The biggest change I made this year, and maybe in my life, is becoming a step-dad. Moving in with my partner meant making a commitment to her three children, a commitment that turned out to mean a heck of a lot more after I made it than I had thought it would.
Becoming a step-dad is akin to becoming a father, but there are a few important differences that… » Continue
July 23 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: children, family, howto, parenting | 21 comments»
About two months ago, on a rainy Saturday, my seven year-old son (who is enjoying his budding ability to write) came to me with a small, yellow pad of paper and said, “Daddy, I want to write a list. What should I make a list of?” Suddenly, I recalled reading about John Goddard and the life list he wrote at age 15. His list consisted of 127 things he… » Continue
February 6 2007 | By Rob | Tagged: children, goals, habit, parenting | 29 comments»
Gretchen Rubin brings us a necessary list of tips to help us deal with those moments in life when our children decide they’ve had all they can stand, and they can’t stand any more.
The secret is to acknowledge the reality of children’s wishes. This sounds obvious, but think about how easy it is to deny their feelings: “You can’t possibly want another Lego set, you never play with the… » Continue
September 27 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: children, Lifestyle, living, parenting, tantrums | 3 comments»
Letting your child to understand every moves and actions may cause reactions and consequences is important. First step is to giving them appropriate punishment and consequences for any rule breaking actions they have. Parenting Ideas has an article on 6 tips for effective and consequences - Related, Respectful, Reasonable, Strong, Swift, and Short-term:
… The first was designed by Stephen Glenn, the author of “How to Raise Self-Reliant Children in a… » Continue
June 12 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: discipline, parenting | 1 comment»
Over at Parenting Ideas, they have selected top 101 tips from Dr. Andy Gill and fellow authors on improving children’s behaviour. There are also some education for the parent on stress, staying calm and training responsibility. Look like they are great reference to have around! Here is a snip of the post:
… Thanks to Dr Andy Gill and other authors for these 101 parenting tips on understanding and improving children’s… » Continue
January 5 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: list, parenting, tips | 3 comments»
If you are a parent, here are some tips for you. When your child acts up and you need to discipline, is there a way to discipline and what sort of plan you should have to make it work? Over at Parenting Ideas, they introduced a child discipline called Time-outs, and best of all they have a list of 10 tips for making it works for you:
January 3 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: discipline, parenting | 4 comments»
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