Give it a try today! Parenting experts agree that spending One-on-One time with your children is beneficial. It doesn’t matter what parenting style you use, adding one-on-one time improves your parenting effectiveness and builds strong family ties. So what exactly is...
Giving Kids the Tools to be Confident and to Stand Up for Themselves “Sticks and stones break my bones but words will never hurt me” is a saying that has been used forever, right. But words hurt, so how can we teach our children to respond confidently? Giving kids the...
You Can Make It Work! We’ve all heard about the importance of quality family time. And finding time to make quality family time happen may seem like another thing on the growing “to do” list. What is quality family time? Why is it so important? Are there ways we can...
Trauma is the emotional response to a terrible event. It is a perceived threat to your own physical well being or someone important in your life. It can cause a sense of terror or helplessness, which can overwhelm a child. So how can a parent help a child...
Steps To Success. Are your children good at solving their own problems? Or do they run to you whenever something doesn’t go their way? Learning to problem solve is an important life skill. We owe it to our children to prepare them for a life time of successful problem...
And What Parents Can Do About It. Yep, school is tough this year. We all thought things would get back to normal, but that didn’t happen. Whether your kids are struggling academically, socially, or emotionally, you are feeling stressed. Let’s take a look at why this...
Fun Car stories Guest post contributed by Gwen Rockwood. Gwen is a mom to three great kids, wife to one cool guy, a newspaper columnist and co-owner of nwaMotherlode.com. I’m writing today’s column on a laptop wedged between my belly button and the steering...
Character Education Do you want your child to grow up to be a “good person?” Of course you do. The learning of certain character traits benefits children throughout their entire life. Character Education is based on the common attitudes and behaviors that people deem...
looking for a good parenting book? Parenting has been around since the beginning of humankind. Yet it is still a popular topic for authors. Parenting books are best sellers. Can there really be anything new to write about with parenting? Perhaps there is wisdom to be...
Champion Your Parenting: Do we all really learn from our mistakes? Kids make a lot of mistakes. They are learning so much each day, that mistakes are bound to happen. So how can a parent help their child to learn from their mistakes? How can you help your child avoid...