For a toddler, sharing toys with another toddler can be a very real challenge. In fact, young children often can’t willingly share until they are developmentally ready, about age three or so. Even before then, however, toddlers are reaching the critical social and emotional milestones they’ll need to become generous sharers later on. Parenting toddlers […]
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How To Manage Expectations As a New Parent
Life as a new parent is impossible to enter into without some expectations. From your own survival…or childhood, to friends with kids you haven’t heard from in months; the expectations of child rearing have been forming in your mind your whole life whether you realize it or not. This article is about managing expectations as […]
Mom Appreciation- Thank You Mom Quotes
Part of mothering involves a lot of putting your children before yourself, a lot of hard work and time you devote to caring for your kids, and a lot of stinky diapers! Mothers are responsible for shaping the present and the future for their kids. Sometimes, it would be nice to know your child appreciates […]
Entering High School: Advice For Freshman
My youngest sister started her freshman year of high school this week. It was certainly a shock realizing that my baby sister is now a bona fide teenager. The beginning of high school brings many changes: more schoolwork, more responsibility, and more freedom. High schoolers will encounter brand new situations, develop a clearer sense of […]
Top 10 Signs Of Your Kid Growing Up Too Fast
What? What do you mean we are already back to school? It’s early August. It’s still pool season. Summer is still here. It is still 90 degrees outside. There are still more trips to take and burgers to grill and late nights to be had! Okay, maybe I can live with the fact that it is back […]
Long Distance Parenting- How To Make It Work
My ex-wife (and the mother of my son) lives in a different state than my son and I, but we still have a strong and healthy relationship – and we co-parent very well. One of the main reasons we do so is because we collaborate and communicate well. We both know that great communication skills […]
Learning to Like the Child You Love
Today, I am happy to have Leon Scott Baxter, the author of the newly released parenting book, Secrets of Safety-Net Parenting, share with us his parenting tips on how to really connect with your child even when you are very different people. He’s been an elementary school teacher for eighteen years. He says he has always loved […]