Spoiled Children or Healthy Babies? Few parents make it through their offspring’s babyhood without being told that all their efforts to nurture and respond to their baby will surely spoil her. And if it’s not spoiled children that new parents are warned against, they’re told not to let themselves be “manipulated” by baby. Attachment parenting is not the […]
Poor Attendance Due to a Phobia of School School phobia is referred to in medical circles as the “great imitator” because it is one of the most frequent medical examples of a child presenting a physical complaint, which, in fact, stems from an emotional cause. School phobia results in poor school attendance and is caused […]
8 Tips for Raising a Moral Child Raising a moral child means teaching your child to live by the Golden Rule. Before your child can “treat others like you want others to treat you,” he has to learn how to empathize, to be able to think through an action before doing it and to judge […]
Why do kids lie? What to do. Parents often ask why do kids lie? They will be caught off guard when their sweet child lies to them. Children lie for the same reasons adults do: to be accepted socially, to get attention or status, to hurt someone else, or because they fear the consequences of […]
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 […]
Make dressing your child easier You will spend a lot of time dressing your child. It’s a lot easier to do if you don’t have to wrestle him through every step. Here’s how to get the job done efficiently so that you and your child enjoy it. Plan ahead Before buying children’s clothing, start dressing […]
Make Children’s Attitudes Easier to Live With Are you tired of asking your child to do something — over and over again — and all you get is grumbling and complaining? Or your child obeys, but reluctantly, and not without protest. Neither children nor adults always do things with a cheerful spirit, but there are […]
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 […]
Behaviors and Competencies Connected Kids Unconnected Kids Behavior as infants and toddlers Secure, settled, trusting, interdependent, inner sense of well-being, learn early how people treat other people Clingy, anxious, distant, angry, dependent, disorganized, impulsive Obedience Open to redirection, expect to behave, want to please, feel guided Closed: protest redirection; oppositional, devious, defensive: don’t know what […]
Some of the reasons people are over-fat are under their control, and some aren’t. Some reasons are obvious, and some are not so apparent. Here are the facts you should know about your body’s fat-storing habits. Heredity. Do fat parents usually produce fat children? Statistics say yes. Lean parents have only a seven percent chance […]
Some food allergies, especially to nuts and shellfish, can be life-threatening in very sensitive people. The windpipe may go into spasms or the cardiovascular system may go into shock (called anaphylaxis) within minutes after eating a particular food. If you or your child has had a serious reaction to a food, even severe hives or […]
Tips to Avoid Choking in Toddlers Be careful of big globs of food, such as golf ball-sized, pasty globs of white bread or spoonfuls of peanut butter. Even though these foods are soft, babies can choke on them. Don’t spread peanut butter too thick, and monitor how quickly the bread gets packed into the mouth. […]
