Parenting

Encouraging Safe Surfing Habits with Teens

December 7, 2011

Childhood is nothing like what we experienced when we were growing up, fellow Boomers. When I was a kid the only trouble we could really get into was with drugs, alcohol and — for boys way more socially advanced than I was — girls. Nowadays the online world has opened up a Pandora’s Box of [...]

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Age Appropriate Chores

December 3, 2011

Before I had children, I was a very organized and clean individual. I lived by the rule of “a place for everything and everything in its place.” Much of that changed once I had children, especially when those children entered into toddlerhood. It seemed that every time I took a step, there was a Lego [...]

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Practical Parenting: Boundaries for Kids

November 14, 2011

For kids, falling off the edge is easy when you don’t know how far you should, and can go. Good parents ensure their kids have clear limits which act as a reference to good behaviour. I once heard a story about a poor farming family. Let’s call them the Browns. They were out when the [...]

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Teaching Kids To Be Responsible: 3 Ways to Make Responsibility Fun

November 7, 2011

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.” – Robert Fulghum The word responsibility can conjure fears of back-breaking chores, time spent away from friends and other forms of misery in children. For parents, teaching children responsibility can seem like a recipe for tantrums and power struggles. But [...]

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4 Things Poker Has Taught Me About Parenting

October 4, 2011

I’m not a poker player by the stretch of anyone’s imagination, least of all my husband, who is a genuine enthusiast. But ever since I officially became a parent two years ago, I’ve become quite a student of the game. And, for anyone who is a parent or seriously thinking of becoming one the old [...]

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The Power of Positive Parenting

August 20, 2011

by Erin O’Keefe, Parent Coach and founder of The Intentional Parent: http:// www.theintentionalparent.org What is positive parenting? I like to think of it as an overall way of being as a parent. It is a way of interacting with your family that promotes learning and teaching over correction and coercion. A positive parent looks at [...]

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