VIDEO VIOLENCE IS COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU WARNING: Video games may be hazardous to your child’s emotional health. Sounds like a warning on a cigarette pack, and justifiably so. Once upon a time TV was blamed on a variety of children’s emotional disturbances, from obesity to aggression. Just as parents learned to tame […]
11 Ways for Teaching Honesty to Kids
Prevent Lying by Teaching Honesty to Kids By understanding why children lie at times, it is easier to understand what to do. Getting behind the deceitful words (or actions) and into the child’s mind will help you practice preventive discipline. Here are ways for teaching honesty to kids. 1. Practice Attachment Parenting Connected children do […]
3 Ways to Prevent Temper Tantrums
Prevent Temper Tantrums in Your Child Kids will get upset and have trouble controlling their emotions, but it is possible to prevent it from developing into a full blown tantrum. Try these three ways to prevent temper tantrums in your child. 1. Practice Attachment Parenting We have noticed that infants who are carried a lot […]
What to do About Your Children Swearing
When You Catch Children Swearing Remember your reaction the first time your four-year-old used a four-letter word? Did your mouth drop open, but with no sound coming out? Did you drop your fork at the dinner table? Did your ears turn red? To growing children, toilet talk is as curious as the functions it stands […]
Name-Calling
The Effects and How to React to Name-Calling “You imbecile!” yelled fourteen-year-old Mary at her annoying seven-year-old brother, Billy. Now Billy didn’t know what an “imbecile” was, but by the tone of his sister’s voice he knew he didn’t want to be one. The Damages of Name-Calling What’s in a name? The point is not so […]
Attachment Parenting Explained
What Attachment Parenting is Not Attachment parenting gets discussed as a new theory on parenting when it is really doing what feels natural for parents and baby. Attachment parenting is loving and attentive parenting but is nothing close to spoiling a child. The idea behind attachment parenting is that you get to intimately understand your […]
Observations on Attachment Parenting Outcomes
Attachment Parenting Outcomes The Baby B’s translate into the Childhood C’s when we examine the Attachment Parenting outcomes. Important Note: Parents should not take all the credit or all the blame for the person their child later becomes. You do your best to raise your children with all the tools and resources you have at […]
The Unconnected Child
Detached from the start Suppose parents, for fear of spoiling their baby or letting her manipulate them, restrain themselves from responding to her cries and develop a more distant, low-touch style of parenting. What happens then? The baby must either cry harder and more disturbingly to get her needs met or give up and withdraw. […]
16 Ways to Trim Childhood Fat
Lower Your Child’s Risk for Being Overweight or Obese 32 percent of children in the United States are overweight or obese according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHNES) performed between 2011 and 2012. This represents a 39 percent increase since 1994. Whereas nutritional deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional problem in developing […]
Tracking Down Hidden Food Allergies
Discovering Hidden Food Allergies If you suspect you or a family member has a food allergy, or if your family has a history of food sensitivities and/or allergies, here are some steps you can do at home to track down the hidden food allergies and ease bothersome symptoms. Culprits of hidden food allergies may […]
Toddler Behavior
Understanding Toddler Behavior To cope with toddler behavior it helps to remember the basic principle of developmental discipline: the drive that babies have to develop is the same one that creates discipline challenges. 1. Wheels to Run On Imagine how it must feel to learn to walk! He can see all those tempting delights around […]
Child Development Stages
Going through the Different Child Development Stages How often have you heard, “oh, just wait, he’ll grow out if it?” Though partially true, this lame excuse for not correcting certain behaviors shows an incomplete understanding of child development stages. Growth and development used to be pictured like clothing sizes. The child outgrows an outfit, discards […]