As I sat with my dear friend at lunch, her sadness was overwhelming when she began sharing details about her young adult daughter. The tears flowed freely from her eyes. She could barely speak as she disclosed recent knowledge of her daughter’s...
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“Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety”. Plato Really? Evidently Plato had no idea what life is like to live in the 21st century with cell phones ringing constantly, texts from our children all day long, rush hour traffic...
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Parenting teenagers is never an easy job, but parenting teenagers of divorce can present it’s own set of challenges. Here are a few guidelines I offer the parents I work with that have proven effective in parenting teenagers of divorce...
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Here are eight guidelines to develop quality communication with your teen. 1. Maintain eye contact when your teenager is talking. This communicates that the teen has your full attention. Refrain from rolling your eyes when you...
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Here are several Guidelines for Parents of Teens that I find myself sharing often with parents. * If you take away a teen’s valued possessions, as an appropriate consequence to undesirable behavior…example, computer, car...
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Here are 10 Tips for Moms of Children With Challenges to help them remember to care for themselves and stay balanced… to put on their oxygen masks and breathe so they can better support their struggling child. 1. When your buttons get...
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A supportive environment and attitude will help our children learn at home. Children are more emotional than cognitive – that is, they remember feelings more readily than they do facts. This means that your children remember how...
Read more The most important fact to know about a child’s learning ability is this: For a child to be able to learn well at any age, he must be at the emotional maturational level of that particular age. As the child grows, his ability to...
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