How Do You Teach Children To Have An Attitude Of Gratitude & Instill A Spirit Of Giving? Your son has just opened his 4th present. Instead of showing gratitude, he throws it aside and says, “What’s next!?” Your Daughter starts throwing a fit because she just counted the gifts and she has one less than …
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How Can You Help With Teenage Problems When Your Teens Won’t Talk? Do Conversations With Your Teens Sound Like This? Jimmy, 15-years-old, just got home from soccer practice. “Tom is a jerk,” he fumed as he bounded through the door. “Jim Cooper, you know better than to call people names. What is the problem?” …
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Do You Enjoy Your Family Gatherings or Endure Them? Kelly dreads big dinners with her extended family; something (more accurately, someone) always manages to spoil the occasion with their negativity. Great Aunt Sophie is especially critical, saying Kelly lets her three-year old daughter, Jaime, “get away with too much.” Jaime is a busy little girl …
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Looking for Homework Tips For Parents of Children who Intentionally Don’t Do Their Homework? Barb is a single mom. She leaves work, rushes to pick up the children from after-school care and then home to start dinner. Once dinner is started, she begins asking about homework. Her teenager says “I’ll do it later.” Barb says, …
Are You Doing More Homework Than Your Children? What Can Homework Helpers Do To Halt Homework Hassles? Can you relate to Joan? Joan has two children who just can’t seem to get their homework done without her or them getting frustrated to tears. Joan repeatedly picks up or delivers her one child’s forgotten homework . …
How Do I Prepare Teens to Leave the Nest? Back to School Tips for Teens Entering High School John is going be at the high school this year. There are so many different students. John seems to be more out spoken than he used to be and has started to back talk frequently. His parents …
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How Do I Prepare My Teen to Leave the Nest? Back to School Tips for Teens Headed to College Amy is headed off college for the first time this Fall. She will be 3 hours away from home. It will be the first time she is that far away from her parents. Amy’s parents …
Dealing With Criticism? Immunize Yourself Against Toxic People Most parents will attend a family gathering or visit relatives during the Summer, around the December holidays or other time during the year. Many will also endure a chronically negative or critical relative. You know who I mean. Every family seems to have at least one. That …
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Praise for Parents “Of all the jobs and professions in the world, parenting is the most important, difficult, and potentially rewarding. It is the only job that never ends; we are parents 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 12 months a year, every year. Even when children are adults, we are still their …
How To Build Teamwork When You And Your Partner Have Different Parenting Styles Many of us have a variety of parenting partners: spouses, ex-spouses, teachers, day care workers, relatives, friends and neighbors. Each partner can have a parenting style that differs from ours. When parenting styles clash, parents may overreact, interfere or try to change …
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EXPERT ON CALL – HANDLING TEMPER TANTRUMS Q. I’ve read that I should ignore my child’s tantrums, but I worry that he’ll think I don’t care. What is the best way of handling temper tantrums? A. Not all tantrums are alike. Therefore, using one approach for all tantrums is usually ineffective. You need to identify …
Is My Child Ready to Be Home Alone? Is There a Legal Age For Children to Stay Home Alone? The end of the school year brings a tough decision for many parents, “Is my child ready to be home alone?” Many parents answer this question simply by looking at a child’s age or maturity, but …