The thought of parenting a teenager today is enough to make some people think that maybe they don’t want children at all. Parenting teens is often filled with turmoil and stress. While very few parents will truthfully say that there was no strife while raising their teenager there are ‘tricks’ to making this time of [...]
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Parenting Discipline – Teaching Children Self Respect, Self Control and Empathy
Posted by admin on March 17th, 2010
For many parents, the words parenting discipline have very negative connotations. There is the association with their own childhood and the often unpleasant memories that thinking of discipline raises. Then there is the association of the word discipline with ideas around corporal punishment, with spanking, hitting and hurting children.Some parents believe that the words parenting [...]
The Four Parenting Styles to Be an Assertive Parent
Posted by admin on March 2nd, 2010
I want to firstly clear up a major parenting misconception: Is there one correct way to raise a child? Straight-up, the answer is there is no one right way to raise a child. Like buying a car, becoming friends with your neighbors, or hanging out your clothes to dry on the clothesline, there is no [...]
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