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Tips On How To Deal With Teenage Attitude

Your normally well-behaved child, on entering adolescence, may now start showing teenage attitude problems. No matter how hard you try to handle any situation, she may now answer sullenly, give snide comments, have an indifferent attitude, and the worst of all may totally shut you out from her life by being uncommunicative and secretive. On top of all this, your teenage child might have a complete disregard of you, your principles, your opinions, and assume they know much better than you. They also may hold you responsible for any minor […]

10 Ideas: Creating Quality Time With Your Kids

Here are ten things to do to develop my quality relationships with my kids, in spite of a hectic schedule. Road trips: I take a child on many of the daily errands I run, whether to the dump, to the bookstore, or to the grocery store. I often speak at functions several hours away. If I can afford it and it works, I will take one of my children with me. They love the quality time alone with dad (maybe it’s all the fast food we eat?). The time we […]

Quirky Discipline Rules That Work

These rules have an internal logic that defies easy categorization, but their clarity and enforceability make them work. Several of them are not, technically, rules at all, but declarations of policy or fact. And they’re all easy to remember. Rule #1: You can’t be in the room when I’m working unless you work, too Goal: Get your child to help, or stop bugging you, while you do chores It might seem odd, but I don’t mind doing laundry, cleaning floors or really any kind of housework. But I do mind my […]

Most Powerful Things You Can Say to Your Kids

Negative comments can often shape a conversation in a way we don’t realize and it’s important to be aware. Your words and conversations are powerful and create your reality, your future, and your relationships. What you talk about—or don’t talk about—defines your relationship. The primary conversations that surround your children are your conversations—both with them directly and with others while your children are present. And those are the powerful conversations you have the power to change. And you can start by using this list of the 10 most powerful things you […]

The Art of Teaching Your Kids to Negotiate

You say, “It’s time for bed.” “It’s time to go.” “It’s time for homework.” “It’s dinnertime!” But your child says, “Five more minutes.” You are tired of saying “No” and tired of fighting. So, what do you do? Give in? Blow up? Or — negotiate? Life with kids often involves negotiation, whether we like it or not. According to Scott Brown, author of How to Negotiate With Kids Even When You Think You Shouldn’t, “The negotiation between parents and kids can actually be a great learning experience for your kids. […]

13 Fun New Year’s Eve Activities for Kids & Adults

New Year’s Eve is the perfect time to play some fun games together. Here are 13 fun ideas of New Year’s Eve activities to play with your friends and family! Enjoy! 1. Guessing the resolutions Make everyone write down their resolutions, each on its own slip of paper. Pull one slip of paper out of a basket at a time and read it out loud. Everyone has to write down who they think made each resolution. At the end of the readings, the person who guessed the most correctly wins […]

DIY Holiday Gift Kids Can Make

There’s no better gift from a kid than a homemade one. Here are some super-easy, crafty gift ideas that are perfect for teachers, family, and friends! 1. Lunch Bag Scrap Book Store holiday cards and photos in the pockets of a book crafted from folded brown paper bags. What you’ll need: Three brown lunch bags, scissors, hole punch, pencil, thin ribbon, glue, assorted embellishments (we used patterned papers, gift wrap scraps, buttons, stickers, rickrack, and photos) Make it: Cut off the bottom of the lunch bags, stack them, and fold […]

10 Tips for Parenting Your Pre-Teen

It’s typically between the ages of nine and twelve that our cute, cuddly little children, once so willing to climb into our laps and share their secrets, suddenly want little or nothing to do with us. Your pre-adolescent is not the same person he was just a year or two ago. He has changed—physically, cognitively, emotionally, and socially. He’s developing new independence and may even want to see how far he can push limits set by parents. What he may not know is that he needs you as much as […]

Break Activities for Families

For most families, winter break brings with it celebrations, decorations, a ton of food, and a whole lot of holiday fun. But what happens once the gifts are open, the New Year rings in, and there are still days left before the break’s over? Christmas has come and gone and New Year’s is only hours away, but most families still have a while before their kids make the trek back to school. With nothing but time, cabin fever can set in quick, making the start of school look like a […]

Tips On How To Deal With Teenage Attitude

10 Ideas: Creating Quality Time With Your Kids

Quirky Discipline Rules That Work

Most Powerful Things You Can Say to Your Kids

The Art of Teaching Your Kids to Negotiate

13 Fun New Year’s Eve Activities for Kids & Adults

DIY Holiday Gift Kids Can Make

10 Tips for Parenting Your Pre-Teen

Break Activities for Families

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