How Do You Manage When Kids Don’t Listen? Do 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 what do you do? How do you…

  Dear Parents, 2014 has been an exciting time for beginning my blog, Parental Intelligence. Writing about child development, a wide range of parenting topics, and mental health has been challenging and invigorating. I’m grateful to my readers for their positive feedback especially about my concept of Parental Intelligence. Parental Intelligence is a concept I…

Expectant Moms and Dads Have Different Experiences Currently, expectant moms and dads often say, “We are pregnant” and indeed they are. The woman is carrying the baby bodily. The man is carrying the baby by watching his partner’s body grow and change . Both, however, carry the baby emotionally. It’s important for both expectant parents…

Welcome To the The Mother magazine’s Blog Carnival: “Friendship and Connection” The Mother magazine is a holistic, natural mothering publication. It is with great pleasure that we share this topic with such a talented group of bloggers. You will find links to the each of the other posts at the end of this one. We…

Dads and Daughters Have a Special Connection Dads and daughters are a unique pair. They often fit together like hand and glove. When they don’t, something needs to be done about it. Daughters who feel connected to their dads radiate for them. In fact, daughters look up to their dads as their most important guy.…

When Kids’ Fears Grow Kids’ fears of ghosts under the bed and in the closet along with worries about burglars, kidnappers, and even killers bloom during grade school years. This 6-10 age group is well-known for having vivid imaginations that often go to work at night when the children are tired and alone in bed.…

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…