Becoming a parent is one of the most fulfilling experiences a person can have, and for many, it's the most significant change in their lives. Parenthood begins before or during pregnancy and requires effort and dedication throughout one's life. Once you become a parent, you can't quit, you can't resign, you can't give up on parenting. Parents want the best for their children. They want them to be healthy, to grow up in suitable conditions, and to be safe, but they don't always know how to best achieve these goals. According to Smith (2000), the most important variable in a child's life is the quality of parenting. The effects of variations in parenting can be observed not only in children's intelligence and educational achievements, but also in their health, behavior, and social well-being. Long-term group studies show that these effects last a lifetime, influencing the path they take in their working lives as well as their health and social well-being in adulthood, and these also affect future generations because the kind of parent you grew up with is actually related to the kind of parent you become.

Good parenting fosters empathy, honesty, self-confidence, willpower, humanity, cooperation, and joy. It also fosters intellectual curiosity, motivation, and the desire to achieve. In children, it can prevent the emergence of anxiety, depression, eating disorders, alcohol and drug addiction, and antisocial behavior, says Dr. Laurance Steinberg, a renowned psychology professor from Temple University in Florida. Many parents base their behavior on instinctive reactions. Many parents try to apply the same tactics they saw their own parents use, which often results in violent discipline. Some parents, having been raised with violent discipline by their own parents, may do the opposite, setting no rules at all, and their relationships may be entirely based on material possessions, demanding things and striving to obtain them, and the breakdown of the relationship if they cannot obtain them.