Archive for: Techniques

Texting: The New Way For Kids To Be Rude

Sep 1st, 2010

Texting: The New Way For Kids To Be Rude

Many kids will react negatively when you start to set limits on their texting or cell phone activities. So how do you curtail your child's texting habit and keep them from using texting as another way to be rude? James Lehman has some tips for frustrated parents.

Kindermusik: Music And Movement For Little Ones

Sep 1st, 2010

Kindermusik: Music And Movement For Little Ones

Kindermusik is founded on leading approaches in music and movement education that add a whole new dimension to early childhood. It provides the ultimate learning atmosphere - fun and instruction perfectly matched for both parent and child!

Four Simple Steps To Move Your Child From Anger to Peace

Aug 31st, 2010

Four Simple Steps To Move Your Child From Anger to Peace

How can we help our kids move into a state of gratitude when they are at the peak of their anger? And how do we avoid falling prey to their negative, angry energy in the process? Here are four simple steps I have been using successfully with my son to shift him from his angry state to a state where he can more easily deal with problems and effortlessly identify solutions.

Free Parenting Advice: GPS For Parenting Teleseminar Series

Aug 31st, 2010

Free Parenting Advice: GPS For Parenting Teleseminar Series

Register for an awesome teleseminar series called the Great Parenting Show teleseminar that features some of the top parenting experts in the world being interviewed by Jacqueline Green. She will be interviewing 23 of the world's top thought leaders about how to achieve the relationship that you've always dreamed of having with your child.

Parenting Question: Should You Teach Your Kids To Express Their Feelings?

Aug 31st, 2010

Parenting Question: Should You Teach Your Kids To Express Their Feelings?

Many popular parenting books talk about just how important it is to let your kids express their feelings. They say you need to validate their emotions. You should encourage this, they say, after all, you're letting your child "express his or her feelings." But is this really the healthiest choice for children?

The Brain Gym: Coaching Your Child’s Mind To Think Differently

Aug 30th, 2010

The Brain Gym: Coaching Your Child’s Mind To Think Differently

Does your child lack intelligent activities that challenge the mind? Innovative training programs such as the BRAIN GYM provides one such solution to gear brain cells for more activity, making both leisure and study interesting for children.

‘Doormat’ Parenting: Dealing With Demanding Kids

Aug 30th, 2010

‘Doormat’ Parenting: Dealing With Demanding Kids

With middle-class incomes once again on the rise and the media feeding the flames of a highly commercialized mindset, we are raising a generation of children with a never-ending list of ‘gimmes.’ Here's how you can stop feeling guilty about saying ‘no’.

Conscious Parenting: How To Be A Minimalist With Kids

Aug 29th, 2010

Conscious Parenting: How To Be A Minimalist With Kids

As a minimalist, I enjoy uncluttered spaces, beautifully simple things, experiences over material things, living with and doing less rather than being obsessed with more, and finding contentment. But kids bring complexity and clutter to our lives. So how do we reconcile the two? It takes a little bit of balancing and the right attitude.

Parenting Advice: Are You A Hyper-Parent?

Aug 29th, 2010

Parenting Advice: Are You A Hyper-Parent?

‘Hyper-parenting’ is a term used to defined parents who over-schedule their child' lives with too many activities. Because a child often has no choice in the way his parents structure his time, the burden of being hyper-parented can lead to increased stress and resentment.