Why Go to School? Your Child Needs to Know
When students understand the connection between school and the wider world of future earnings they do more homework! In a study by the University of Michigan of 600 middle school students found that, when students were asked to consider what they wanted to do in the future before they were given homework, they were far more likely to do the homework that night.
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An Answer for Struggling Students
As the end of the first semester approaches, many parents are looking for ways to help their struggling students pass the school year. Here is a proven solution.
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Sara Palin’s Daughter – Cyber-Bullying With Gay Slur?
First, I must make it clear this is not a politically motivated article because the issue I am discussing here crosses all political, socio-economic, racial, gender, age, city, county, state and country border lines. Bullying is a global issue, not just an “American thing” or a political issue because of the person involved.
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Child Behavior Help – Where And How To Get Help In A Challenging Situation
Have you ever been in a situation where you have had to call the police because your violent teen is destroying your home and also physically threatening you? This has happened to some parents. I know other parents who would argue that it is an extreme step in calling the law for child behavior help.
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Setting the Best Example for Your Children
With the current economic situation where we often experience unexpected economic recession, it’s good to train the children how to work with and manage the money. But because children love to learn by imitation its good for you and your partner set the best example on how to go about this so that when you teach them the art of saving and investing you can easily emulate. You can do this by setting up an example you and your spouse should explain to your children how you are going to spend your money according to priorities and what your…
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When Kids Say “NO” and You Want to Stop Toddler Tantrums
One of the most frustrating experiences parents encounter occurs when a child gives an outright “NO” in response to a simple request. These moments can often evolve into an ugly exchange between parents and children, as parents escalate their efforts to force their children to comply.
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“But All My Friends Have One”: How To Respond To Your Child
Children will use every means at their disposal to get parents to give in to their demands for more stuff. Children are impulsive and truly want everything they see. If adults have difficulties distinguishing between wants and needs, we cannot expect our children to make these distinctions.
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Being “Mean:” Is It Wrong to Label an Obese Child As “Obese?” Does It Harm or Help?
There was debate about how to label the condition of heavy children. Currently they are said to be “at risk for overweight” if their body-mass index is between the 85th and 94th percentiles. They’re called “overweight” if their BMI is the 95th percentile or higher. The American Medical Association, and others, are considering changing this and using the same terms applied to adults – “overweight” or “obese.” Is this “mean?” Will it help deal with the problem? What is the correct thing to do?
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Just One More Spoon
One of the aspects of my life that I really appreciate is that I started my journey of personal development before we had our kids. And one of the reasons for this is that my kids now benefit from it two. They are 22 months and 7 months.
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Important Life Skills Both You and Your Child Need For Success and Happiness
As important as some qualities and characteristics are for a successful and fulfilling life, the reality is that we can not impart to our children what we do not ourselves possess. With that in mind, we may sometimes need to consider parent and child as a joint work in progress. You may discover that for some qualities you are already the perfect role model for your child; and with the others, relish the fact that you and your child can progress together.
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