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Understanding 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…
Read MoreHow Prolonged Divorce Plans Affect Children
How Long Should Divorce Proceedings Actually Take? When parents contemplate divorce, it’s usually a long, intense, thoughtful process. It may start with intensive quarelling or silent treatment building up over several years. Parents often are conflicted as to how a divorce will affect their children, so they take their time contemplating what to do. This…
Read MoreThe Reading Bond
Do you enjoy reading Parenting Books? Here’s one to try– UNLOCKING PARENTAL INTELLIGENCE: FINDING MEANING IN YOUR CHILD’S BEHAVIOR found on amazon, barnes & noble, familius and wherever books are sold. To Read with Your Child is Such a Joy One of the joys of being a parent is to read to your child.…
Read MoreDual Working Parents – The Challenge of Caring for Our Kids
Available now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Familius Unlocking Parental Intelligence: Finding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior Dual Working Parents Seem to Serve Different Functions in the Household It’s 2016 and fathers are known to be more involved in child care than ever. However, according to Pew Research Studies 41% of working…
Read More7 Ways to Develop Trust with Your Teen using Parental Intelligence
Using Parental Intelligence with Your Teen Parental Intelligence makes the parent-teenage relationship run smoothly.It’s so important to develop a trusting relationship with your teen. But teens like to feel independent. So how do you do it without feeling intrusive? How do you respect your teen’s need for autonomy and developing their own ways of doing…
Read MoreWhy Do Parents Worry?
Laurie Hollman, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst whose book, Unlocking Parental Intelligence: Finding Meaning in Your Child’s Behavior, is found on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Familius, and wherever books are sold. Parents Worry is Ever Present! Child development experts have believed for many decades that when a mother does the worrying, children are able to take…
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