“They [parents] can help the children work out schedules for homework, play, and television that minimize the conflicts involved inwhat to do first. They can offer moral support and encouragement to persist, to try again, to struggle for understanding and mastery. And they can share a child's pleasure in mastery and accomplishment. But they must not do the job for the children.” TryingFirstsChildrenPlayHelpingJobsParentUnderstandingPleasureMoralSupportStruggleShareTelevisionInvolvedOffersConflictEncouragementWork OutAccomplishmentMasteryPersistSchedulesHomeworkTry AgainSupport And EncouragementMoral Support Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“The middle years are ones in which children increasingly face conflicts on their own,... One of the truths to be faced by parentsduring this period is that they cannot do the work of living and relating for their children. They can be sounding boards and they can probe with the children the consequences of alternative actions.” YearsChildrenActionFacesMiddlePeriodsConflictConsequenceAlternativesBoards Author:Dorothy H Cohen