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	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 How many years do you want to spend cleaning up after your kids? When your kids are little, you don't mind cleaning up after them. As they get older, you expect them to chip in and do their part. As they become even bigger, you expect them to help out beyond cleaning up their own personal messes; they are "membe .... Posted 1/18/2018 9:00 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Certain parenting strategies actually worsen a child's behavior.... The more correction and/or punishment a child receives, the more he misbehaves and/or acts out. Minimize your use of these interventions; learn and maximize your use of "good-feeling" strategies for guiding your child. You'll find lots of them in m .... Posted 1/15/2018 9:29 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Non-verbal communication speaks louder than words. What are you "saying?" Smile when you speak to your kids. They'll feel better and so will you. A smile's worth a thousand words (I love you, I'm feeling great, I'm happy to see you, I'm happy in my own being, I accept you, I'm managing my life, I'm confident, the world i .... Posted 1/15/2018 9:26 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) When you're feeling low, enlist the help that really helps..... When your mood drops for no known reason, the best help you can give yourself is a generous dose of compassion. Talk to your mood directly (silently, unless you want to raise eyebrows around you...). "You're having a rough time. It's okay. Sometime .... Posted 1/11/2018 10:01 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Family life starts at the end of the day. Are you ready for it? By the time evening rolls around, we've had a full and exhausting day - and now starts "quality time" for the family. Building relationships, modeling personal qualities, creating an atmosphere of safety and love, establishing respect and boundarie .... Posted 1/11/2018 9:45 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) The defiant child requires skilled parenting........ When a child has a definite defiant streak, it's important not to "lock horns" with him. The parent needs to model flexibility, patience and respect - as well as TEACH those qualities. It helps to keep "absolutes" to a minimum; give choices and lee .... Posted 1/8/2018 2:01 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) When your young child says he hates his life...... When a very young child says, "I hate my life; I want to kill myself," parents naturally become alarmed. They are shocked that a small child is expressing such deep emotional pain. They also wonder whether the child is actually capable of hurting h .... Posted 1/8/2018 1:59 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Whatever you water, grows..... Whatever you pay attention to, you will see more of. The more you comment on a child's problem behaviors, the more you'll see of them. The more you comment on his appropriate behaviors, the more you'll see of those. (It works the same for spouses.) .... Posted 1/4/2018 1:27 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Step 3: Anger Management...changing the brain pattern...... Step 3 Anger Management: In the last 2 posts we saw how to teach your child how to calm herself down and how to express her feelings appropriately. You explained what she needed to do and you engaged in role play so she could practice. On this thir .... Posted 1/3/2018 1:34 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Step 2 in Teaching Anger Management..... Step 2 Anger Management Training: TEACHING AND PRACTICING. Now that you've taught your child how to turn off the fight-or-flight response, you can help her learn how to deal with upsetting situations. First, think of which real-life situations trig .... Posted 1/1/2018 3:18 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Teach your child to de-escalate..... If it's hard for adults to manage their anger, we can understand that it is even HARDER for kids! They are even more impulsive and reactive than we are. Helping them learn to step back requires our good model of course. Let's imagine for a moment t .... Posted 1/1/2018 3:16 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Help your child live a better, healthier life..... Introducing kids to calming activities is good for both them and you! It teaches them how to calm their nerves in constructive ways, helping to prevent the development of destructive, addictive "calming" habits later on. Expose them to rock paintin .... Posted 12/28/2017 4:49 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Accepting your child when she doesn't accept herself..... Some children are more self-conscious than others. This can manifest in different ways. Some don't like to be the center of attention, some may be uncomfortable being praised or complimented in front of others, and some may not want to eat in front .... Posted 12/28/2017 4:39 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) "No" is just another way to say "I Love You!"....... Some parents hate saying "no," because they cannot tolerate their child's temporary displeasure, disappointment or, in some cases, outrage. Nonetheless, "no" is the right answer on so many occasions. Therefore, say it with confidence. "No" is there .... Posted 12/25/2017 9:22 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Train your brain to be happy even when you face relationship challenges... The mind MUST focus on something. It will either focus on something that stresses us out (like a worry) or on something that makes us feel good (like an exciting plan). Moreover, the mind tends to develop habits of focus - topics that it regularly .... Posted 12/24/2017 9:49 AM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) How to live happily with imperfect people..... Every spouse is imperfect (as all human beings are). This is not about to change. How, then, does one build a harmonious relationship with a human being who is bound to fail us in so many ways? (Yes, we also are imperfect and fail our spouses, but .... Posted 12/21/2017 10:34 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Getting it wrong is the first step in getting it right... There is no such thing as a perfect parent, a perfect spouse or a perfect child. We're all just human beings trying to negotiate our lives the best way we can. We bungle up, try again, move forward - we're constantly learning and improving, falling .... Posted 12/20/2017 8:55 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) You were also a child at one time..... If you want to know how your child feels when you raise your voice, try to remember exactly how YOU felt when your mother or father spoke loudly to you. The best way to do this is to sit still for a minute, close your eyes, and bring to mind a time .... Posted 12/18/2017 11:05 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) Does your child know that YOU are the adult in this relationship? Children do better when they have a trusted adult to look up to. Maintain that position by being loving and warm while giving - and insisting on receiving - respect. Don't get into screaming matches with a child since that brings you down to the ch .... Posted 12/18/2017 11:04 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0) There's an easier way to get your child to comply with your request.... "Grandma's Rule" is a nice work-around for having to issue yet another instruction. Instead of saying, "Please put away your toys now," (a straightforward instruction), "Grandma's Rule" would have us hide the instruction inside a feel-good prize. " .... Posted 12/18/2017 10:49 PM | Tell a Friend | Parenting | Comments (0)

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