All parents have stress around a variety of everyday situations: exhaustion, fussy children, housework left undone, teen back talk, etc. When stressed, parents can become more sensitive to the usual noises and activities around the house, becoming less patient and more irritable. It’s difficult to concentrate and you get stuck on negative thoughts. Recognizing that Read More
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The 80 Percent Rule
Are you feeling like a bad parent because there are lots of times when your child ignores you and does not do what they are told to do? Step #1: Remember the 80% Rule! Research has proven that in the best of circumstances children do what you tell them to about 80% of the time. Read More
No Perfect Parents
Quote for the day: Today, professionals are preoccupied with the “dysfunctional family.” But to some extent all families are dysfunctional. No family is perfect! We may be tempted at times to imagine the family as full of innocence and good will, but actually family life resists such romanticism; any attempts to place a veil of Read More
Internet Safety
Parents are now facing modern fears and concerns that they’ve never dealt with before in this age of the Internet. Multiple Internet sources such as cell phones and play stations also make it even more difficult to keep track of what your child is doing online. With this new threat to children’s safety, Parent Trust Read More
Eight Sleep Tips
Eight Sleep Tips for Every Child Up to 70% of children under age five have sleep problems. Sleep issues are complicated and have many causes. They’re hard to deal with because when children aren’t sleeping, parents aren’t sleeping, and that lack of sleep affects every minute of every day for every person in the family Read More
Positive Childhood Experiences
There have been over 10 years of research into something called Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES). ACES are specific things that occur in childhood. As a result, they affect adult health and well-being. Definition of ACEs: growing up (prior to age 18) in a household with: ACEs are surprisingly common. They happen in “the best of Read More