to ensure that all family members bond with your pet but bear in mind that sometimes parrots are one person birds and do not force your pet to interact with other people if he or she only likes you. DO praise your parrot when he or she behaves well. Many birds will moderate bad behaviour if you studiously ignore them and deny them the eye contact with you, this works much better than raising your voice to give a reprimand. DO select a parrot that is suitable for your own environment. Do you have close neighbours, if so are they animal lovers or will they complain if there is any undue noise? In my own experience small birds can let rip with piercing screeches which are much more irritating than the sounds made by the larger parrots and macaws.
