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7 Easy Table Manners Every Kid Should Know
By Lisa Edwards, Parent Coach With any large celebration or holiday, you may find yourself, with your children seated around a large dinner table surrounded by friends and family. This is a happy time, and you want to make sure that your children are using their...
Building Gratitude Around The Holidays
Are you worried about your child feeling spoiled, or ungrateful around the holidays? It is the season of giving, but also a season of “gimme”. Here are 25 activities you can do to start building gratitude this holiday season. Why Gratitude is Important for...
How To Handle Family Holidays With An Anxious Child
The holidays are just around the corner. A time for joy and merriment. But if your child struggles with anxiety, holidays or big family events can be very difficult. How do you handle family holidays with an anxious child? You CAN alleviate this stress and help...
What’s The Importance of Family?
Do you want to be a mediocre parent? Of course not! You want to be the best parent possible. You want to be a champion at parenting. Which means FAMILY is important to you. Understanding the importance of family helps you on your parenting journey. It’s called having...
Boundaries Are Good For Children!
Boundaries are good for children and parents.Boundaries create a loving family culture based on mutual respect, fairness, cooperation, and kindness.
What To Do When Siblings Fight
Do siblings fight at your house? Sibling arguing is totally normal. One moment they are playing together and having fun, the next moment they are arguing and fighting about being first. Siblings fight over toys, the color of their dinner plates or even who the bigger...
What To Do When Your Teen Doesn’t Like You
We've all been there. Feeling like your teen doesn't like you at all. Maybe they are yelling at you? Maybe they are ignoring you? Maybe they are just saying it to your face, “I don’t like you.” You throw your hands up in the air and say, “Fine! Be that way! See...
5 Simple Ways For Planning Quality Family Time
Are you feeling a little guilty that you don’t plan for enough quality family time together? Life gets so busy and time with kids seems to be surrounded by driving them to another event or nagging them to help out and home or do their homework. You know quality time...
Am I Causing My Child’s Anxiety?
When your child struggles with anxiety, you wonder, do I add to their anxiety? What could I be doing differently to calm them? We often overlook the power of the parent and the effect they have on the mental health of their child. Look no further as we explore your...
How Can School Help My Anxious Child?
"My child has anxiety and is anxious about so many things, so how can school help?" This is a question many parents ask and they should ask it. Because, the beauty about school is that there are many resources available. Some resources are people in the school. The...