Conflict Resolution
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Posted February 12, 2010 - 07:45 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Home Life, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships
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.
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Posted February 10, 2010 - 12:24 by Fred Lee
Safety, Chores, Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Relationships
It may not seem like it, but teenagers are not only listening to their parents, but they even appreciate and value their presence.
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Posted January 27, 2010 - 12:36 by Rhonda Franz
Discipline, Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Pre School, K-8, High School
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?
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Posted November 26, 2009 - 00:20 by Lela Davidson
Home Life, Discipline, Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Culture
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.
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Posted November 19, 2009 - 09:27 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Sex Ed, Relationships
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?
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Posted September 12, 2009 - 08:49 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Safety, Discipline, Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Culture
The playgrounds only ever have two children: the bully and the victim. Which one is your kid and how do you handle it?
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Posted August 11, 2009 - 08:32 by Sonja Stewart
Etiquette, Sex & Relationships, Conflict Resolution, Relationships, Wellness
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.
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Posted July 23, 2009 - 18:36 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Social Skills, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships
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.
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Posted April 24, 2009 - 07:21 by Julie Rains
Education, Conflict Resolution, K-8
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.
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Posted March 27, 2009 - 13:54 by Paul Michael
Home Life, Social Skills, Entertainment, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Extra Curricular
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.
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Posted January 17, 2009 - 14:09 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Discipline, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships
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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Posted November 28, 2008 - 20:25 by Linsey Knerl
Home Life, Discipline, Conflict Resolution, Nutrition
My son will be two years old in January, and he is plenty old enough to be broken from his bottle habit. I picked a day (like any other) and just decided to do it. Here's what I learned, and why I'm glad it's over.
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Posted November 17, 2008 - 06:50 by Linsey Knerl
Health, Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Healthcare, Diseases & Disorders
Awhile back I told you how I was almost always the Mom in the middle. Not sure if I’m overreacting to most things, but more than likely certain that I’m too laid back for my own good. A trip to the ER this weekend gave me confidence in my decision–making abilities as a mother. (And reaffirmed that you really don’t want to mess with me when the kiddos are involved.)
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Posted September 27, 2008 - 18:53 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Social Skills, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships
I know it's taboo in America to bring up various differences of social class but when junior says: Mom, can we invite Johnny over? Do you say yes right away or do you redirect and say, what about playing with Timmy instead?
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Posted July 25, 2008 - 15:35 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture
This summer was my first venture into traveling alone with the children since the husband had to work. (Hats off to all the single moms out there who do this on a regular basis).
I found that keeping a zen like calm goes a long way into making the unexpected and the disaster a little more adventure like and way more fun for the kiddies.
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Posted June 19, 2008 - 13:39 by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer
Pregnancy, Birth, Conflict Resolution
Ah, late pregnancy, a time for preparing crib sheets and stocking up on diaper wipes, doing kegels and finalizing names. And for me, also a time to go out and find my child a song. Here are ideas for how to create a personal lyric for your unborn (or already born, for that matter), and some reasons why it might be nice for them. Bonus: It’s nice for you, too.
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Posted June 18, 2008 - 22:53 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Social Skills, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture
School is winding down and so is Little League season (June is national Little League month). You are almost finished carting junior around from school yard to baseball diamond to pizza parlor to game again. So it begs the question. Which kind of Little League parent are YOU?
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Posted June 18, 2008 - 18:59 by Corina Fiore
Safety, Home Life, Discipline, Education, Pregnancy, Social Skills, Birth, No Children Zone, New Parents, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Work Balance, Relationships
The picture represents how I feel about unsolicited or absolute advice: angry and annoyed. I often ignore advice, shake my head in agreement, and move on my way. I wasn't always that way, and I was reminded of the havoc unsolicited advice can reap on a family when reading a message board this week.
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Posted June 14, 2008 - 14:44 by Linsey Knerl
Social Skills, Conflict Resolution, Relationships
My kids deserve the best. I want to give them everything they need and some of the things that they want, and I wish for it to come to them with relative ease and with as little heartbreak as possible. Why is it that I find it so trying to give them the best of me?
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Posted May 22, 2008 - 20:50 by Lori Kerrigan
Entertainment, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Sex Ed
American Idol is a favorite in households across the world, but is it really appropriate for young minds?
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