I want to share a blog entry from Dr. Kerby T. Alvy, an expert on effective parenting.  He writes about the importance of parents showing emotional warmth to their children is a key ingrediaent in successful parenting.

This article can be found at:

http://dralvy.blogs.com/parent/2005/07/parental_warmth.html#more

"Parental warmth continues to be shown in research study after research study to be a primary ingredient of effective parenting.  That is why I have included Parental Warmth, Acceptance and Respect as the first guideline in my Power of Positive Parenting guidelines book. "