Archive for the Common Sense Tip Category
Swimming
Indoor and outdoor swimming are great ways for a family to get exercise, play hard, relieve stress and enjoy each other’s company.
Teenagers Benefit from Time with Mom and Dad
Even though teens are busy they are more able to sort through the many challenges in their lives if mom and dad can regularly set aside chunks of relaxed, loving time with them.
Cell Phones and Parenting
Cell phones are a great resource for parents but they can also understandably distract moms and dads from offering consistent periods of uninterrupted communication, fun and loving contact to their children. As many families today
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Does Making Your Child Feel Guilty about Negative Behavior Help?
“You hurt me when you do that.” “When your sister grows up she will hate herself because you’re so mean to her.” “You are making me so sad right now.” These are examples of phrases
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Floor Time
Although “floor time” is a concept developed for parents of children with special needs the idea of “getting down” to your child’s eye level and following his or her lead in play is a useful
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Stages of Childhood
Children go through stages of childhood, each one impacting parents in some way. It can help to remember that particularly challenging stages (an infant’s sleepless nights, a toddler’s raging tantrums or a teen’s moodiness) don’t
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Tension and Homework
If tensions grow between parent and child when doing homework relationships can suffer. Whenever possible it is important to take a break and get help from another parent, relative, after school center or older student.
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3 Things to Keep in Mind When Setting Limits
Here are three things to keep in mind when setting a limit for your child: 1. stay calm – tension usually breeds more tension. 2. use as few words as possible to explain your idea
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The Importance of Physical Activity in Winter
It is important for families to set aside time for some outdoor physical activity every day – even in winter. If parents are away from home for long periods ensuring that a babysitter or after
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A New Year’s Resolution for Parents
I suggest remembering that all of the efforts you have made in your child’s direction have made a difference. (Even when your attempts to communicate were less than ideal and the results took way too
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