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- Child's Play
Play is a child's work. Play is vitally important to a child as they grow physically, mentally, and emotionally. - Feeding Your Child's Mind With Fun
Reading, writing, and arithmetic are all important. Having fun with your child is just as important. Chances are if a child is having fun, they are learning. - Inexpensive Ideas for Things to Do With the Kids
Creative ideas for activities to keep your kids busy. Parents and kids will enjoy these fun, easy, and inexpensive ideas for spending quality time together. - Let Everyone In The Family Be Heard
Having organized discussions allow each family member the opportunity to be heard and to share in conversations that are important to other members of the family - Martial Arts For Children
For parents looking for information on self defence classes for their children. - Playtime
Through play, children lay the groundwork for natural learning to occur. - Playtime With Children
Playing with children is so important. Playing encourages and strengthens the bond between the parent and child, and teaches children about cooperation and following rules. - Schedules Without Over Scheduling
Does your child have down time, or is he over scheduled? This article gives us ideas on how to find a common ground between having too much for our children to do versus having too little to do.
- Telling Stories to you Kids
A list of ideas on how to create stories with and for your children. Ideas that will inspire yours and your child's creativity.
- ADHD Evaluation Process
Once a child has exhausted all other means of dealig with learning difficulties, there comes a time when an ADHD evaluation takes place. Read a psychologit's summary of what to expect during the evaluation. - Bedtime Doesn't Have to Be Traumatic
Is your child having a hard time falling asleep on their own? This article gives advice on how to teach your child the skills they need to fall asleep on their own. - Compassionate Parenting and Emotionally Secure Children
Discipline that is implemented with positive parental motivation will protect, nurture, encourage, influence, guide, and encourage cooperation. - Emotions Education
This Childzilla article provides ideas on how to teach your child to identify and deal with everyday emotions. - Identifying Emotions and Coping With Them
Teaching children to identify what they are feeling gives them a sense of control in an emoitonal situation and teaches them skills for life. - Knuckle Power
The idea of "Knuckle Power" was developed by jean Tracy. The idea is to teach children to remember times they were brave and conifdent then have them press their knuckle as a reminder. In times of freafulness or low self esteem they can press their knuckle to regain their emotional stability. - Parenting Challenged Children
Parenting is a challenging job. Parenting challenged children presents even more obstacles and requires a unique approach based on the individual needs of each child. - Positive Parenting
Positive parenting is sometimes misinterpreted as submissive parenting. Positive parenting is meant to be a style that guides, disciplines, and teaches a child while keeping their self esteem intact. - Using Time Outs Effectively
Time outs are a great parental tool to reduce poor behavior in children. The key is to be consistant in your method of choice.
- Anger in Children - How to Get Them Thinking Clearly
When a child is angry, they are not using the part of their brain that can utilize rational thought processes. In order to get them using this part of the brain, we need to have them focus on what they are doing and whether or not it is working effectivley. - Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Styles Defined
Experts have outlined three types of parenting styles: Authoritarian, Authoritative, and Permissive. Each style helps define our childrens behaviors. - Behaving In Ways We Hate
This article touches on issues that make us behave in ways we hate. It takes a look at our parents influence on our behviors and the effect these behaviors have on our own personalities and how that translates to our own children. - Competitve Need Cycle in Children and Parents
The competitve need cycle is a product of the parent and child both struggling to obtain the power over a situation. Most commonly children are attempting to gain power over doing something new and want the freedom to explore. On the other hand parents are attemtping to gain power by not allowing them that freedom and in turn gain freedom themselves from the worry of any danger associated with the new experience. - Cooperation and Respect
This article provides tips on how to foster cooperation and respect in your teenager. - Effective Discipline
When your house begins to resemble a war zone instead of a sanctuary, use these techniques to restore peace. Children will appreciate having clearly defined boundaries and parents will appreiciate the peace. - Emotions Education
This Childzilla article provides ideas on how to teach your child to identify and deal with everyday emotions. - How to Set Limits With Your Child
Learn how to resolve conflict and set limits by validating your child's needs and wants - Identifying Emotions and Coping With Them
