Aug 19th, 2010
Positive Classroom Discipline Techniques: Teaching Kids To Self-Discipline
Classroom discipline is mandatory but its implementation style is equally important. Overly disciplinarian and authoritarian ways can mar a child’s personality. Positive classroom discipline techniques can teach kids to respect teachers and themselves.
Aug 17th, 2010
‘I Don’t Want To Go To School!’ And What You Can Do About It
If you’re a parent, it’s almost inevitable that you’re going to be faced with your child not wanting to go to school at some point. The most important thing is that you identify the problem correctly and find out whether not going to school is the symptom of a bigger problem or just your child's way of avoiding responsibility.
Aug 15th, 2010
Step-Parent Advice: Winning Ways For Non-Biological Moms And Dads
Parenting is the most important job of our lives, and often considered the most difficult too. If that is true, then step-parenting would become a close-to-impossible job! It doesn’t have to be that way, though - here are a few tips to help step-parents surmount some of the hurdles and pitfalls.
Aug 12th, 2010
Does Your Child Have ‘Toxic’ Friends? 6 Ways To Deal With The Wrong Crowd
The old axiom is true - birds of a feather do flock together - and that’s especially accurate in adolescence. So what do you do when you when you don’t like your child’s friends? James Lehman offers parents 6 ways to deal with the 'wrong crowd'.
Aug 9th, 2010
Parenting Tip: Do You Play ‘Good Cop – Bad Cop’?
If you and your spouse take opposing roles in dealing with your kids, you're not alone. Many parents take on the roles of 'good cop' and 'bad cop' in the family. Which 'cop' is right? And should you be a cop at all?
Aug 6th, 2010
Child Behavior: Is Your Child Manipulating You?
Kids manipulate parents all the time using their charms and strengths to swing decisions in their favor. In reality, they are negotiating for power. Manipulative behavior springs from the need to manage, control and influence another for one’s own advantage. In children, it manifests itself in many forms, from a charming smile and whining, to serious threats.
Aug 4th, 2010
Adolescent Behavior Part II: 8 Ways To Manage Acting-Out Kids
In part two of this series on adolescent behavior problems, James discusses eight ways to challenge acting out behavior in kids today - from disrespect to breaking curfew to alcohol and substance abuse - in order to start changing your child's behavior tomorrow.
Aug 4th, 2010
Adolescent Phase – Or Out-of-Control Behavior?
“Every teen goes through this!” You tell yourself these words, but in the back of your mind, you wonder if your child’s disrespect, acting out and destructive behavior really is normal. How do you know if your child is going through an adolescent phase, or if his out-of-control behavior is here to stay? James Lehman has the answer in Part 1 of this 2-part series.
Aug 2nd, 2010
Is It Okay To Spoil Your Kids?
None of us want ‘spoiled’ kids - kids who are bratty, self-centered, demanding, inconsiderate. So, what spoils children and what doesn’t? We can spoil our children with material things, but we can’t spoil them with love, says Dr. Margaret Paul. Love is the energy of acceptance for who the child really is.
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