Archive for: Parenting

Are You a High Hopes Parent? How Your Positive Thinking Affects Your Child

Aug 19th, 2010

Are You a High Hopes Parent? How Your Positive Thinking Affects Your Child

Our world challenges us greatly to shift our attention to the hopeful, to what brings and enhances life. And I believe it affects our parenting profoundly. How can we stay focused on hope, on the positive, and on what is working in our daily lives with our children? Here are five considerations for hopeful parenting in troubling times.

Positive Classroom Discipline Techniques: Teaching Kids To Self-Discipline

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.

Mama’s Boys: Shobhaa De On Indian Men And Their Mothers

Aug 18th, 2010

Mama’s Boys: Shobhaa De On Indian Men And Their Mothers

Indian men love their mothers, says Shobhaa De. Her snarky and humorous take on why sensible Indian wives should not even attempt to compete with their men's mamas is a warning for Indian moms to take a look at what they're turning their sons into.

5 Ways To Teach Your Child To Read – With Tips, Resources, Printables

Aug 18th, 2010

5 Ways To Teach Your Child To Read – With Tips, Resources, Printables

Are you looking for ways to help your child learn to read? There's a lot you can do as a parent to help your child boost her reading skills. Carol Brooke, M.S., M.Ed., offers some useful resources and printables - with tips on using them, that you can put into practice at home.

Classic Children’s Stories: The Three Musketeers

Aug 17th, 2010

Classic Children’s Stories: The Three Musketeers

‘The Three Musketeers’ is undoubtedly one of the most popularly referred-to novels of its time. It shot to fame all over again when the name of the third musketeer became a million dollar question in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, perhaps the most talked-about Indian movie of the decade.

‘I Don’t Want To Go To School!’ And What You Can Do About It

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.

How To Help Your Child Overcome Phobias

Aug 16th, 2010

How To Help Your Child Overcome Phobias

While children overcome some fears as they grow up, some of them may persist – becoming stumbling-blocks in their daily lives. In more serious cases, they can severely impact a child’s ability to interact sociably with other children and their ability to meet their own needs. Here's how you can help a child overcome phobias.

Energy Drinks: Real Vs Imagined Dangers

Aug 16th, 2010

Energy Drinks: Real Vs Imagined Dangers

The major dangers of energy drinks come from caffeine and sugar, compounded with the tendency of young people to overdo anything they come in contact with, just to find their limits. What is a parent to do and how do you teach your child to consume them responsibly?

Advice For Parents: What Creates Confidence?

Aug 15th, 2010

Advice For Parents: What Creates Confidence?

As parents we cannot teach our children confidence if we ourselves lack it. But, no matter how much we may have been de-valued as children, we owe it to ourselves and our kids to learn to value ourselves now.