Category: Parenting 5-12 - Part 2
Giving Up Parental Narcissism for Parental Maturity
3 Parents often seek their validation from the wrong source-their children. The pure unconditional love of an infant is so intoxicating that many parents want to experience that transcendental glow for as long as possible. Who wouldnt want to be adored without any discernment or judgement? The tricky part is that in order to be…
Getting a Jump on Summer Chores
0 Having the Kids Pitch In Will Make Summer More Fun for Every Member of the Family Schools out and its time for fun! Sounds great, doesnt it? The problem is that fun isnt really possible without some work. Sheets and towels still need to be washed. Meals need to be made. The refrigerator needs…
Bullying: How to help your children with social conflict
0 As parents, one of our greatest struggles is how to help our children with their social problems without being overprotective or missing important signs that our child is being bullied or mistreated. It turns out that this is a long-term endeavor, as we are not just getting our children through a rough patch at…
Entitlement
2 Raising Resilient and Grateful ChildrenEntitlement. Isnt that such a buzzword these days? Its certainly a word I approach with fear and trembling. The fear that my child would grow up believing that he deserved rather than earned or was blessed. The fear that he would take his opportunities for granted or would lack the…
Local Opportunities to Volunteer
1 I am too busy. My kids are too young. My child is too busy with school and sports. Maybe next month These messages that come so easily only model to our children how to make excuses. Most families these days regardless of what age your children are have very full schedules and finding any…
Excellent Sitter Available After School & Evenings
2 Hi there! My name is Sasha and I have been working as a nanny on and off for slightly more than 5 years. I have been fortunate enough to attain a wide array of nanny experiences over the years caring for children as young as 4 months up to preteens and adolescents, and am…
Rhythms and reasons of allowances for kids
1 In order to provide experience and lessons around money, many parents, at some point, choose to give their children an allowance. If they dont have a planned allowance strategy when this time comes, its often Google.com to the rescue. As with most things, people have come up with good, better and best allowance systems….
Correcting five of the biggest parenting challenges
0 Children dont arrive with instructions for care. Whats more, they are all different, so even if we figure out how to handle certain situations with one of our children, the next one may veer off in a completely different direction. In short, parenting can be challenging. Here are five very common parenting challenges, with…