Mom and Dad, are you a tugboat or a rudder?

You can tell by the way you motivate your children. Tugboat parents get their children going the right direction by pushing and pulling them through life. There's a lot of nagging, mild threats, and endless warnings against the consequences of bad choices.

I think every parent has done that. I know I've grabbed the rope and started to pull when one of my boys hasn't made a good decision.

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