Raising children can be subjective and complicated. But there are many hard and fast rules that seem to bridge the gap between a myriad of parenting styles. Positive parenting - offering children positive feedback for their achievements and efforts - can go a long way towards raising positive, emotionally healthy adults.
Too often children are noticed [...]
Ever blown your top to your children, only to regret it ten minutes later?
Silly question, it happens to us all no matter how well-behaved our kids or placid and patient we are. At times the general strains and stresses of life wear us down so our emotional responses don’t match children’s behaviours. Or rather, their [...]
The goal in life for nearly everyone comes down to some positive results. This also applies to raising our children which is the most important thing we may ever do. Positive parenting brings many benefits that you can enjoy for a lifetime.
Whether it’s a good paycheck on payday, a great day at the park, a [...]
The emotional reaction which a person has on hearing the phrase “single parent family” might very well depend on his or her age.
For Americans who came of age before 1975, the mental picture of an ideal family, as portrayed by the media, included two parents, one of whom, usually the father, was the breadwinner. Those [...]
Do you ever regret nagging your children? Do you feel guilty afterwards? Inside you’ll discover the secret to positive parenting and getting your kids to cooperate.
A young mother yelled at her son, Sammy, “Don’t tease your sister. It’s becoming a bad habit.” “No it isn’t,” replied, Sammy. “It’s becoming a hobby.”
The young mother yelled “Don’t” [...]
Parents play the most critical role in the social development of a child. Parenting behavior is directly linked with a teenager’s tendency to become delinquent or develop behavioral problems. Behavioral parenting training is a scientific approach in parenting that concentrate on educating parents on how to use effective skills in managing their children. The principle [...]
In 1954, Torrance, California family counsellor Dorothy Law Nolte dashed off a poem in order to meet a deadline for her weekly newspaper column. Called “Children Learn What They Live,” its nineteen lines went on to be translated into thirty-five languages. It was distributed to millions of new parents by a baby products company. And [...]