"They reason, if their parents can't handle things themselves, how can they protect me?"

There are a number of ways a parent could handle such a situation.

Her parents and her brother had all handled the abuse a lot better.

But many parents handle such infractions without beating their children with straps.

The way we grow up - a noise outside, we watch how our parents handle it.

Their tone reflects how the children's parents have handled similar situations in the past.

If the parents can't handle the job, he might ask an uncle, aunt or grandparent to fill in.

How should parents handle children who fail to budget properly?

The children end up bouncing from home to home because parents cannot handle them.

How parents handle the anger is more important than the anger itself.