Teaching children to identify what they are feeling gives them a sense of control in an emoitonal situation and teaches them skills for life. - Natural Consequences
Consequences that are too lenient or too harsh send the wrong message to children. Consequences need to be fair, and natural in order to really teach about making good choices and taking responsibility. - Positive Parenting
Positive parenting is sometimes misinterpreted as submissive parenting. Positive parenting is meant to be a style that guides, disciplines, and teaches a child while keeping their self esteem intact. - Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry is one of the most frustrating aspects of raising more than one child. This relationship is perfectly normal. Minimimizing the animosity involves making each child feel special in their own way giving each child their unique place in the family. - Stop Lying
Based on the idea that children lie to avoid the consequences of their behaviour, this article suggests taking away the consequencs for telling the truth, which will in turn put an end to lying. - Talking to Children About Divorce
No matter how well you have hidden the problems going on in the marriage, children are very aware of any unhappiness that is there. Considerations must be made for the hurt and the stress a divorce will bring upon the children even under the most amicable of splits. - The Competitive Need Cycle
This Childzilla article parents how to get out of the competitive need cycle. This cycle not only causes a contnuous power struggle between parent and child, but it breaks down the relationship. - The Power of Choice
Through the power of choice, children are allowed to reap the benefits of a positive choice and suffer the consequences or disappointment of a poor choice. This teaches life lessons while allowing the children to manage their own behavior. - Troubled Teens ~ How Parents Can help
Troubled teens are invariably reacting to problems they are experienceing, yet unable to handle appropriately on their own. If youar approach to dealing with them is not working, find an approach that does. Do not delay taking action with your teen because you may risk it being too late.
- The Perfect Parent Does Not Exist
Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs you will ever have. It is easy to second guess your parenting skill and be unsure if you are doing the right thing. Mistakes are made by the very best of parents. Learn from them, let go of them, and move forward through the learning process. - The Process of Divorcing your Divorce
Divorcing your Divorce. Love, trust, and believe in yourself. Empower yourself with being able to grow through your divorce rather than merely surviving it.
- Adolescence Is A Time for Change
Adolescence is a time of accelerated changes, both physically and emotionally. Some of these changes are part of the normal process of the changing body. Others may be out of the ordinary. Read on for information that will better enable you to identify signs that may signal a cause for concern. - Anger in Children - How to Get Them Thinking Clearly
When a child is angry, they are not using the part of their brain that can utilize rational thought processes. In order to get them using this part of the brain, we need to have them focus on what they are doing and whether or not it is working effectivley. - Bedtime Doesn't Have to Be Traumatic
Is your child having a hard time falling asleep on their own? This article gives advice on how to teach your child the skills they need to fall asleep on their own. - Developing Emotional Intelligence and Character
Reading and discussing stories that have a moral or other teachable lesson can help build character and emotional intelligence in children. - Emotions Education
This Childzilla article provides ideas on how to teach your child to identify and deal with everyday emotions. - Fear of the Dark
Teaching kids to overcome their fear of the dark with patience and understanding. How to get them to open up to what is bothering them. - Identifying Emotions and Coping With Them
Teaching children to identify what they are feeling gives them a sense of control in an emoitonal situation and teaches them skills for life. - Knuckle Power
The idea of "Knuckle Power" was developed by jean Tracy. The idea is to teach children to remember times they were brave and conifdent then have them press their knuckle as a reminder. In times of freafulness or low self esteem they can press their knuckle to regain their emotional stability. - Monday Mornings
Manic monday Mornings! Use these simple steps to get prepared so you can start looking forward to Mondays! - Natural Consequences
Consequences that are too lenient or too harsh send the wrong message to children. Consequences need to be fair, and natural in order to really teach about making good choices and taking responsibility. - Parenting Challenged Children
Parenting is a challenging job. Parenting challenged children presents even more obstacles and requires a unique approach based on the individual needs of each child. - Preparing a Sibling for a New Baby
