Etiquette

5 Ways To Get Your Children Involved In Helping Others

Posted August 28, 2010 - 21:00 by Rhonda Franz

Home Life, Discipline, Education, Social Skills, Learning Tools, Etiquette, Home School, Culture, Pre School, Relationships, K-8, High School, Extra Curricular

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Getting kids to understand the importance of service to others should involve the whole family. Check out these tips and resources to help your children understand how they can meet the needs of others.

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Are We Rich Or Poor?

Posted July 11, 2010 - 21:00 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Social Skills, Etiquette, Culture

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Do your kids ever ask you about money? Do they want to know if they are rich or poor? What do you say?

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Texting and Talking Dos and Don’ts: Teaching Technology Etiquette to Kids

Posted May 10, 2010 - 07:42 by Rhonda Franz

Discipline, Home Life, Social Skills, Etiquette, Relationships, Extra Curricular

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Having a cell phone conversation during a movie, taking a call during a lunch date, texting at the dinner table: the ease of technology has resulted in a relaxation of good manners. When it comes to technology etiquette, lay down the rules for your own children—and model them yourself.

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Bad Behavior Needs Quirky Discipline

Posted April 21, 2010 - 06:11 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Discipline, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution

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By-the-book discipline just doesn't always work. Sometimes, you have to get quirky. Or maybe you need to go extra verbal.

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Why Some Kids Get Bullied

Posted April 2, 2010 - 07:57 by Fred Lee

Safety, Health, Social Skills, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Relationships

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Certain personality characteristics seem to predispose kids to being targeted for bullying.

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Adoption Language: Clarifying Misconceptions

Posted March 25, 2010 - 05:54 by Lori Kerrigan

Etiquette

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The way adoption is viewed has changed over the years. The way we talk about it is still catching up. Here are a few helpful ideas for making this transition.

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Tips For Eating Out With Young Children

Posted February 17, 2010 - 03:00 by Debbie Dragon

Social Skills, Etiquette

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Eating out with young children can be a daunting experience. Will your child behave or will they have a meltdown in the middle of your meal? Will they throw their food at the person sitting next to you? Here are some ideas to make eating out with your child a little easier.

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Childless House Guests in the Kid Zone

Posted February 12, 2010 - 07:45 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Home Life, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships

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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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The Duggars: How Many Is Too Many?

Posted February 10, 2010 - 02:00 by Lori Kerrigan

Conceiving, Pregnancy, Etiquette, Relationships

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Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar are parents to 19 children with no current plans to stop adding to their brood. How many kids are too many? And why do we care?

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The First Lady on Fat: In Defense of Michelle Obama's Weight Comments

Posted February 5, 2010 - 14:01 by Sonja Stewart

Health, Etiquette, Nutrition, Healthcare

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Michelle Obama has received a lot of bad press for her recent comments on her daughter's weight. I took a look at what she actually said, versus the rumors. Now, you can tell me if she was out of line.

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Anatomy of a Thank-You note

Posted December 10, 2009 - 17:00 by Marla Walters

Etiquette

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The season of gifts has arrived. As the Parenting Squad’s resident curmudgeon, I feel it is an appropriate time to review an important form of etiquette, unfortunately in decline: the thank-you note.

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Oh, BeHAVE!

Posted September 17, 2009 - 10:04 by Lain Ehmann

Discipline, Etiquette

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Serena Williams has it out with a lineswoman during the US Open. US Rep Joe Wilson shouts down President Obama. And Kanye West interrupts Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the VMAs. As a parent who’s constantly trying to teach her kids to control themselves, I have to ask, What is up with people these days? Can’t they keep their big mouths shut?

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The Art of War: How Arguing in Front of Your Kids Can Benefit Them

Posted August 11, 2009 - 08:32 by Sonja Stewart

Etiquette, Sex & Relationships, Conflict Resolution, Relationships, Wellness

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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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Parenting Lessons: What I learned from Redneck Softball

Posted July 23, 2009 - 18:36 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Social Skills, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships

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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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Etiquette 101: One of the UN-fun Jobs of Parenting

Posted May 3, 2009 - 15:56 by Marla Walters

Etiquette

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Were you born in a barn? Raised by wolves? Do you want people to think YOUR child was? Odds are, you don’t. Here are some etiquette basics to teach your child.

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When Pre-teen Daughters Grow Armpit Hair

Posted April 21, 2009 - 14:12 by Sarah Peppel

Etiquette, Culture, Sex Ed, K-8

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Armpit hair, zits, boobs, Chick-fil-A. . . yeah, you know where this is going. . . Adolescence, puberty and my weekend at the mall. If you think you are ready when your child hits THAT age, think again.

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Has The Time Come For Me To Beat My Kids?

Posted March 27, 2009 - 13:54 by Paul Michael

Home Life, Social Skills, Entertainment, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Extra Curricular

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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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Ban Kids From Planes? How About a Kid Air Treaty?

Posted February 6, 2009 - 12:24 by Carrie Kirby

Etiquette

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If kids are supposed to be on their best behavior in the air, then adults should too. I'm talking to you, Ms. Business Traveler who can't believe she got seated next to my brood.

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Thoughts from the Amtrak Train: Bad Behavior

Posted January 17, 2009 - 14:09 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Discipline, Etiquette, Conflict Resolution, Culture, Relationships

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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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How to Celebrate those Christmas Babies

Posted December 11, 2008 - 10:31 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh

Planning, Shopping, Etiquette, Culture

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Are you having a baby in December? Are you a Christmas Baby? There's many ways we wind up skimping on our Christmas babies that make them feel put out by the holiday. Here's a quick list of things to remind family and friends and we parents to do and not to do with our December offspring.

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