An experienced gardener knows that if she attempts to grow plants in poor soil, she will have minimal luck producing beautiful plants. The plants will grow slowly and usually yield small blossoms or fruit. The experienced gardener knows she must properly prepare the soil with peat moss and other nutrients to enrich the soil and ready it for planting. The results are worth the extra effort at the start. The same goes for our children.
Parents begin laying the foundation for their family as soon as the children are born.
Waiting until they are actually teens to put a plan into effect can be too late. The groundwork must be laid years before. Every parent should understand the need for discipline and how to discipline. Parenthood is one of the few professions where training is not mandatory. But it should be.