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• Why Take a Parenting Class?

  

  One mom wrote asking why taking a parenting class is better than just learning from family, friends and neighbors. This is a fair question. What makes a... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Trusting Your Feelings

  

  Your children’s bodies won’t lie to them. If they are feeling tense and uneasy in a situation, this is important information. Caroline Goodell founder of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2011 FAMILY, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING, PARENTING

• Listening Without Trying to Fix It

  

  It can be extremely difficult to listen to your children when they are distressed. It’s so tempting to jump in and try to fix it! The following story... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Building Character

  

  What character traits do you consider important for your children to develop? How do you encourage those traits? We were fortunate that our children’s... Read more

  Posted on 29 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Guiding Children Through Embarrassing Moments

  

  One teacher described how embarrassed a 7-year-old boy was when he occasionally wet his pants. Although the other kids knew they weren’t supposed to tease him,... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING, SCHOOLING

• Kindergarten Worksheets

  

  Preschoolers have a lot of skills to learn before they are ready for kindergarten. You can find a lot of ideas for helping your children develop social-emotiona... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Learning Life Lessons Picking Blueberries

  

  What can children learn from picking blueberries? Quite a lot it turns out! A two-year-old girl was at our house picking blueberries and immediately eating... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Misbehaving at the Store

  

  Megan, mom of a 2-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl, told me how embarrassed she was during a recent trip to the grocery store. Her daughter started putting... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Parenting Vows

  

  When a couple is married, they take wedding vows promising how they will treat each other and live together. When a child is born, no such vows are typically... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Where’s the Limit?

  

  I recently watched a preschooler test the limits of acceptable behavior in church. The child was sitting alongside the aisle with his mom. First he stood up... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Normal Parenting Problems

  

  All parents run into challenges in handling their children’s behavior. Just like normally developing children will try cooing, sitting up, crawling and walking... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Developing a Child’s Moral Compass

  

  It isn’t enough to know right from wrong. Children also need to choose the right behavior even when the wrong behavior is very tempting. Even when they are... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• How to Parent

  

  Wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a simple "how to parent" guide that you could use to address any possible parenting challenge? It's just not that easy! Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Consequences - Abusive Or Instructive?

  

  The pain from inappropriate consequences can last a lifetime. Marge, a woman in her 60's, recalled an incident that happened when she was about 8-years-old. ... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Listening for the Underlying Message

  

  When kids are upset, it can be hard for them to communicate their feelings. One mom experienced this when her 6-year-old son Zach left his new toy in a... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Insist on Being Treated with Respect

  

  Why is it so important that your children treat you with respect? Because if they don’t, they also won’t treat other adults with respect! When I was pregnan... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Bossing Your Kids Versus Leading Them

  

  Do you liked to be bossed around? Probably not! How does the thought of being managed by someone else make you feel? Irritated? Angry? Rebellious? If you’re lik... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Authenticity Versus Safety

  

  Young children are so refreshing because they are always authentic. You know exactly how they are feeling because they visibly show their feelings and haven’t... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Politeness Counts!

  

  Teaching your kids basic social graces like saying “please” and “thank you” will help them succeed in life. It takes years of practice and reminders but... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Teens – Joy Or Terror?

  

  I recently met a mom who declared that all 15-year-old boys should be sent away from their families to an outdoor camp. She made this declaration based on the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING