Posted August 28, 2010 - 21:00 by Rhonda Franz
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.Posted July 11, 2010 - 21:00 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
Do your kids ever ask you about money? Do they want to know if they are rich or poor? What do you say?Posted May 10, 2010 - 07:42 by Rhonda Franz
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.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.Posted April 2, 2010 - 07:57 by Fred Lee
Certain personality characteristics seem to predispose kids to being targeted for bullying.Posted March 25, 2010 - 05:54 by Lori Kerrigan
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.Posted February 17, 2010 - 03:00 by Debbie Dragon
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.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.Posted February 10, 2010 - 02:00 by Lori Kerrigan
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?Posted February 5, 2010 - 14:01 by Sonja Stewart
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.Posted December 10, 2009 - 17:00 by Marla Walters
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.Posted September 17, 2009 - 10:04 by Lain Ehmann
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?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.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.Posted May 3, 2009 - 15:56 by Marla Walters
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.Posted April 21, 2009 - 14:12 by Sarah Peppel
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.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.Posted February 6, 2009 - 12:24 by Carrie Kirby
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.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...Posted December 11, 2008 - 10:31 by Margaret Garcia-Couoh
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.It takes a squad. Get daily stories, news, and advice for you and your family. Subscribe today!
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