Having a new baby is exciting news, however a small child may have mixed emotions. This article gives ideas on how to prepare your child for their new brother or sister. - Self Esteem
Praise and encouragement are critical in developing a healthy self esteem in children. - Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry is one of the most frustrating aspects of raising more than one child. This relationship is perfectly normal. Minimimizing the animosity involves making each child feel special in their own way giving each child their unique place in the family. - Sibling Rivalry ~ Empower Your Children
Empowering a child to protect themselves has a positive effect on sibling rivarly. - Stop Lying
Based on the idea that children lie to avoid the consequences of their behaviour, this article suggests taking away the consequencs for telling the truth, which will in turn put an end to lying. - Talking to Children About Divorce
No matter how well you have hidden the problems going on in the marriage, children are very aware of any unhappiness that is there. Considerations must be made for the hurt and the stress a divorce will bring upon the children even under the most amicable of splits. - Temper Tantrums
Temper tantrums are a normal part of growing up. As parents, our job is to teach our children techniques on how to effectively deal with their emotions. - The Perfect Parent Does Not Exist
Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs you will ever have. It is easy to second guess your parenting skill and be unsure if you are doing the right thing. Mistakes are made by the very best of parents. Learn from them, let go of them, and move forward through the learning process. - The Power of Choice
Through the power of choice, children are allowed to reap the benefits of a positive choice and suffer the consequences or disappointment of a poor choice. This teaches life lessons while allowing the children to manage their own behavior. - Using Time Outs Effectively
The key to using time outs effectively lies in clearly and consistently outlining what behaviours will result in a time out and making sure to follow through.
- Cooperation and Respect
This article provides tips on how to foster cooperation and respect in your teenager. - Effective Discipline
When your house begins to resemble a war zone instead of a sanctuary, use these techniques to restore peace. Children will appreciate having clearly defined boundaries and parents will appreiciate the peace. - Kids Help Around the House
This article gives ideas on how kids can help out around the house. Even toddlers and preschoolers can help out with smaller jobs. - Kids, Chores, and a Happy Home
Do our kids really need to do chores in order to grow up to have a clean home? Or will a child grow to mimic the clean home they lived in? - Monday Mornings
Manic monday Mornings! Use these simple steps to get prepared so you can start looking forward to Mondays!
- Happy Moms
Being a Mom can be physically, mentally, and emotionally draining. It is also exraordinarily rewarding. Find out what some moms do or don't do in order to maintain their inner balance. - Imperfect Parenting
This is a reality check for those of us who think we are Superparents, as well as those of us who think we are failing. There are a plethora of books with advice on how to raise the perfect children by being the perfect parents, but the reality is that our children will always find faults with us, and we can be sure that our emotions will one day get the best of us. - Mom ~ A Balancing Act
Balancing every day jobs and family with alone time and time with your spouse are extrememly difficult. This article provides some tips on how to balance the demands put on moms. - The Process of Divorcing your Divorce
Divorcing your Divorce. Love, trust, and believe in yourself. Empower yourself with being able to grow through your divorce rather than merely surviving it.
- Adolescence Is A Time for Change
Adolescence is a time of accelerated changes, both physically and emotionally. Some of these changes are part of the normal process of the changing body. Others may be out of the ordinary. Read on for information that will better enable you to identify signs that may signal a cause for concern. - Eating Right For Healthy Minds and Bodies
Eating right is important for our kids future health. It is also imprortant in giving them the right start to their day. Their minds and bodies need proper nutrition to thrive. - Healthy Parents and Kids
Healthy habits begin with a good education on health and what is involved in taking care of our bodies. This article gives parents ideas on how to get their kids turned in to what is going on with their bodies as they watch themselves grow. - Healthy Popsicles
Learn how to make delicious, healthy, home-made popsicles that your kids will love! - How to Encourage Healthy Eating
Encouraging healthy eating in our children is as easy as making a few small changes. Incorporating more fruits and vegetables, along with cutting back on sugary soft drinks, and juices go a long way in promoting a healthier diet for the whole family. - Over Weight Children
Overweight children are becoming more common. Portion sizes have grown, and children are spending less time engaged in physical activiy.
