Parenting

What is parenting?
•    Parenting is the process of supporting and promoting the emotional, social, physical, and intellectual development of a child from infancy to adulthood.
•    Parenting comes in many forms, but typically is placed on the responsibility of the biological parents, meaning the individuals who physically birthed the children. Although this is the typical situation, parenting responsibilities can also come in the form of the government or state (when a child is given to the state in situations of neglect), and adoption or foster cases.
•    Parenting is a broad term that encompasses the general activity required when raising a child; as a result of this definition, parenting is not defined as the biological relationship between parent and child nor the process that is required to birth a child.
•    Although parenting techniques typically vary on a case by case basis the local government and the federal government of the United States will enforce basic human rights laws on parents.
•    Basic human rights encompass any legality issues that are deemed inhumane. For example, it is illegal to neglect a child, meaning refrain from feeding or clothing the youth. Additionally, any form of abuse, whether it be physical, emotional, or verbal will be viewed and punishable if the case is brought to the corresponding authorities.
•    In addition to the general humane implications attached to parenting, there are government programs that are intended to help low-income individuals or single parents raise children.
•    Child support is a fundamental aspect of parenting; typically this issue arises when parents split and the custodial rights of the child are delivered to one parent in the relationship. To adequately raise the child, support in a financial sense will be maintained by the non-custodial parent. Furthermore, government programs, grants, and accessible loans are also accessible by single mothers and those in need of support.