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  • How to Keep Your Child From Technology Overload

    Parents in the past, used to worry about the effects of children watching too much television. Many have allowed the television to be their babysitter. Today, there is a different challenge,...

  • How to use a Reward Chart to Change a Child's Behavior

    Changing a negative behavior for a child can be frustrating for both you and your child. Using a behavior chart can make the process a positive and rewarding experience.

  • How to Reward Your Child for Good Behavior

    Rewarding a child for good behavior increases the chances of the behavior occurring again and helps to decrease negative actions. Ignoring bad behaviors and rewarding good causes the child to lose...

  • How to Punish Children Effectively

    It can be really hard to punish children in a way that is effective. Sometimes parents think they are being punitive but the child's behavior does not change. Other times, the punishment winds up...

  • How to Discipline Your Little One

    When you dream of becoming a parent it's easy to think about the cute little feet, adorable outfits and those first smiles, but there is a darker side to parenting, disciplining. No one likes to...

  • How to Educate Kids on Room Cleaning

    Empowering children with a sense of cleanliness is a noble investment. Children who learn to keep their rooms clean have a head start in character and discipline. They learn to appreciate the...

  • How to Be a Stricter Parent And Teach Your Child Responsibility

    Being a stricter parent does not mean being a mean parent. It simply means teaching your child responsibility to be a more well rounded person as he grows. A stricter parent is one who creates...

  • How to Treat the Narcissistic Child

    Narcissism is defined as an excessive preoccupation with the self, a constant need for attention and an inability to recognize the feelings and emotions of others. Adults with narcissistic...

  • How to Manage Your Out Of Control Boy

    This article sets out what you need to know about your out of control boy ? Why is he reacting like that ? What YOU can do to stop it and where to get help

  • How to Discipline an ADHD Child for Temper Tantrums

    Impulse control is a reality for your ADHD child. When those impulse problems arise in the form of a temper tantrum, it can be very hard not to have one yourself. But that would defeat your...

  • How to Stop Your Child from Cursing in Your Home

    When your child curses, above all, do not get into a power struggle over it with them. Parents should ignore the invitation to argue at this point and say, “We’re not talking about anything else....

  • How to Disciple an ADHD Child for Stealing

    Children with ADHD have behavioral issues that children without ADHD do not deal with. Impulsivity is a large part of having ADHD and difficulty with impulse control can play out in many ways. One...

  • How to Parent an out of control child

    This article outlines the essentials to reclaiming your out of control child.

  • How to Manage Your Kids

    Kids need to learn how to be managed and follow guidelines. By putting them on the "payroll", you can encourage good behaviors while teaching them that they have to earn rewards. I...

  • How to Deal With Backseat Drivers That Annoy You

    If you’re on a long trip and have to put up with a backseat driver or annoying person, take a minute and read through these helpful tips in order to handle the situation the proper way.

  • How to Say "no" to your 7-year-old

    As children grow older, mothers have to change how to discipline them. They get more talkative and insistent. When your 7-year-old acts up because he's not getting what he wants, what would you...

  • Strategies for a Defiant Child

    Parenting is rewarding, but it has its fair share of frustrations. One of the toughest problems to deal with as a parent is defiant behavior. Some defiance is expected, but there are cases where...

  • How to Follow a Plan to Reward Children's Positive Behavior

    Need a plan that will provide simple and consistent expectations for children's behavior in the home or in the classroom? This article will give you a step by step plan that will bring amazing...

  • How to Spare the Rod

    As a family counselor for 25 years, I was delighted to read John Cloud’s article, "Kids Who Get Spanked May Have Lower IQs" on Time.com. As a professional therapist and parent educator, I have...

  • How to Encourge Good Choices with Time-Out

    Responsibility = Choice + Consequence When you have given your child a choice, and he or she doesn't make a good one, you must enforce the consequences. If you remain firm and calm, placing your...

  • How to Help children deal with anger

    Do you have a child who has a hard time dealing with the more difficult emotions? Teach your child that all emotions are natural. We all have times when we are happy, sad, frustrated, mad, angry...

  • How to Raise your children to become responsible adults

    Children grow fast. One day they are completely dependent, curious, sweet smelling babies and the next they are rebellious, know-it-all teenagers. If you've made it to the adolescent stage, you...

  • How to Use Reverse Psychology to Influence Your Children and Stubborn People

    Getting your children to do what you want or getting them to stop doing what they want to do is very challenging. Using reverse psychology occasionally will get you the results you want. This...

  • Child Rearing Methods

    Child rearing, the style in which parents raise their children, varies from family to family and from culture to culture. "The Developing Person: Through the Life Span" discusses Diana Baumrind, a...

  • How to Quit Being a Helicopter Parent

    Ever heard of a helicopter parent? Helicopter parents are parents who "hover" over their children and "fly" to the rescue every time their children have a problem. Perhaps you...

