- Active Listening
Active Listening A major part of good communication between parent and child is active listening. But, what is ACTIVE listening? It means not merely staring at the child while he or she talks, but...
- Advice on Parenting a Child
Advice on Parenting a Child The only things you know about parenting a child you learned by watching your parents. They did some things well, but you want to do some things differently. Parenting a...
- Avoid Supermom Syndrome and Just Be a Mom
Avoid Supermom Syndrome and Just Be a Mom Many times, mothers try much too hard. There always seems to be something that needs to be done and there is always going to be someone who can do more. Many...
- Boost Your Own Parenting Skills
Four Helpful Ways to Boost Your Own Parenting Skills Parenting, a skill hard learned for some, an easy task for others can be challenging to anybody during some point of your children’s lives....
- Communication
Communication Few subjects in parenting are as fundamental, or as important, as communication. Humans function so much by language, whether implicit or explicit, that learning how to communicate...
- Family Traditions Important
Family Traditions Important for Busy Children and Parents While there are some families that have few or no traditions to speak of, this is not necessarily a good thing. There are a number of...
- Fathers and Children
Fathers and Children Few things have changed so radically in the last 100 years as the view of a father's role in parenting. Once, it was the Victorian view of 'rarely-seen law-giver'. Then the...
- Five Excellent Ways to Show Your Kids You Love Them
Five Excellent Ways to Show Your Kids You Love Them Have you ever heard your child asking if you love them or how much you love them? This is very common, especially with younger kids. They always...
- Giving Undivided Attention Essential to Being a Good Parent
Giving Undivided Attention Essential to Being a Good Parent You may have heard quite a bit about giving your child undivided attention. What exactly does that mean? Generally undivided attention...
- Grandparents and Other Dilemmas
Grandparents and Other Dilemmas Sometimes being a parent is like being in middle management. You have not only a whole host of issues to deal with in relation to the kids, but grandparents can...
- Healthy Tips for Busy Parents to Stay in Tip Top Shape
Healthy Tips for Busy Parents to Stay in Tip Top Shape It can be difficult for individuals to stay in shape –especially when they are busy parents on the go! However, there are a number of little...
- How to Keep Those Lines of Communication Open with Your Kids
How to Keep Those Lines of Communication Open with Your Kids It is often important that you are able to keep lines of communication open with your family. Keeping your children talking is often the...
- Ideas to Garner More Quality Time with Your Children
Ideas to Garner More Quality Time with Your Children There are many ways that you can make sure you have enough time for your children. In fact, there are many times when you can take the time that...
- Identifying Over-Parenting and How to Overcome It
Identifying Over-Parenting and How to Overcome It Many of people, especially women are guilty of over-parenting. You hear it over and over again; you are protecting him too much. It even goes so far...
- Important Ways to Share Parenting Responsibilities
Important Ways to Share Parenting Responsibilities Parenting responsibilities are a broad variety of ways to raise and teach your children. These responsibilities can mean fun events or disciplining...
- Make Your Quality Parent-Child Time Count
Make Your Quality Parent-Child Time Count When it comes to spending time with your children, you want the time that you spend with them to be as quality as possible, because this is the best way that...
- Parenting Skills Starts with A Look in the Mirror
Parenting Skills Starts with A Look in the Mirror When you are a parent, you should know that you want to be sure you are looking first at who you are. It will be hard to be a parent when you are not...
- Parenting: The Toughest Job in the World
Parenting The World's Toughest Job Parenting is the most difficult 'job' in the world. The process lasts longer than most modern careers. It requires a larger investment - in time and money - than...
- Quantity vs. Quality: Which is Best for the Busy Dad and Child?
Quantity vs. Quality: Which is Best for the Busy Dad and Child? Busy parents may often find themselves having a hard time when it comes to spending time with their children. Even worse, parents may...
- Simple Tips for Talking with your Kids and Getting Them to Open Up
Simple Tips for Talking with your Kids and Getting Them to Open Up Children and teens will often shrug their shoulders and give one-word answers when you ask them what is bothering them. It may be...
- Take Care of Your Marriage When Parenting
Take Care of Your Marriage When Parenting Parenting is not an easy task for anybody and as a matter of fact has gotten many marriages to fail. Parents arguing about the way to raise the children, no...
- Temperament and Personality
Temperament and Personality Most child development professionals, following a study by Thomas and Chess in the 1950s, hold that temperament is inborn. Personality, by contrast, is influenced by...
- Ten Tips for Becoming a More Effective Parent
Ten Tips for Becoming a More Effective Parent As parents, we all want the best for our children - That includes us as effective and proper raisers of our children. While there are a number of things...
- Traditional vs Non-Traditional Parenting
Traditional vs Non-Traditional Parenting In the past 40 years, roughly since the 1960s, parenting (along with dozens of other life issues) has undergone a revolution in thinking. Traditional methods...
- Turn Off that TV and Get to Know Your Kids Again
Turn Off that TV and Get to Know Your Kids Again There are many families that seem to be fixated on the television. While this fixation may not be active on the part of the parents, it may seem for...
- What Are Good Parenting Skills?
What Are Good Parenting Skills? What is a good parenting skill? That is a question many parents ask as they seek to be the best parents their children could want. While there is no easy formula as to...
- When Parents Disagree
When Parents Disagree Sometimes it's surprising that the divorce rate isn't actually higher than it is (about 46% in the U.S.). Assuming it isn't just inertia on the part of the 54%, it's a tribute...
- Working the System: Family Parenting Tools
Working the System: Family Parenting Tools Families are systems and the members of a family are both individuals and part of a whole; they interact and play off one another. When you think about your...
- You Don’t Have to Get a Divorce to Have a Parenting Plan
You Don’t Have to Get a Divorce to Have a Parenting Plan Most states require divorcing couples who have dependent children to come up with a parenting plan. The plan lays out when the kids are with...
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