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Author :: Barbara Desmarais  |
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| Article Title :: How Can I Teach My Child To Be Responsible? |
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| Most of us when asked what we want our children to become, we include "responsible" among other things such as happy, fulfilled and caring.
We want our children to learn to make wise choices, be responsible for their actions and live responsibly.Do we teach children to become responsible by simply giving them chores to do? That's part of it for sure but only part of it. What about learning to be responsible for their actions? What kind of messages do we give out that either encourage or discourage a child to become responsible? How are we at taking responsibility for our actions?Expecting children to participate in the running of the household can begin as soon as they (read full article) |
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Author :: Barbara Desmarais |
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| Article Title :: Helping Your Child to Deal with Change |
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| Fall marks the beginning of many new things both for our children and for us. Starting something new always means change and all of us respond to change differently. Many of us welcome it but many of us are filled with apprehension and fear. Many of your children will be starting elementary school for the very first time. Others will be starting preschool for the first time and others will be carrying on in elementary school but in a new grade with different expectations and more than likely a new teacher.Starting school or starting a new grade is exciting but also can be frightening because we don’t know what to expect. Many preschoolers will be separating from us for the f (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Barbara Desmarais |
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| Article Title :: How Can I Teach My Child Respect? |
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| A common theme over the past 20 years has been how much children have changed from when we were growing up in terms of how they show respect. I know that for the most part in the 1960's, anyone in a position of authority commanded respect which included parents, teachers, police officers, principals, bosses, coaches and anyone else we viewed in some way as a person in authority. We in fact were taught to "obey" and do as we were told; no questions asked. Many of those people did command respect but unfortunately many of them abused their position of power and felt they were licensed to say and do whatever they wanted simply by virtue of the position they held.There are 3 componen (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Barbara Desmarais |
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| Article Title :: Why Won't My Child Do as I Say? |
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| In speaking with parents a comment I frequently hear is “My child won’t listen!” Repeated attempts in trying to get a child to co-operate often lands on deaf ears and leaves parents feeling exhausted and helpless. Frequently we say things we later regret and become riddled with guilt. Usual attempts often include nagging, yelling, spanking, time out, lecturing and threats. Despite consistently not getting the results we’re looking for, we resort to the same methods time and time again. We usually use what we were taught to use by our own parents. Although we often resolve to ourselves that we will do things differently and not resort to some of their methods of parenting, we (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Barbara Desmarais |
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| Article Title :: It's OK to Say No |
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| In the last 20 years we’ve all been introduced to a new style of parenting that is much more democratic than most of us experienced, growing up. Families are more child- centered than they were before, we no longer advocate spanking as an effective form of discipline, we often allow children to negotiate for privileges or things, and we’re much more involved in our children’s lives than most of our parents were in our lives. Parenting is much, much less autocratic than it was in previous generations.As with many other changes we make over time, sometimes we take a good thing too far and it no longer serves the purpose it was intended. Offering choices, using natural and lo (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Your Teenager: Of Course You Can Search Your Teen's Room |
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| Q. We recently caught our son smoking pot, and we wonder whether he's doing more stuff. We have reason to believe he has been hiding drugs in his room, and we're wondering whether we should go into his room to see whether we can find anything. Some parents we've talked to say yes. Others say, "Don't invade his privacy because you will lose his trust." What do you think we should do?A. Based on more than 25 years of working with teen-agers and families, I suggest:Absolutely, yes, go check out his room.I say this for at least three reasons:1) It's your house.You bought it. You pay the mortgage. You can go anywhere in the house you wish to go.End of (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Your Teenager: The Bottom Line Issues |
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| Q. When you consult with a family with teens, what are the typical bottom-line issues?A. Not surprisingly, the bottom line issues for parents are very different than the bottom line issues for the teen.For the parents, the bottom line issues look something like this:They see the kid they raised from an infant changing right before their eyes, usually getting more and more out of control. Their concerns can run through a whole range of problems - from slipping grades, bad attitudes and little or no communication all the way to depression, running away or drugs.The bottom line is that the parents are scared, and they want their nice kid back.For the teens (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Your Teenager: Responding to a Poor Progress Report in School |
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| Q. We just got our daughter's progress report, and it looks as if no matter how hard she works she'll get all C's and D's, when she had been getting A's and B's. What do you recommend to help her do better next nine weeks?A. There could be many issues going on, but here's the best simple, quick-start suggestion I can offer.You already know what the outcome will be for this report card, so there doesn't need to be any weeping and gnashing of teeth or high drama when the report card arrives.When you get her report card, on a separate sheet of paper, make three columns.In the first column, list her classes.In the second column, list the grade in each class. (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Parenting Your Teenager: Kids and Money |
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| Most teens go into the work world ill-prepared to manage the money they will be making. Even if their parents have attempted to teach them about money, they still haven't had the wonderfully frightening experience we have all had. You know the one: It's called ``getting to the end of the money before the end of the month.''Here are some tips on teaching teens about managing the money they are about to make.Once they get a job, here's what to do. Have them take the very first pay check and ... blow it. You might have been expecting me to say save it, buy a savings bond or something else responsible. Here's why I suggest having them spend it: They get to experience the benefit (read full article) |
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| Category :: Parenting Articles |
Author :: Jeff Herring |
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| Article Title :: Positive Parenting of Teenagers: Helping Your Teen Understand What 'I Can't Afford It' Means |
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| Because most teens have not had the experience of getting to the end of the money before the end of the month, the words, ``I can't afford it,'' have little or no meaning.Here's what can happen in lots of homes:``Mom, can I get a new (fill in the blank)?''``No, honey, I'm sorry, but we can't afford it.''``But mo-mom. Everybody else has one!''``No, we can't afford it.''``But mo-mom, (lots of words involving hassling and bugging).''``We can't afford it!''Repeat this process a few times and here's what you get:``Alright, you can have it, just this once. But don't ask for anything else!''Yeah, right.What the kid lear (read full article) |
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