Archive for: Rearing

12 Parenting Tips for Working Parents To Juggle Work And Home

Nov 13th, 2011

12 Parenting Tips for Working Parents To Juggle Work And Home

12 tips that can help working parents juggle all the responsibilities that come with work and parenting children.

Parenting Tips: Five Reasons To Stop Saying Good Job

Sep 23rd, 2011

Parenting Tips: Five Reasons To Stop Saying Good Job

Must reading for every parent. It's important to support and encourage our kids, but here's why saying 'Good job!' creates negative consequences for your child.

Power Struggles With Your Child: Should You Give In Or Not?

Sep 13th, 2011

Power Struggles With Your Child: Should You Give In Or Not?

Here's how you can subtly - but deftly - avert a power struggle with your child. All you need is a bit of tact, some craftiness and oodles of patience.

Teaching Math: How To Make Math Lessons Easy For Your Child

Jul 30th, 2011

Teaching Math: How To Make Math Lessons Easy For Your Child

There are kids that would have natural math skills, but for some children, math can be difficult. But, you as a teacher, can make it different.

How Setting Limits For Children Negates The Need For Discipline

Jul 20th, 2011

How Setting Limits For Children Negates The Need For Discipline

Setting limits and outlining boundaries actually helps kids feel more secure. They display self control more readily and happily take responsibility because they understand the reasons behind it.

Parenting Tips: Be A Good Role Model By Being Nice To Others

Jul 17th, 2011

Parenting Tips: Be A Good Role Model By Being Nice To Others

We all tell our kids that they should be nice to people. But the best way to teach this is to model it for your children, especially with people we don't like.

How To Avoid Power Struggles With Your Defiant Child

Jul 7th, 2011

How To Avoid Power Struggles With Your Defiant Child

How do you nip escalating fights over power in the bud? In part two of our series, James shows you three powerful techniques for defusing defiant power struggles.

Child Behaviour: A Day In The Mind Of Your Defiant Child

Jul 3rd, 2011

Child Behaviour: A Day In The Mind Of Your Defiant Child

If you’re the parent of a defiant child, Are you gearing up for another difficult year with him - hoping that you’ll be able to manage without falling apart?

How To Teach Children Discipline At Home And School

Jun 27th, 2011

How To Teach Children Discipline At Home And School

Discipline needs to be taught during a child’s early growth stages, to help them develop positive attitudes and prepare them in handling school, work and other social activities.