Creativity for Kids - Activities for Kids at WomansDay. Large image and book description - Put Me In Print! Personalized children's stories. : : Parenting Bookmark - Where Parents and Experts Share Advice. Latina Daughters. Kids Who Ignore Consequences - 10 Ways to Make Them Stick. Does your child ignore every consequence you give him?
This week, James Lehman gives you 10 specific ways to make consequences work—even for the most resistant child. When kids are faced with something unpleasant, they'll often act like it doesn't matter to them. When your child says, “I don't care” or seems unaffected when you give him a consequence, what he’s really saying is, “You can't hurt me.” That’s because receiving a consequence makes kids feel powerless. Their sense of self almost requires them to respond by shrugging and saying, “Whatever,” simply in order to feel in control again. The PIE Approach to Handling Emotions — Simple Kids. Quirky Ways to Get Your Kids to Behave. I've made a lot of bad rules in the decade I've been a mom, from irrational threats ("No graham crackers in the house ever again if you eat them in the living room even one more time") to forbidding human nature ("You may not fight with your sister").
But occasionally I've come up with rules that work better than I'd ever contemplated. These made-up rules have an internal logic that defies easy categorization, but their clarity and enforceability make them work. Several of them are not, technically, rules at all, but declarations of policy or fact. And they're all easy to remember. A few personal favorites, plus those of other moms: The Truth About Santa. My daughter Lucy and I have been exchanging notes since the school year started.
We’ve talked about all sorts of things—sports, books we’d like to read, adventures we’d like to have, even stories from when I was in third grade. For the most part, though, it’s been light, casual stuff. Until last week. I NEED TO KNOW, she wrote, using capital letters for emphasis. Baby and Parenting Advice - parent to parent - Minti. Karen Sugarpants » Parenthood. Head Lice: 6 Steps to Dead Bugs - Big Kid Slideshow on The Stir by CafeMom. MomsMinivan.com - 101 Road Trip Games, Car Travel Games for Kids, and Games to Play in the Car, Printable Car Trip Games. Parenting Tips-The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin at WomansDay.com. Blog post excerpted from Gretchen Rubin's website Happiness-Project.com.
One of my Twelve Commandments is “Lighten up,” and I have a lot of resolutions aimed at trying to be a more light-hearted parent: less nagging, more laughing. We all want a peaceful, cheerful, even joyous, atmosphere at home — but we can’t nag and yell our way to get there. Here are some strategies that help me: 1. At least once a day, make each child helpless with laughter. Eye Didn't Know That! Common Signs of Children’s Vision Problems Preserving healthy sight for a lifetime begins with early detection. Common signs of possible vision problems in school-aged children include: How to Get Your Toddler to Go to Bed - and Stay There. A number of readers have told me of their struggles to ensure a good night’s sleep for their children and themselves.
Summer writes: Hello Nanny Godmother! I hope you can help me. Chore Chart Jars {Tutorial} Motherhood More Depressing Than Ever. eXBox. One of the perks I enjoy as a parent is being able to dole out interesting punishments when my kids stray from the straight and narrow. Usually, our children are aces when it comes to knowing what’s expected of them, but every now and then they get this crazy notion that they can outsmart us. I love seeing their best laid plans unravel before my very eyes. Even when I know I’ve got ‘em, I enjoy watching as they feverishly dig themselves a deeper and deeper hole with the shovel of deceit. Well, our 15-year old son tried to pull a fast one on us today. And, as expected, he failed miserably. He knows that his grades determine how much computer, XBox, and television time he gets.
The school he attends sends home progress reports every so often so that we can spot-check our kids and gauge how long we can expect to support them after graduation. This past weekend, our son had fun-filled days planned, and he enjoyed them wholeheartedly. If you’re a parent, you already spot his ploy. It. 7 Things Every Parent Should Discuss with Their Children and 3 Things They Absolutely Should Not. Image via John Cave Osborne To be an effective parent, you must also be an effective communicator.
Yet being an effective communicator doesn’t necessarily make you an effective parent. After all, there’s the little issue of what, exactly, it is that you should be communicating to your children. And, perhaps even more importantly, what it is that you shouldn’t be communicating to them. Motherhood, WTF? Balanced School Lunches for Picky Eaters. Those price tags aren't wrong: Back-to-school clothes costing more. By Anne D'Innocenzio Associated Press Posted: 08/19/2011 09:32:05 AM PDT# Comments|Updated: 3 years ago NEW YORK -- Stores are trying everything they can think of to disguise the fact that you're going to pay more for clothes this fall.
Some are using less fabric and calling it the new look. Others are adding cheap stitching and trumpeting it as a redesign. Retailers are raising prices on merchandise an average of 10 percent across-the-board this fall in an effort to offset their rising costs for materials and labor. "Let the consumer trickery begin," said Brian Sozzi, Wall Street Strategies retail analyst Retailers have long tried to mask price hikes -- for instance, jacking them up more than needed so that they can offer a "sale" on the higher price.
Stores already have passed along their rising costs to customers by raising prices on select items. Some merchants are making inexpensive tweaks ---- additional stitching, fake button holes, fancy tags ---- to justify price increases.