There are those little girls who sneer “You can’t play with me today” with disdain in their voices. And there are those little girls with aching hearts who hear those words and shrink back from their peers, unsure of what just happened. Mean girls are infiltrating our daughter’s classes, clubs, and neighborhoods, and they are [...]
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New Study Shows Spanking is Not Child’s Play For the last few decades the debate about whether or not parents should utilize corporal punishment such as spanking has heated up over the emotional implications that it can bring. An intriguing new scientific report that has just been released indicates that not only are there emotional [...]
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Old-School Apprenticeships Help Children Learn in Modern World It might sound really old fashioned, but apprenticeships are coming back in style, just like retro tees for women and Zubaz (ahh – the memories) for guys. And these aren’t the apprenticeships of old where you lease out your children as soon as they turn 13 so that [...]
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And How Can My Child Get Some of That? There are many gifts we would love to be able to give our children, but self-esteem is one of those we can’t just wrap up with a bow and hand over to them. We have to create environments where their self-esteem can grow and flourish. I [...]
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Teaching Kids to Make Good Decisions Decisions, decisions. As adults we can weigh the odds and use our years of experiences and (hopefully) levels of maturity to make the best decisions possible, whether it is which job to pursue or which book to read. However, our kids don’t necessarily have those years of experiences or [...]
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Why Refusal Skills Are So Valuable to Our Kids One of the most frustrating thing as a parent can be to hear your child tell you “No!” for various reasons, and it begins almost as soon as they can speak. We also probably wear on their nerves as we tell them “No” for so many [...]
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A very frightening thing occurred in our home. I found out that I had failed to teach my youngest (age 8) how to vacuum the carpets. I had visions of birth order prophecies coming to fruition, and shivers up my spine about “spoiled” younger siblings. The 3 boys had just finished cleaning their room and [...]
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In a World of Challenges For many parents it is a goal to raise their children to be strong, full of integrity, nurturing, and resilient. We want our children to be able to withstand the tough times and fight through obstacles confidently. But how do we go about doing this in a modern world that is [...]
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The Characteristics of Parenting for Success When you hear the word success, does you mind immediately go to money, status, and material items? The cheers from my old high school ring in my ears: S-U-C-C-E-S-S, That’s the way we spell success! Great – so we know how to spell it, but can we achieve it [...]
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Why Understanding the Need to Both Like and Love Your Child Is Crucial to Raising Healthy Families Browsing through the stacks at the library recently my eyes caught the title of a book. Liking the Child You Love, by Jeffrey Bernstein, sat resting on the shelf, beckoning to me. Fortunately I haven’t hit a wall [...]
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