Posts Tagged ‘parenting tips’
Let’s Applaud and Love Our Ten-Year-Olds
Recent national events that have been before us unhidden and unbidden for years in our adult lives are now encroaching on our children. Last week they heard words like “siege” and “insurrection” as they heard adults question the longevity of democracy. For more than a year now they have been attentive to the rules surrounding…
Read MoreHow to Help Our Tweens & Teens with School in Today’s World
Some kids go to school online frequently using Google Meet. Others attend school in small classes. And yet many also go back and forth between the two settings depending on how the virus is or isn’t spreading. Our children are caught in this web and parents need to fill in the gaps. It doesn’t mean…
Read MoreHow to Raise Kids to Not Become Narcissistic Adults
Narcissism is in the political wind today. How do parents raise their kids to grow up to be empathic, industrious, happy adults with healthy mutual relationships? Meet Your Child’s Needs without Overindulgence Having early childhood needs for dependence and independence are normal. When met in a timely, developmentally appropriate, empathic manner the child learns his…
Read MoreReducing Election Anxiety in American Families
During turbulent times, a national election stirs anxiety due to intense preoccupation about the health and welfare of all the people in our nation—adults and children. To allay this anxiety in adults taking active steps to participate in the election reduces a sense of helplessness held by individuals facing the spiraling of COVID 19 and…
Read MoreIdentifying and Managing Exhaustion in Kids
Some kids get exhausted. Exhaustion means extreme mental or physical fatigue. It also results from enervation, a feeling of being drained of energy or vitality; a weariness and fatigue that occurs when kids feel depleted due to stress. Different youngsters with a wide range of needs, beliefs, opinions, imaginings, intentions and goals may be suffering…
Read MoreHow Parents Handle Teen Romantic Relationships During the Pandemic
How parents relate to their teens and young adults or late adolescents with regard to their romantic relationships during the Pandemic is based to a large extent on the parent-teen relationship pre-COVID. Middle and late adolescence is certainly the time we expect young people to want relationships to grow and if they have had open…
Read MoreHow Do Busy Parents Manage Technology with Kids During the Months Ahead?
In the months ahead some children will be attending school in person with masks on and others will do so online. These choices are difficult because the risks are unclear, but technology is center stage in either case. Parents and teachers are looking closely into the healthiest ways for kids of all ages to use…
Read MoreYour Baby’s Third Month: Repetition and Novelty
What Do the Researchers Have to Say about Your Three-Month-Old? When you hold yo ur three-month-old in your supportive arms, you may be so delighted that you begin to talk in motherese, the simplified and repetitive type of speech that uses exaggerated, generally somewhat high-pitched intonation and rhythm. By this age, your baby may respond…
Read MoreAngry Kids and the At-Home Working Parents Who Love Them.
Does your child’s alarm clock turn a wakeup call into a moody battle because he doesn’t see the point when he’s not going to school or camp due to COVID restrictions? Does your teen drop all his clothes on the floor, so you can’t walk through his room? Or, do you feel like your teen…
Read MoreHow Does the Parental Intelligence Way Effectively Help Cope with Cyberbullying?
What is Cyberbullying and What are its Effects? Bullying is a form of aggressive harassment that is unprovoked and repeatedly directed toward another individual or group of individuals. There is always a power differential. Additionally, bullying may inflict harm on the targeted youth—including physical, psychological, social, or educational harm. These are several characteristics of bullying:…
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