Back To School Tips For Divorced Parents
Posted August 30, 2010 - 21:00 by Lela Davidson
Back to school is a mixture of excitement and dread for many children. These tips can help divorced parents keep the focus on what's important: the child.Conflict Resolution
Education Roundup: The Parent-Teacher Communication Edition
Posted August 27, 2010 - 21:00 by Rhonda Franz
Communication between home and school is important. Take a look through these resources to help ensure that the communication between you and your child's teacher is the best it can be.
Take Your Kids to the Park (and Leave Them There) Day Is Almost Here: Are You A "Free Range" Parent?
Posted May 21, 2010 - 09:46 by Rhonda Franz
Lenore Skenazy, the writer/columnist/mom/blogger who started yet another crack in the great parental divide when she wrote about letting her nine-year old son ride a subway alone in New York, is encouraging moms and dads to take what may be considered a radical step for today’s parents.
Making the Most Out of TV: Tips for Educational and Limited Viewing
Posted April 23, 2010 - 06:25 by Rhonda Franz
Don't let television be just a babysitter for young children. Used properly, television can help entertain and teach your children. Make your child’s time in front of the tube work for everyone.
Bad Behavior Needs Quirky Discipline
Posted April 21, 2010 - 06:11 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
By-the-book discipline just doesn't always work. Sometimes, you have to get quirky. Or maybe you need to go extra verbal.
Stealth Bullying: Flying Below the Parental Radar
Posted April 20, 2010 - 03:57 by Fred Lee
While bullying continues to be a problem, the perpetrators are often able to deceive adults and continue their abusive behavior.
Why Some Kids Get Bullied
Posted April 2, 2010 - 07:57 by Fred Lee
Certain personality characteristics seem to predispose kids to being targeted for bullying.
The Apron Strings Have a Long Reach: Moms and Boys
Posted March 31, 2010 - 07:28 by Fred Lee
Having a good relationship with his mother can have a profound and long-lasting influence on a boy's behavior.
Teaching Kids Self-Control Helps Reduces Classroom Problems
Posted March 26, 2010 - 05:46 by Fred Lee
When schoolkids are mentored in controlling their emotions, it results in better classroom behavior.
Childless House Guests in the Kid Zone
Posted February 12, 2010 - 07:45 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
It can make or break a friendship if you can’t communicate about all the mishaps waiting in the wings when a childless friend comes to call. So here it goes — my list of things to tell your buddy before you start freaking out and they start thinking you are from another planet.
Lessons in Parenting: Teenagers Actually Do Listen To Us
Posted February 10, 2010 - 12:24 by Fred Lee
It may not seem like it, but teenagers are not only listening to their parents, but they even appreciate and value their presence.
Disciplining Other People’s Kids
Posted January 27, 2010 - 12:36 by Rhonda Franz
Regardless of the type of social activity, parents have to deal with one another’s children. And like our own, kids will sometimes misbehave. What do you do when children misbehave in your presence?
Allow Me to Scare the Snot Out of Your Toddler
Posted November 26, 2009 - 00:20 by Lela Davidson
Yelling is not the ideal form of communication. However, science now shows us that toddlers with a lower than average "fear response" may be genetically doomed to a life of crime. Could yelling help? If so, I'm available.
The Slaughter of Innocence
Posted November 19, 2009 - 09:27 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
I keep hearing the stories of children being killed by their parents, their mother’s boyfriends, the next door neighbor. It feels so common place that we should hear of deaths under the age of 10 that I almost feel like I’m being stupid for raising the question -- but I’ll ask it anyway. Why does it seem like we are killing our children?
Oh NO! Not MY Kid
Posted September 12, 2009 - 08:49 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
The playgrounds only ever have two children: the bully and the victim. Which one is your kid and how do you handle it?
The Art of War: How Arguing in Front of Your Kids Can Benefit Them
Posted August 11, 2009 - 08:32 by Sonja Stewart
Before you take that disagreement with your spouse to the bedroom, think about how your children may learn of it. It's a fine line, but if you can play by the rules, your kids will benefit from your “heated discussion,” and pick up some valuable tools.
Parenting Lessons: What I learned from Redneck Softball
Posted July 23, 2009 - 18:36 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
I have been collecting information, advice, and observations about different cultural styles in parenting. This is the result of half a summer’s work. Lesson number one? Embracing Redneck Softball and all it has to offer is making me a better parent--teaching me to love without hovering.
Coping With Group Projects
Posted April 24, 2009 - 07:21 by Julie Rains
Teachers seem to assign group projects on a routine basis now vs. hardly ever when I was a student. But not everyone likes group work. I particularly enjoy the observation of Scout Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird that “miles of construction paper and wax crayon were expended by the State of Alabama in its well-meaning but fruitless efforts to teach me Group Dynamics.” Here are ideas on coping with group activities.
Has The Time Come For Me To Beat My Kids?
Posted March 27, 2009 - 13:54 by Paul Michael
I've always been easy on my two little girls, but recently it occurred to me that I've been a little too easy on them. I play the part of the good cop, my wife teaching them more about life than I do. And I finally came to realize the other day that I may just have to start beating them. I'm talking, of course, about competitive games.
Thoughts from the Amtrak Train: Bad Behavior
Posted January 17, 2009 - 14:09 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
I don't think my kids are the model of good behavior but enough people around me do think they are. We've been on a train trip meeting all sorts of people...perhaps they are models. And if they are, here's why...
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