  • How to Discipline With a Time-out

    Many parents say that their children do not respond to time-out. Often this is because they aren't doing it right! Here's how.

  • Proper Kids Table Manners

    As the years move on, children are becoming less courteous at the table. By starting at an early age, you can teach your kids proper table manners---and how to keep them. While some manners are...

  • What Can Parents Do About Cyberbullying?

    Dealing with a bully can be problematic for children. Cyberbullying, however, can be more of a hassle because it can come from multiple and seemingly anonymous sources. Cyberbullying can take...

  • How to Encourage Your Child to be a Reader

    With all the distractions of TV, cell phones, text messaging, emails, movies and others, it is very challenging to encourage your child to read. It is the parents responsibility to continuously...

  • Parenting Skills for Discipline

    When it comes to parenting, discipline is one of the most challenging obligations. Many parents dread discipline, thinking of it as a conflict between parent and child. However, the word...

  • How to Resolve a Sibling Conflict

    When your kids are fighting with each other, doesn't it make life miserable? As parents, we try to prevent conflicts before they arise, but that doesn't always work. So, when the fight breaks out...

  • How to Stop Behavior that Derails Your Family VO 2. pt.2

    Having a harmonious home is something every parent dreams of. Then along come your little ones and not only did a fight begin, but it has raged its way through to their tweens. Your know that...

  • How to Reduce a Child's Aggressive Behavior

    Effective strategies for reducing a child's aggression are the ones that not only teach a child how to express their feeling non aggressively but also how to respond to the aggression of others....

  • How to Avoid Abusing "Time Outs"

    Time out is used when children have lost self control. The rule of thumb is one minute of time out for each year of age of the child. Time out can be very effective when used sparingly. Time out...

  • How to De-stress Grocery Shopping with Children

    My children used to make shopping frustrating by constantly asking me to buy things for them. This is my solution, and it worked beautifully.

  • How to Keep Your Children in Bed All Night

    Why is it children are scared to stay in their beds? I went through it and now my daughters are doing the same thing. They come in the middle of the night saying they are scared and wants to sleep...

  • How to Use Education to Discipline your Child

    Ever get tired of yelling until you are blue in the face, not to mention it not getting you anywhere with your children. Instead of the old discipline tools I decided to get creative and use...

  • How to Get Your Kids to Pick up Their Toys

    If your kids are like mine, it is a daily battle to get them to pick up their toys. I have found that you have to make it really fun, and incorporate it into a game to get it done quickly and...

  • How to to Put Your Child in Time Out

    All parents know that instilling discipline on a child is no easy task. A common approach to teach toddlers the difference between right and wrong is the time out technique, which allows the child...

  • How to Make a Kids Bed

    Making the bed is often one of the first household chores we learn as children. It not only makes the room look cleaner, but it can add discipline, as well. Depending on how old your kids are,...

  • How to Get Kids to Pick Up Their Toys

    How to get your kids to pick up their toys quick, efficiently, and without a fight.

  • How to Improve Your Childs Behavior With a Token System

    It can be extremely frustrating, trying to improve a young child's behavior, and it seems like every person has their own idea of what works. If you're struggling to get your preschooler or...

  • How to Potty Train Your Children

    All parents go through potty-training. It isn't easy! Its a stinky situation! It is something necessary. Parents have a hard time because the child will want to go potty at the most inappropriate...

  • How to Cope with Your Child's Temper Tantrums

    Often as a toddler my son enjoyed a train ride each time we visited the mall. One particular day, I needed to pick something up quickly and be on our way: no time for a train ride. My son heard...

  • How to Get Your Children to Do Their Chores or Homework

    For years I have had great difficulty getting my children to do their chores or homework without complaining or crying. Then, I came up with a simple reward system that has changed our home life...

  • How to Get Your Kids to Do Their Chores Without a Fight

    When it comes to getting children to follow instructions and rules, it can be very frustrating. I have 4, and my husband has 4 also, so I have had my hands full at times. We have 6 kids 18 and...

  • Behavior Modification for Children

    Children will develop behavioral problems at home and in school for a variety of reasons, such as emotional, educational or environmental difficulties. While undesirable behaviors create ample...

  • How to Stop Behavior that Derails Your Family VO.2 pt. 1

    It is important to not only recognize behaviors that threaten to harm your family, but how to stop them as well. Previously we covered rude and disrespectful behavior. This time we will discuss...

  • Types of Discipline for Children

    Although many different styles of parenting are popular, ranging from strict and authoritarian to overly permissive, all of them include some form of discipline for children. Numerous types of...

  • How to Stop Behavior that Derails Your Family VO.1

    This is the first in a series of articles that will help you not only to identify those behaviors that wreck family harmony but endanger family members as well. This article will address basic...

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