Archive for the 'Parenting Advice' Category
Do you ever lie to your kids?
It’s coming up to Christmas / Hannukah and as a two-religion family, we celebrate both holidays, with different grandparents. We figure why not celebrate holidays as often as possible?
Anyway, holidays with presents mean that presents for our children start to show up on our doorstep weeks beforehand, sometimes in bright logo boxes, other times in […]
Messages of Love: Say the Words
Just Say it!
Kids should hear us saying, “I love you” to them! It should be the first thing that they hear every morning, and the last thing that they hear every night. They should hear it in the middle or at the end of arguments, on the phone, and at unexpected times. No matter what, […]
Messages of Love: Write It!
Write Your Words!
Writing is a magic form of human communication. There are a number of very tangible reasons for writing being a unique and wonderful and very effective method of communicating.
First, when you write to some one it is rather permanent. It will last as long as the other person keeps what you have written. […]
10 Actions that Say, “I Love You!”
Kids spell love T-I-M-E!
Parents must give freely, and lovingly of their time.
If you are not willing to give some time to your children stop reading because this article will not apply to you!
What I have put together for you here is a list of ten ways to send a message of love to a […]
Send a Constant Message of Unconditional Love
There Is No Switch to Turn On “Quality Time”
There is a fallacy afoot in the world. It is the statement that, “We give quality time to our kids.” Baloney! It is impossible to turn on quality time. We adults can’t turn on quality time with each other and it is even more impossible to do […]
The Old Ways (cont.)
Internet Safety
Dealing with Spam, Pornography and Annoying Pop-up Ads And Protecting Children from Predators and Other Online Dangers
In my last article I spoke about how it is often necessary to change our methods to fit modern times. One area of concern that is particular to our era is the use of the internet by our […]
The Old Ways Are Not Necessarily Wrong… There May Just Be A Better Way!
“Back when I was a kid…”
As we look at parenting techniques, it is important to never rely on the phrase, “When I was a kid, my parents would have…” Simply because something was done to you as a child is no reason to do that same thing to your children! Please do not think that […]
The Perfect Family Christmas Gift
A Gift for Your Family That Will Last Forever
If you knew that there was a very special Christmas present you could give to your family - that would keep on giving to every member of your family - every day - all year long - would that be of interest to you?
What if this special […]