Tips for Camping with Kids – and Loving It! If being secluded in a miniature dome house with your kids in the middle of the woods sounds like a scary version of Survivor, just give it a chance. Around the bonfire, S’mores in hand, and giggles from all of the kids is one of the [...]
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Encouraging and Developing Strengths in Our Children Is your child strong? I don’t mean lifting weights, crushing cinder-blocks strong. Strength, when it is defined in terms of muscular power, doesn’t really reflect all that it represents. Jenifer Fox, in her book Your Child’s Strengths – Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them, says that “children’s innate strengths [...]
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Reluctant reader is a relatively new term that it being brought to the forefront of many educational conversations. According to Think Literacy, reluctant readers are those who Appear to be unmotivated to read Lack self-esteem in their reading abilities Report difficulties in reading because of outside interference (i.e. noise) Are frustrated with difficulty levels of [...]
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The Power of Parental Example by Marcy Axness, PhD [Even though I refer to the "mommy" mind meld, these principles apply to whomever are the two or three connected, nurturing adults in an infant's life -- father, grandmother, consistent (not rotating) caregiver.] Imitation is the young child’s primary form of learning, which is why one [...]
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Join us for an author event that will get you thinking about parenting ideas in ways you never imagined! Better Parenting is excited to announce that Marcy Axness, Mothering blogger and parenting expert, will be sharing her insights and ideas about her new book Parenting for Peace right here on April 23rd. Keep an eye on Better [...]
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In an Undignified World Changing dirty diapers, wiping mashed bananas from the walls, and crawling along the cracker-dusted floor like a crocodile with your preschooler probably doesn’t seem very dignified. But consider a different idea of what it means to parent with dignity, and how that approach can positive impact your children’s lives. The dictionary [...]
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The Value of the Senses in Childhood Development We use our senses every day to experience the world, and children especially are influenced by tasting, touching, smelling, hearing, and seeing the environments around them. Sometimes, because of illness, disability, or life circumstances, our kids’ senses are unbalanced, overstimulated, or under-stimulated. The results can be kids [...]
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It isn’t my mother’s nursery, that’s for certain! The modern gadgets and trends of 2012 for welcoming Baby home from the hospital probably seem quite foreign to many grandparents. Some are valuable tools for parents of newborns, while others are additions to the long list of non-necessities that are just fun to try. Bedding Gone [...]
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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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What are the worst things I have ever heard my children say? Anything that sounds like me in a bad parenting moment – the echoes of my own words. That impatient tone they get when frustrated with each other or the refusal to share a toy because “last time you lost mine”, I know somewhere [...]
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