Parenting Tips and Advice
- Active Listening
A major part of good communication between parent and child is active listening - Adoption Challenges
Adopting a child may be both a long train of practical and emotional nightmares and the fulfillment of a dream - Beginning School
For children who have attended preschool, beginning school will involve less of a transition than for those who have not - Communication
Few subjects in parenting are as fundamental, or as important, as communication - Discipline and Individual Choice
The word 'discipline' often brings to mind images of harsh punishment, unreasonable restrictions and an approach to parenting that is cold and insensitive - Divorce and Children
Few things in the life of a family are as traumatic as when it alters through divorce - Fathers and Children
Few things have changed so radically in the last 100 years as the view of a father's role in parenting - Grandparents and Other Dilemmas
Sometimes being a parent is like being in middle management - Grief and Children
All parents wish they could shelter their child from grief - Home vs Public vs Private School, The Never Ending Debate
Few issues have such a long-term effect on the welfare of a child as the choice of the type of school to attend - Natural and Logical Consequences
Knowing when to require a child to obey and when to let them take the consequences of an independent choice is always a tough dilemma for parents - Nurturing Independence
A fundamental fact for almost all children is that eventually they grow older - Parenting Difficult Children
Sometimes a child labeled 'difficult' is just expressing a healthy need for independence - Preschool, The Big Day
Well, the big day has arrived - Punishment and Objectivity
In parenting circles, the word 'punishment' often brings to mind 'corporeal punishment' - spanking, slapping or other forms of physical action - Responsibility
Teaching responsibility is one of the most difficult aspects of parenting - Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry - conflict between and among brothers and sisters - can take all the forms that occur among adults: loud arguments, sports competition, physical fights, property destruction, etc - Single Parenthood, Pros and Cons
Since roughly 1970, approximately 20-30% of children live in single parent homes - Step-parenting and Sharing Authority
Being a step-parent is somewhat like being in middle management - you get the complaints from 'above' and 'below' - Teaching About Strangers
Parents understandably want to do everything possible to protect their children from harm - Temperament and Personality
Most child development professionals, following a study by Thomas and Chess in the 1950s, hold that temperament is inborn - The World's Toughest Job
Parenting is the most difficult 'job' in the world - Traditional vs Non-Traditional Parenting
In the past 40 years, roughly since the 1960s, parenting (along with dozens of other life issues) has undergone a revolution in thinking - When Parents Disagree
Sometimes it's surprising that the divorce rate isn't actually higher than it is (about 46% in the U
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