Category Archives: Parenting
Give Your Child the Reading Habit: 5 Ways
When the talk veers around to what children enjoy doing, I will invariably say, “My daughter enjoys reading — and that is putting it mildly.” Almost immediately, the person I’m speaking with responds in one of 2 ways: “Reading is a … Continue reading
How Your Child Protects You
You can understand parents protecting their children. Parents protect their children out of love. And children need this protection because: Children are weak – they are physically uncoordinated. Children’s immune systems are not well-developed – they are only slowly exposed … Continue reading
What Parents Need to Tell Children about Growing Up
“No! I don’t want to sleep.” “Why not? You’re tired and sleepy. Look! You’re rubbing your eyes. Come, get into bed.” “No! I want to stay awake.” You’ve had this conversation with your child. If you haven’t yet, you will … Continue reading
Laugh with Your Child
When your child was little, you laughed all the time. The ‘you’ I’m talking about is yourself, not you and your child. You laughed with abandon, celebrating the sheer delight of being with your child. As his antics grew, your … Continue reading
Explaining to Your Child
I was sitting down to an early dinner with a friend much older than I. I was in my teens, and she had 2 children: an 8-year old boy and a 2-year old girl. It had been a few weeks … Continue reading
The Book: Have Happier Children – in 7 Days or Less!
It’s finally here! Now, you can turn around your day-to-day experiences with your child – from surly to excited, from listless to energetic, from moody to even-tempered. With the e-book Have Happier Children – in 7 Days or Less!, you have … Continue reading
When Your Child Tells You She’s Done Something ‘Wrong’
What if your daughter greets you one evening saying she broke your favorite crystal vase by mistake? You want to scold her for her carelessness, tell her how precious the vase was to you, how expensive / rare it was, … Continue reading
Have Happier Children – in 7 Days or Less!
Your child has become irritable for no particular reason. He is grumpier than usual, moody. He sits around doing nothing. Nothing interests him. No, he’s not sick. No, he’s not coming down with a bug. You’ve tried your best to … Continue reading
Parenting: The Basics, Revisited in 2012 – Explain
Explain what is going on. Explain why you said or did what you said or did. Don’t hold it up as an example for your child to follow. That will take you farther away from your child instead of allowing you … Continue reading
Parenting: The Basics, Revisited in 2012 – Do
Do things with your child. I don’t mean that you don’t already do things with your child. I know you do. You help her read and do homework, you do chores together, you drive her to school sports activities parties… … Continue reading