Oct 3rd, 2010
In a globalized world, there are no borders when it comes to celebrating holidays like Halloween. But when it comes to celebrating this October 31st holiday properly, the Americans are the experts. Here's how they do it and how you can do it too.
Oct 3rd, 2010
How do we empower our children? How do help them through the tough times in life and how do we make sure the negative 'stuff' doesn't follow them into adulthood? As a family counselor I know how empowering it is for a child to know they are in control of their feelings and emotions.
Oct 2nd, 2010
While scary for parents, the normal individualization process during the tween and teen years doesn’t have to involve power struggles and hard feelings if parents avoid these three common parenting mistakes.
Oct 2nd, 2010
Susan Jeffers is the best-selling author of author of 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway®'. In her guest blog, adapted from her book 'Life is Huge! Laughing, Loving and Learning From It, she offers three of her favorite tips for building confidence in children.
Oct 1st, 2010
Obesity in the USA has gone from a problem to a crisis to a full-blown epidemic. Childhood obesity rates have tripled in this country over the last three decades – one in every three children is now overweight.
Oct 1st, 2010
Our relationships and life experiences are a reflection of our inner world. How we see the world and interpret the actions of others depends on our relationship with our self. To change your relationships with others, you’ve got to change your relationship with yourself.
Sep 30th, 2010
We need to keep our children in the know about with what is happening in the world. It is not enough to teach them reading, sciences and history. We need to educate them, so that they are connected and well-informed about what is happening all around us.
Sep 30th, 2010
Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression. Since a child’s first association for most of their formative years is with their parents, we need to be aware of what imprints we are leaving on our children.
Sep 29th, 2010
How can I get my child to listen to me? Being a parent is not about dictatorship as some parents believe. Rather it is a two-way communication between parent and child. We need to model listening to our kids and this one thing you can be very sure of: if you never listen to your kids they will not listen to you.