How to Help Your Child With After School Meltdowns
After school meltdowns are quite common for children from preschool to middle school. Here is what you need to know […]
Tweens 10-12 years
How To Be An Encouraging Parent
Encouragement is about process and effort and can facilitate the development of a growth mindset. Encouragement offers an opportunity for a child to recognize their strengths, and allows them to grow an internal gague for how they are doing.
Teaching Children Respect
“Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” –
Ten Parenting Practices That Build Your Child’s Self-Esteem
Inside: Children with positive self-esteem recognize their abilities and feel proud about what they are able to. You can actively
How to Be a Confident Parent
Your son is on the floor, arms and legs flailing. Crying and screaming at the top of his lungs. He’s
Staying Connected To Your Tween Daughter
Having just turned ten, my daughter is on the verge of becoming a full-fledged tween. We are having more “talks”
The Important Question to Ask After Yelling
We are walking up the stairs to school. It’s been a difficult morning. I am feeling drained by the need
Encouraging Children to Listen: 3 Steps to Avoid Yelling
When children don’t listen, being calm and confident can take extra effort, but really it is the key to getting kids to listen. To encourage children to listen more, and stop yelling you can try these three steps.
Letting Calm Confidence Lead the Way
Techniques galore. Time outs. Behavior charts. Chore charts. Get-out-the-door charts. 1, 2, 3 warnings. Homework first. Cry to sleep. Rock
Social Media + Tweens: Why we’re taking it slow…
We all need to make the choices that are right for our family, that fit with our values. Kids have to be at least 13 to be on social media. I know this isn’t really an enforceable rule and that loads of kids under 13 are using social media – but it is something I am going to choose to hold on to over here. I want my kids to practice integrity when they are online.I want my kids to be creative and expressive when they are online. I want my kids to value privacy.