When family time is a top priority, parents are likely to have a better sense of what’s going on in their children’s lives. If you get a report from school that your son has misbehaved or your daughter has been a bully, don’t rush to the child psychiatrist. Ask your child what happened. Talk with the teachers and the school administrators. Do everything you can to teach the rules of good behavior to your children. And enforce those rules. Remember that you—not the teacher, not the coach—must be the primary authority responsible for
