How Anxious Moms Help Anxious Kids
Anxious Moms Can Build Confidence in Kids Anxious moms have often feared they would cause anxiety in their children. However, when moms use their knowledge about anxiety that they garnered from their own experiences, they realize they have a lot to offer their anxious children. Armed with understanding, moms who have coped with anxiety know…
Read MoreHow Parents Help Teens Build Self-Esteem
What is Teen Self-Esteem? Self-esteem is the value teens place on their self-worth. Adolescents need to develop a healthy sense of self-love. They often ask themselves how they measure up compared to others. The crux of the matter is what they value such as their grades, the number of friends they have, their appearance, their…
Read MoreFinding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior
Behavior Needs to Be Understood Finding meaning in your child’s behavior is essential to understanding your child. Behind every “bad” child is a distressed child. Behavior is meaningful. But look up “bad behavior” on google and you get hundreds of sites with tips trying to correct it but not understand it. How do you correct…
Read MoreThe Children of Those Who Died in 9/11 Just Went Off to College: Discussing Death with Children
The New 9/11College Kids: Children Who Mourned Too Young 9/11 is the day to remember but the week beginning with 9/12 is the week to reflect and keep in touch with the young adults who just went off to college–those who lost someone on 9/11. This is the first year they might be away from…
Read MoreHow to Build Maternal Self-Esteem: Are you a Mommy or an Efficiency Expert??
What Does it Mean to Be Maternal? Maternal self-esteem can run up and down. Do you have a mental checklist about being a mother that’s impossible to live up to? Do you think you must be empathic and self-sacrificing while being a multi-tasking genius capable of understanding every stage of child development? Do you struggle…
Read MoreAngry Kids—Red Hot or Freezing Cold
Angry Kids and the Parents Who Love Them Are there angry kids in your house? Does your child wake up and start screaming with the slightest slight? Does your teen throw his backpack on the floor and slam all the doors behind him? Or, do you see that stony silence, that glare in the eyes…
Read MoreTips for When Depression in Mothers Affects Infants, Children, & Teens
Depression in Mothers What are signs of depression in mothers? Do you have feelings of worthlessness, hopelessness, and helplessness? Do you find you are over- or under-eating and sleeping, withdrawing or feeling agitation? Are you overcome with negative thoughts and guilt? Millions of people suffer from this disorder including thousands of mothers. If you feel…
Read MoreEmpowering #Blogging #Dads & Nurturing Fathers
Blogging Dads Refute Research What about Nurturing Fathers? While blogging dads are on the rise, research in the last decade narrows the parenting field for fathers. It claims that fathers leave nurturing to mothers. Findings are that the province of fathers is to encourage children to explore the world and cope with trying challenging things…
Read MoreWhere Moms Make Friends in the Digital Age
How Moms Made Friends Before Mommy Blogs Before the Internet, moms met each other at Mothers’ Centers, when they dropped off and picked up their kids from nursery school, at child birth classes, in their neighborhood where moms used to knock on each others’ doors for coffee and a chat, and at work. Moms still…
Read MoreThe New Silence Between Parents and Teenagers
The Old Days Between Parents and Teenagers Remember the old days, when you were younger, and parents and teenagers had some trouble communicating? Remember when teenagers went to high school, attended classes, socialized, went to after-school activities, visited with their friends and came home? In the afternoons and evenings, they might rush through dinner, close…
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