Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
As parents, our goal is to help our kids develop into young adults who are self-sufficient and ready to face the challenges of the outside world. To do this, we need to think about the habits that we will give our children so that they will have the tools that they need. To create kid habits, we need the right parenting strategies.
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits are short videos about specific parenting strategies that you can use to help your child develop the skills they need to be successful adults in the future.
Battling Negative Self-Talk, Part 1
Listening to you kid put herself down can be downright demoralizing for a parent. This is a potentially damaging behavior with some long-term consequences if left unchecked. See what you can do to battle negative self-talk. https://youtu.be/L3dpIiU2cv4 More Resources...
Reading to Your Toddler
We all want to read to our kids. But it can be a bit of a challenge to read to your toddler. They won't sit still when reading, try to turn the pages, or just simply lose interest. Here are some tips to help get them engaged in reading. https://youtu.be/7amlgHzUtvY
A Minute to Kvetch
All kids whine and kvetch. It seems to be a given. But, it can be annoying, particularly when it happens all of the time. How do we channel the kvetching so that it doesn't drive us nuts while still allowing and encouraging our children to share how they feel?...
Dealing with Children’s Fears – Part 2
Getting a fear to go away can be difficult even for an adult. Yet, we often assume that for our children that it is easy to no longer be scared of something because we view their fears as being irrational. Working to eliminate a fear takes time and patience, mostly on...
Dealing with Children’s Fears – Part 1
It can be frustrating when your child has a fear of something that just doesn't make sense to you. Yet, we need to realize that, for our kids, the world can be a big and scary place. Fears can develop in places where we wouldn't expect them and making them go away can...
Asking the Right Question
It can be rough having those difficult conversations with our kids. We often start with the assumption that they will open up right away with us about all they know about complicated topics like sex, divorce, or drugs. But our approach, particularly how we ask the...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Choosing Books for Toddlers
Choosing books for kids can be difficult, but it's vitality important to their future reading skills to be exposed to lots of books. Your toddler might not know his letters from his numbers, however, they can still benefit from living in a literature-rich environment....
Summer Choices
There is never a bad time during the year to help your children develop their independence and learn some self-management skills. In fact, the summer might be the best time of year because it lacks so much of the structure that the rest of the year provides. And...
Summer Planning: Turn over the Bucket List to Your Kids
We love the lazy days of summer because of the relaxed atmosphere that they hopefully bring with them. Even from this place of relaxation, there are opportunities for our children to grow and become more independent. Your family's summer bucket list is a great place...