Archive for: Issues

How Domestic Violence Can Cripple Your Child

Jul 4th, 2010

How Domestic Violence Can Cripple Your Child

The environment in high-conflict homes is not conducive to bringing up well-adjusted children. Children exposed to domestic violence tend to have a distorted view of family relationships and run the risk of developing emotional, behavioral, academic and social problems.

What Does Your Child REALLY Need From You?

Jul 2nd, 2010

What Does Your Child REALLY Need From You?

Most parents want to be good parents. Yet parenting is one of those things that does not have hard and fast rules. So how do we know what to do? How do we know what will support our children in being all they can be?

Making Divorce Easier On Your Child: The Aftermath

Jul 2nd, 2010

Making Divorce Easier On Your Child: The Aftermath

In the previous article, we discussed how to make divorce easier on a child before it takes place. This article offers suggestions on how to tackle the aftermath and help your child cushion the pain of the divorce so you can all come out as stronger, secure and balanced individuals.

Preparing Children For Divorce: Before The Process

Jul 1st, 2010

Preparing Children For Divorce: Before The Process

It is not the act of divorce itself but the process involved that determines its effects on children. Separation and divorce can be very distressing for children, but there are ways to ease the agony. Here's how you can let the experience be relatively smooth sailing for the child.

How To Monitor Your Kids Online

Jul 1st, 2010

How To Monitor Your Kids Online

The hazards facing children on the Internet vary widely. There's the chance they'll find inappropriate content. They might make friends with people who aren't who they claim to be. They may face cyber-bullying. While not every child will encounter all of these problems, they are very real. It's important that parents help their children know how to cope.

Do You Parent With Your Wallet?

Jun 30th, 2010

Do You Parent With Your Wallet?

What kid doesn’t love it when Mom or Dad spends money on them? But where's the line between generosity and parenting with your wallet, and what’s the danger of crossing that line? What’s the best approach to take when your ex-spouse spends on the kids instead of parenting them? James Lehman explains.

Parenting Tips: How To Be A Healthy Marriage Role Model

Jun 29th, 2010

Parenting Tips: How To Be A Healthy Marriage Role Model

To your children, all interactions with your partner are very powerful life lessons. When they get married and have your grandkids, will they raise them to be decent, compassionate individuals? Or will they perpetuate a dysfunctional cycle that began with you? The answer falls squarely within your collective hands.

Conscious Parenting: How To Heal Your Children

Jun 28th, 2010

Conscious Parenting: How To Heal Your Children

Children are the easiest beings in the world to heal because they are the most creative and open to change. When you surround your child with an environment constantly overflowing with positive, light-hearted laughter and fun-loving joyful energy, they absorb this energy and effortlessly begin to discover this natural state of healing inside.

How To Keep Kids Occupied at Appointments

Jun 26th, 2010

How To Keep Kids Occupied at Appointments

Whether to the doctor, the dentist, or various government and utility offices, appointments are part of life. Bored, unhappy children can make an already tedious experience turn into a real nightmare. How can you keep children occupied and happy at appointments?