Parenting

• Summertime Crafts for Kids

  Teach your kids how to make Rock Paperweights, Masks, Jigsaw Puzzles, Graph Paper Drawings, and more…

• Attention Getting Misbehavior

  Parenting is a daily struggle in our household; one, which on good days, is taken head on utilizing the best approaches from the nation’s experts. On the other days, well, we just survive; and later, with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, we learn from our mistakes.

• When Kids Won’t Eat

  What do you do when your child won’t eat? Many parents today are facing this issue more so than you would think. Toddlers, especially, assert their independence by becoming a picky eater sometimes. No need to panic if your child doesn’t get the recommended number of calories a day. Instead of panicking, focus on helping your child develop good eating habits.

• Test Your Child’s Moral IQ

  Moral intelligence consists of the personal, social, mental, emotional, and moral skills that make up solid character and guide moral behaviors. It is what your child needs most to counter negative pressures and do what’s right with or without your guidance. Here’s a quiz to assess how well your child is developing this essential IQ that he’ll need for living ethically in today’s troubling times.

• Parenting the Teenage Driver: A Model Contract

  Establish with the teenager, in advance, your firm determination to reach an agreement prior to their driving. You must be willing to state (and mean) that you will not allow the teen to drive until an agreement is reached and signed. State this…and then be willing to ride out the storm of teenage protest.

• Bubbles Galore!

  Many stores sell bubble solution, and while not a bad alternative, it can really add up if you have a true bubble loving bunch! I have compiled for you several bubble recipes, that are all easy to make. Try your hand at one or more of them – the kids will love you for it!

• Why Is Play So Important?

  Play brings you closer to your children; it helps them to become more independent; they are more able to work problems out; to develop their own concentration and imagination. Key skills needed for life and learning at school.

• Dealing with Tantrums

  If you have a toddler or preschooler, dealing with tantrums might have you almost at the end of your rope. The following are some techniques that I have found very helpful in dealing with tantruming children. Some of these measures need to be taken when children are not tantruming, because there are important steps you can take at times when tantrums are not occurring to reduce their frequency.