Category: Parenting
Parenting
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Overcoming difficult scenarios you child faces
We acquire the strength we have overcome. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Smart Thinking Facing challenges and rising from them is a way to help strengthen a child’s spirit. Though parents would prefer to totally shield their children from threats and hardship, doing so would cause as much damage. And let’s face it: Adversity is inevitable. But… Read more
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Being too demanding has its effects on the teenagers
Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own… Read more
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Go for the character in your teenager
It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Get into Character Here are key points to help parents effectively wield positive reinforcement:Select and define the deed. Be clear on what is acceptable or nonacceptable behavior at home. Provide observable, measurable progress by specifying which behavior you want the… Read more
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Kids and TV grow up side by side
There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again. ~Elizabeth Lawrence Read more