will be successful raising their children to meet the standards noted by the American Psychological Association.