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- Let Them Have Their Temper Tantrums!! - by Submitted on May 17, 2006 from Linda MiloChildren between the ages of one and seven are open to emotional hurts. Temper tantrums are a way a young child expresses his frustration over a situation or a person. When your child feels thwarted, he feels many mixed emotions. Usually temper tantrums are brought about by stress. This ...
Views: 1153 - Parents - Tune In To Time Out - by Submitted on May 17, 2006 from Linda MiloMost parents in America know what “time out” means. It’s simply an effective tool parents use to encourage their misbehaving child to learn to behave. It is a teaching technique. It isn’t a punishment, but rather a way for your child to control their own behavior. Time-out gives both of you ...
Views: 788 - Putting The Fun Back Into Abiding By The Rules - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2006 from Linda MiloFamily rules are for everyone in the family. The rules you establish for your family’s benefit are the single most important aspect of helping your child learn right from wrong. The purpose of family rules is established so that both parents and children have consistent guidelines that help ...
Views: 896 - Help Your Child Manage Their Own Behavior - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2006 from Linda MiloChildren, like teens, like to feel personal power. Power is mostly the ability to influence some aspects of our lives by the choices we make. Giving a child a choice is the most powerful way to build personal power and self-esteem for your child’s lifetime. Children exert their personal power ...
Views: 869 - Six Basic Needs of Children, Adolescents and Adults - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2006 from Linda MiloIt doesn’t matter what stage of life you are in, everyone has the same basic needs. These needs are physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, and creative. When all of these needs are satisfied, you’ll discover that your life is brimming with joy and good feelings. You’ll find ...
Views: 1004 - Praising The Goodness Of Your Child - by Submitted on Jan 09, 2006 from Linda MiloPraise can be a word, an expression on your face, a gesture, or a statement that encourages pride, joy and accomplishment in your child. When you give praise you are giving your child a feeling of positive feedback, which increases their sense of confidence, self-worth and competence. Not bad, ...
Views: 1005 - Parents - Experience A Child’s Playful Heart - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2005 from Linda MiloPlaytime between a parent and a child creates a deep emotional bond. It’s the bond that sets the path for joyful, creative, cooperative times by being together. Adults seem to shun fun and games in their daily lives. As adults, we often get so caught up in “grown up” business that we can ...
Views: 841 - Siblings – Both Loyal and Rivalous - by Submitted on Dec 13, 2005 from Linda MiloI remember the day I brought my newborn son home from the hospital. I had prepared my three other children about his new arrival – or I thought I did! I showed him off lovingly to his older brother, who took one look at him and said, “take him back!” I am thankful that this attitude didn’t ...
Views: 1164 - Create "Me" Time During The Holiday Season - by Submitted on Nov 09, 2005 from Linda MiloThe thought of the holiday season makes most people’s anxiety and stress level rise. The season holds lots of activity which will include list making, frantic shopping, house decorating, food shopping, cooking, family frictions, post office line waiting, cleaning the house, and a longer list of ...
Views: 876 - Well, Well, "You're Having Twins" 11 Top Tips on Working With Newborn Twins - by Submitted on Sep 15, 2005 from Linda MiloWell, Well – You’re Having Twins! 11 Top Tips On Working With Newborn Twins “Twins, it can’t be! No one on either side of my husband’s or my family can remember anyone having twins.” I guess my words didn’t matter much because when I heard I was going to give birth to twins, I felt a ...
Views: 2063 - Parents Need to Vent Anger! Try These 4 Steps to Serenity - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2005 from Linda MiloParents are losing their self-control to anger. A friend called me today and told me a very troubling story. She told me on a T.V. news program she heard of a mother who was driving with her four year old child. The mother became angry with her child and couldn’t cope anymore with her child’s ...
Views: 870 - “I’M OVERWHELMED” - 5 Tips On How Parents Can Take Control Of Their Lives - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2005 from Linda MiloAre you feeling overwhelmed being a parent? Do you want to feel more relaxed and empowered raising your child? Working parents, stay-at-home parents, visiting parents – it doesn’t matter which one you are because these days almost every parent feels overwhelmed by their daily day. Parents ...
Views: 838(2 votes) - Parents - Create An Emotionally Healthy Connection With Your Child - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2005 from Linda Milo“I could have helped you if I would have known, I‘m your mother. I protect you against everybody in this world. I never thought to protect you from yourself.” This was a headline in a local newspaper. Her daughter had committed suicide the night before. The mother involved must be going ...
Views: 894 - Avoiding Sour Eating Habits - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2005 from Linda MiloAVOIDING SOUR EATING HABITS You’ve worked hard to prepare an appetizing meal for your family and it’s sitting on the table. The other family members are eating, but there sits your 7 year old idly staring at his food on his plate and making absolutely no attempt to eat it. After he takes a ...
Views: 898 - Just How Do I Become A Really Good Parent? - by Submitted on May 15, 2005 from Linda MiloJust How Do I Become A Really Good Parent? Raising a child has never been easy or simply. Did you ever wonder how we learn to become parents? Most people believe the instinctual theory of parenting, where there is an inborn tendency to act in a certain manner. Supposedly, parents are then ...
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