This guidebook provides important information on effective parenting, beginning with a short description of childhood development and needs, later moving onto different approaches to parenting, how to identify and deal with risk behavior in children, the underlying causes of behavior problems in children and teenagers, and finally, a number of ideas for improving parent-child relationships.The content of the guide is based on research as well as many years of counselling experience and also provides simple and practical examples so that the reader can view and understand the issues within real-life contexts.