How Do You Understand Why Kids Don’t Listen
When Kids Don’t Listen Don’t you wonder why kids don’t listen? You try your best but you have those days when your kids seem indifferent to you? No matter what you say or how you say it, it feels like it falls on deaf ears. It’s frustrating and annoying and pretty hard to tolerate, so…
Read MoreWhen Did You First Feel Like Mothering?
WHEN DOES MOTHERING BEGIN? Does mothering begin when you’re a little girl? Watch your active, thriving three-year-old girl as she takes pillows and puts them in a circle. See how she climbs into this space with her baby doll, little play figures, favorite stuffed animal or toy. Or, enjoy her construction of a fort with…
Read MoreWhat Kind of Praise Helps Children Take Up New Challenges?
How Do You Praise Your Kids? There is significant controversy about the use of praise. Some experts believe that children need to be praised almost daily to build their self-esteem. Others say, to the contrary, that too much praise makes children overly reliant on other people’s validation to sustain healthy self-esteem. This controversy makes it…
Read MoreWatching Out for the Perfect Child
What is the Perfect Child? Deep inside do you look for the perfect child? Does your child expect herself to be perfect? Does your child get all A’s, do her homework ahead of time, have pleasant manners, tell the truth, always do what she is told, in fact, please you every second? Take a second…
Read MoreWhen Kids Lie – Ask, “What Does the Lie Mean?
Do Your Kids Lie? Are you thrown when your kids lie? Sometimes they are little lies, like a three-year-old saying she brushed her teeth when she didn’t. Other times it’s about not actually doing a chore or more troubling, not handing in school assignments and saying all the work was done. What do you make…
Read MoreUnderstanding How Your Child’s Mind Works – Ages 3-9
Do You Know How Your Child’s Mind Operates? How Do They Think? What goes on in your child’s mind? What do preschoolers mean when they say things? Do they understand intentions? Do they know they have a mind? What do they mean when they say phrases like, “he didn’t mean it,” “he did it on…
Read More20 Things for Dads to do for New and Seasoned Moms on Mother’s Day
What Should Dads Do on Mother’s Day? If your partner has not had a mother’s day before then it’s time to step up, Dads, and make your mark on her special day. If she’s had many Mother’s Days before, make this one the one she’ll remember with joy. 20 Hints for a Unique Mother’s Day:…
Read MoreShould You Punish Your Child for their Bad Behavior? Use Parental Intelligence to Find Out
Why Do We Punish Our Kids? Let’s Rethink This. Punishment seems like an ordinary way to parent. Parents are taught to always give consequences promptly for their child’s misbehavior. That is they seek a suitable punishment in order to teach a lesson. We need to rethink this well-known principle. How can you find the right…
Read MoreDo You Know What Your Child Does in School All Day? 8 Ways to Find Out
What Does Your Child Do in School All Day? Every morning we send our kids off for six or more hours at their school but do we really know what’s going on? We see progress reports, grades, and an occasional email, but what are they learning and achieving? How are they socializing? How do they…
Read MoreParents Role in Education – 10 Ways to Educate at Home
Parents Involvement in Education at Home How do children learn? Certainly, it’s our job as parents to send our kids to schools, be their advocates in getting a fine education, ascertaining special services as needed, and taking the time to learn how the curriculum is organized. But what about our role at home? Ten Ways…
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