As a parent, or those in a parenting role, you play an essential role in your child’s/teen’s success.  You are the most important influence in your child’s/teen’s life. Intentional parenting is an approach where you use strategies to build a healthy parent-child relationship. A healthy parent-child relationship provides opportunities for you and your child/teen to learn and practice social and emotional skills. Social and emotional skills are important because they are linked to significant positive outcomes throughout life, such as 

●      academic achievement, 

●      improved relationships, 

●      higher pay at work, and 

●      greater emotional wellbeing.

Social and emotional skills also serve to protect against negative outcomes such as 

●      conduct problems, and

●      emotional distress.