Parenting

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:For other uses of Parent, see Parent (disambiguation).

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Parenting comprises all the tasks involved in raising a child to an independent adult. Parenting begins even before the child is born or adopted and may last until the child reaches legal age (varies from country to country) or until death of the parent or child. Parenting is a part of the relationship within a family.

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• Physical care:
• reliably providing shelter, furniture, medical care, physical safety, and food
• Social development and emotional support:
• love, entertainment, physical touch
• social skills, etiquette
• ethics and value systems
• moral and spiritual development
• norms and contributions to the child's religion.
• Financial support:
• money provided by non-custodial parents, following a divorce.
• insurance coverage and payments for a child's education.

Parenting Methods and Practices

Parenting may involve praise but also punishment. Some parents no longer consider spanking a valuable punishment. The term "child training" implies a specific type of parenting that focuses on holistic understanding of the child. The "Taking Children Seriously" philosophy sees both praise and punishment as manipulative and harmful to the child and seeks other way to reach agreement with them. The term "attachment parenting" seeks to create strong emotional bonds and avoid physical punishment, with discipline being accommodated by interactions with a child's emotional needs.

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• Discipline:
• Time-out
• Spanking
• Taking Children Seriously (TCS) philosophy
• Parental supervision
• Parenting Fundamentals:
• Structure
• Accountability
• Consistency
• Motivation

Child: A child (plural: children) is a young human. Depending on context it may mean someone who is not yet an adult, or someone who has not yet reached puberty (someone who is prepubescent)....

Adult: :: For the techno remix duo, see ADULT....

Born: Born can mean:...

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