Don’t worry! Everything you say is entering into your kids hard-drive. Stay tight, each “rolling of the eyes” may some day come to surprise you later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUj6UyaK3m0&feature=player_embedded Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace Tweet about it Buzz it up Subscribe to the comments on this post Bookmark in Browser …
Category Archives: Parenting 101
NO HOMEWORK
Connection NO HOMEWORK Says Claire Dear Claire, I belong to a discussion group where, for months, experts have been discussing the merits (or lack thereof) of assigning children homework. One side of the argument sees homework as “over-kill” and that “children have enough school work to … more → Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share …
Emotional Baseline 3 (Seed 13)
Unconditional Giving that the Child Appreciates No expectations with no strings attached Plan for maximum two weeks (or simply mention it that often) Involve your child. Let him in on the plan. Point it out, direct his attention towards it — so he may come to appreciate it Doesn’t have to be a toy or …
Through a Child’s Eyes
Parenthood Through a Child’s Eyes By: Petrea Hansen-Adamidis One thing that I find grounds me in the present moment when I am having a rough day or week, is to think of what a child would do. Sometimes this brings hilarious images to mind, like the time one of my sons fell asleep with a …
Emotional Baseline 2 (Seed 12)
Creative Moments Spend ten minutes a day of individual time with each child. Whether it be spontaneous or fixed, make sure the time is mutually enjoyable and made top-priority Ten minutes is code for any chosen moment; a chunk of time Individual time with your children should reveal both to you and your children that …
Emotional Baseline 1 (Seed 11)
A Recipe for Daily Touch Physical touch that’s mutually enjoyable: A child who is not getting enough physical touch in appropriate ways will make sure he gets it in less acceptable ways (hitting, bumping into people, etc.). Physical touch provides an emotional need. This physical touch has to be mutually enjoyable. Don’t force kisses and hugs …
Praise Worthy (Seed 10)
If we constantly and consistently reinforce positive behavior, the child will constantly be motivated to do good (when I do good, I feel good). In order to improve in this area, we need to work harder to notice good behavior. We naturally tend to notice the bad. How would you like to live in a …
Safety First (Seed 9)
If we supply our child’s emotional and physical needs before he becomes desperate, then we will be able to raise healthy kids. A happy, content child is not looking for trouble. The more we supply, the safer he is. It’s much harder to fix this problem than to prevent it. Most of the schools that …
Children are Really Something (Seed 8)
A child will go to extremes to get his physical needs met. For emotional needs he will go even farther (we see this with anorexia, bulimia, etc.). Emotional needs are even stronger than physical survival needs. Children will do dangerous things to get people to notice them. Nobody wants to be just “average.” An average …
Feel Good, Do Good (Seed 7)
A child who has all of his physical and emotional needs met on a daily basis will be happier and safer. Parents can avoid problems with this theory by 85% (children won’t need to look elsewhere to have their needs met) Out of goodness a child is supplied with her appropriate emotional and physical needs …
