Parenting

• From Children’s Stories To Study Skills: Help Your Children Succeed In School

  As a parent who wants the best for your children, there are undoubtedly many things that you already do every day to help your children succeed in school. The purpose of this article is to provide some practical ideas for you to try. Some of these suggestions may be new to you, many will be familiar, and some are just plain common sense but, hopefully, they will all serve as reminders of the many simple steps you can take that are too often taken for granted or forgotten about, due to the hectic pace of everyday living.

• 10 Things Every Parent Should Know When Buying Baby’s First Shoes

  Begin thinking about first shoes for your baby when your baby begins to pull up. Pulling up leads to cruising which leads to walking.

• Does Your Child Know Their Address?

  This is a very important lesson to teach your children at an early age. Children should know their name, age, address, phone number and parents name at as young an age as possible. I have seen several news reports recently about lost children that were found but could not tell anyone their names or those of their parents making it harder for authorities to find the parents of the child.

• Announcing Expectations

  Expectations abound everywhere. At work, we are expected to perform various tasks, to cooperate with colleagues, and to finish a project. In school, we are expected to study and read our homework. There are no relationships, affiliations, or associations where expectations dont exist.

• Ten Ways To Prevent Kids Fighting

  Fighting among siblings is as natural as the changing of the seasons. And contrary to what many parents believe, sibling rivalry is a sign of mental health in a family. While there may be times when it’s difficult to deal with, there are some simple things you can do to limit fighting and make it tolerable.

• Teens And Grief

  Teens, under normal circumstances, are dealing with many changes due to raging hormones and searching for their own identities. Therefore, it is no wonder that dealing with the death of a sibling, parent, or friend from school can throw their lives into even more chaos and confusion.

• Let’s Draw Together

  When you take the time to do a drawing with your preschool child you have the opportunity to enjoy working together to make something beautiful that both of you can take pride in. As you work talk about what you see being made. Name each color as you use it. Describe the shapes that evolve as you add lines one after another.

• Kids As Competent Movers

  Those of us in the movement field (and those in the early childhood field who believe in the value of movement) often have to answer the question “Why are you doing this stuff?” Answering it knowledgeably and well is especially critical in this age of academic accountability.