Monthly Archives: May 2009
3 Free, Must-use Baby Resources for Easy Parenting
Dalene Joubert asked: There is some debate among mothers about what is the best advice for easily raising their babies. Is it following the guidelines of a specific guru? Finding out what works by trial and error? Listening to friends … Continue reading
The Importance of Educating Today’s Parents
Jody Pawel asked: Although most parents would agree that their children are more important than their job, most usually get more on-the-job training than they do as a parent. As a Mother of seven once said, “The love is instinctual … Continue reading
Parenting Twenty-Something Children While They Find Their Way
Randy Gilbert asked: Most parents have trouble communicating with their twenty-something children. It is a difficult stage of life, a transitional time when adult children ignore their parent’s advice or view them as clueless. Many times the adult children will … Continue reading
Some Children Require Different Parenting Skills
Carol Ann asked: Unfortunately, there is no manual that teaches parenting. If there was one, the author would likely get rich very quick, because all parents face challenges at one time or another. It is just a fact of life, … Continue reading
Discipline: a Challenge to Fathers’ Parenting Skills
Sarah Beldo asked: Stories questioning the best way to discipline children never completely drop out of the news.For example, reports about fed-up parents using Nebraska’s safe-haven law to drop off unruly teenagers incited a debate about how to provide families … Continue reading
Smoking: Advice for Parents
George Key asked: Although parenting advice to kids and teems is difficult and many times ineffective, there are some tips in order to persuade them to stay away from tobacco. To increase the chances that your child does not start … Continue reading
ADHD And Me: What Parents Need To Know About Their Child
Amy Nutt asked: ADHD or ADD is a neurobehavioral disorder that affects your child’s day-to-day performance and activities. It causes the brain to process information and external stimulus in a different way to other people.Children with ADHD have minds that … Continue reading
Parenting, Education and Children: Fostering Openness to Learning in Children
Margaret Paul, Ph.d. asked: What makes one child excited and another fearful about trying new experiences?What makes one child put forth extensive effort toward something and another give up easily in discouragement?What makes one child intensely curious and another closed … Continue reading
Finding Parental Advice Online
andrew.regan.2006@googlemail.com asked: Every year of a child’s young life can be a challenge to work through for the parents as well as the child, and learning how to deal with specific situations as they arise can be tricky. After all, … Continue reading
Parenting Teenagers – Parenting Advice to Help Parents and Teenagers in the New Year
Terre Grable asked: As a parent of a teenager, how would you describe your relationship with your teenager last year? Did it go as well as you had hoped? Are there any areas you would like to improve in the … Continue reading