Archive for: Discipline

Internet Safety: Prevent CyberBullying – Be a Part of Your Daughter’s Life

May 25th, 2010

Internet Safety: Prevent CyberBullying – Be a Part of Your Daughter’s Life

Girls are enamored with social communications as a way to make connections and keep in touch. But while the Internet can be a very private-seeming place when one sits alone in front of a computer screen in a bedroom, but in reality, it can be devastatingly public. In this age of MySpace, cell phones, and instant messaging, it has never been more important to ensure that you are a part of your daughter’s life: the real and the virtual.

Disrespectful Child Behavior: Where Do You Draw the Line?

May 21st, 2010

Disrespectful Child Behavior: Where Do You Draw the Line?

As a parent, how do you know for sure if your child’s behavior has crossed the line and become truly disrespectful? Behavioral therapist, James Lehman, believes the distinction between mild rebelliousness and disrespect has to be drawn very clearly. Here’s how you determine whether or not your child has gone too far.

Classic Children’s Books: Lord of the Flies

May 19th, 2010

Classic Children’s Books: Lord of the Flies

Have you ever wondered was actually goes on in a child’s mind? How do kids see adults… really? William Golding gave lot of thought to it in ‘Lord of the Flies’. TIME Magazine chose this as one of 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to date. William Golding put it down to the fact that the book ‘never makes any excuses for society’.

The Changing Face Of Discipline: How The Rod Softened

May 18th, 2010

The Changing Face Of Discipline: How The Rod Softened

Discipline means different things to different people. Ideally, discipline works towards the improvement of the mental faculty and moral character of an individual. There is no such thing as a ‘right method’. Distinct trends of discipline emerge as we trace its pattern down the years from post colonial times.

Parenting Toddlers: Are You Raising Bratty Kids?

May 17th, 2010

Parenting Toddlers: Are You Raising Bratty Kids?

Are your children hitting and having temper tantrums when they don't get their way? Are they unable to manage their frustrations in respectful ways? Learn about what you might be doing to create this and how Inner Bonding can help you with this.

Parenting Advice For Dads: Giving Up The Guilt

May 12th, 2010

Parenting Advice For Dads: Giving Up The Guilt

It's common for single parents to parent from guilt. This article explores the guilt dads often experience, which unknowingly becomes part of the foundation of their relationship with their children. In the long run, this guilt will result in resentment of the dad against the children, in relationships that are less than they could be, and in grown children who are unprepared to meet their responsibilities and relationships maturely.

Q&A: My Two-Year Old Refuses To Listen

Apr 26th, 2010

Q&A: My Two-Year Old Refuses To Listen

Read a query from a parent about his two-year old and the advice he received from our Clinical Psychologist. Are you concerned about your child's behavior? Want answers to parenting queries? Write in and get your own queries answered by our child experts.

Tackling Temper Tantrums In Tiny Tots

Mar 24th, 2010

Tackling Temper Tantrums In Tiny Tots

Temper tantrums are a small child’s way of trying to cope with frustrations, or with a lack of attention. They are common between the ages of one and four. As a child grows and develops more refined verbal communication skills, temper tantrums often disappear.

Violent Video Games: Should Parents Be Concerned?

Mar 24th, 2010

Violent Video Games: Should Parents Be Concerned?

Kids these days are exposed to a variety of video games. But it appears it’s not all doom and gloom on the violent video games front. Just because these games include some violence does not mean your child is going to turn out to be a violent killer when he grows up.