Prevention is always the best medicine.
ASU psychology professors Bill Griffin, Sanford Braver, and Sharlene Wolchik believe that aphorism and practice it daily. The best thing parents can do to protect their children is to seek guidance and training before problems arise or become acute. The researchers also recommend that people consider contacting ASU's Marriage and Family Clinic. Advanced graduate students supervised by ASU faculty members staff the clinic. The clinic provides a variety of services, including counseling for individuals, couple and family problems, separation and divorce adjustment, remarriage and stepfamily adjustment, children's behavior problems, sexual problems, and parenting and child discipline issues.