Posts Tagged ‘parental intelligence’
How to Build Maternal Self-Esteem – Are You a Mommy or a Multi-Tasker?
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 to meet all those impossible expectations? If…
Read MoreBeing Attuned to Your Distinctive Child
How to Let Your Child Know He is Distinctive How do you know you have a distinctive child? It’s because there’s an invisible thread between you and your child. This is because you know more than anyone what makes him distinctive. You know her strengths and special qualities. Does she know you know them? …
Read MoreUnderstanding Gender Differences in Parents Helps Mothers and Fathers Understand Each Other
What Are Some Gender Differences in Mothers and Fathers? Pregnant mothers think a lot about gender differences. They often feel their moods shifting up and down as their hormones are changing within their bodies. They feel excited yet also worried as they feel these shifting changes and the awareness the growing life within. They feel…
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…
Read More“Bad Behavior” in Good Kids. How Come?
Why “Bad Behavior” From Kids Who Know What Parents’ Expect? The phrase, “bad behavior” worries me because behavior is complex and has meaning. Children aren’t bad; they’re complicated. So, if a child speaks or acts in a negative way, he or she is not a bad child, but a distressed child. Finding Meaning in…
Read MoreParents Help Teens and Children with OCD -The Key to Early Intervention
Why Do Teens and Children With OCD Have This Kind of Expression of Anxiety? Teens and children with OCD bear a high level of anxiety that is due to genetics, internal, and external stressors. Parents help teens and children with responsive listening, lowering stress in the household, and nurturing involvement. Early intervention for kids with…
Read MoreFAVORITE FAMILY VACATION RECIPE: STAYING HOME
Welcome to the July 2014 Carnival of Natural Parenting: Family Vacation This post was written for inclusion in the monthly Carnival of Natural Parenting hosted by Hobo Mama and Code Name: Mama. This month our participants have shared their family-travel tips, challenges, and delights. Please read to the end to find a list of links…
Read MoreWhen Resilient Kids Become Anxious Kids
Real Parents Have Resilience I often hear adults remark about their resilient kids when stressors mount. That’s always troubled me because depending on kids’ resilience when they are under stress can strain their cognitive and emotional strength and development. Resilient kids can become anxious kids. Premature Development If the pressures in their lives…
Read More“STAY-AT-HOME” AND “WORKING MOTHERS” UNITE
OUT DATED CONTROVERSY BETWEEN STAY-HOME MOTHERS” AND “WORKING MOTHERS” I’ve noticed lately that there still seems to be a controversy between what are referred to as “Stay-at- Home Mothers” and“Working Mothers.” Since all mothers work at child care, it is a very outdated conflict that needs to be removed from the annals of Motherhood literature…
Read MoreTHE ANXIOUS MOTHERS CLUB
ANXIOUS MOTHERS FIND ANXIETY EXPRESSES ITSELF IN MANY WAYS Anxious mothers are devoted to their children but their anxiety makes it difficult to provide the care they want to give. Anxiety can range from unsettling to overwhelming: general all-day-long nervousness, periodic panic attacks, fears, preoccupations, worries, chest pain, butterflies in your stomach, rapid breathing,…
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