- ADHD Evaluation Process
Once a child has exhausted all other means of dealig with learning difficulties, there comes a time when an ADHD evaluation takes place. Read a psychologit's summary of what to expect during the evaluation. - Advice for Parents of Teens
Tips for parenting teens from parents who have been there, parents raising teens right now, and from teens themselves. - Alone Time for Parents
Having a solid, happy marriage is one of the bests gifts parents can give their children. Taking care of yourself and your marriage teaches your children that taking care of their own needs is vitally important in maintaining a healthy outlook on life. - Behaving In Ways We Hate
This article touches on issues that make us behave in ways we hate. It takes a look at our parents influence on our behviors and the effect these behaviors have on our own personalities and how that translates to our own children. - Changes in Adolescents
The rapid physical and emotional growth during the adolescent years puts alot of pressure on teenagers. they are trying to cope with all of the physical changes taking place as well as mood swings resulting from the surging hormones that are creating these changes. - Developing Emotional Intelligence and Character
Reading and discussing stories that have a moral or other teachable lesson can help build character and emotional intelligence in children. - Feeding Your Child's Mind With Fun
Reading, writing, and arithmetic are all important. Having fun with your child is just as important. Chances are if a child is having fun, they are learning. - Helping Children Succeed
This Childzilla article outlines some of the most common mistakes parents make when trying to teach their kids to succeed in school. - Imperfect Parenting
This is a reality check for those of us who think we are Superparents, as well as those of us who think we are failing. There are a plethora of books with advice on how to raise the perfect children by being the perfect parents, but the reality is that our children will always find faults with us, and we can be sure that our emotions will one day get the best of us. - Kids, Chores, and a Happy Home
Do our kids really need to do chores in order to grow up to have a clean home? Or will a child grow to mimic the clean home they lived in? - Let Everyone In The Family Be Heard
Having organized discussions allow each family member the opportunity to be heard and to share in conversations that are important to other members of the family - Monday Mornings
Manic monday Mornings! Use these simple steps to get prepared so you can start looking forward to Mondays! - Motivate Your Teen
A motivational article about a father's ability to teach his daughter not to give up no matter how difficult things seem. - Negative Thinking
If you tend to be a negative thinker, this article may help you to realize the pattern you are in and help you to adjust your thinking to take a more positive approach in life. - Parent Education
Parents today are facing challenges that no other generation has had to deal with. Previously primitive communication systems made it easy to shield children from the harsh realities of life. Television and computers have made it much more difficult to allow our kids to be "just kids". - Parenting Plan
Evaluating the plan we have for parenting is an ongoing necessity in order to maintain an approach that works with our childs age and temperament. - Parenting Styles
The 4 most common types of parenting styles are Authoritarian, Authoritative, Indulgent, and Passive. - Parenting with Warmth
The amount of control and the level of warmth that are shown to children are important factors in the parenting style used. - Playtime
Through play, children lay the groundwork for natural learning to occur. - Roots and Wings
As a very wise person once said, their are two important gifts that a parent must give their children. One is roots and the other is wings. Roots are the easier part and the hard part is wings. - Strong Daughters, Strong Women
Creating positive relationships with dad will encourage daughters to be strong emotionally. - Survival Guide for the Teen Years
This article is a description of a book that is a must for teens and parents of teens. It addresses such issues as why it is really not cool to do drugs among many other great topics. - Take Time For Yourself Without Feeling Guilty
Parenting is exhausting. Taking time out for yourself is a necessity. Eveything else will fall into place. - Talking to Children About Divorce
No matter how well you have hidden the problems going on in the marriage, children are very aware of any unhappiness that is there. Considerations must be made for the hurt and the stress a divorce will bring upon the children even under the most amicable of splits. - The Perfect Parent Does Not Exist
Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs you will ever have. It is easy to second guess your parenting skill and be unsure if you are doing the right thing. Mistakes are made by the very best of parents. Learn from them, let go of them, and move forward through the learning process. - The Process of Divorcing your Divorce
Divorcing your Divorce. Love, trust, and believe in yourself. Empower yourself with being able to grow through your divorce rather than merely surviving it.
- Achieve Success With a Stress Free Home
Children are more likely to thrive and have better success in school when they come from a stress free home. - Alternative to the Traditional Time Out
This article offers a "time in" as an alternative to a "time out". The idea is to bring the child to you until they are feeling better instead of having them sit in a time out alone. - Anger in Children - How to Get Them Thinking Clearly
When a child is angry, they are not using the part of their brain that can utilize rational thought processes. In order to get them using this part of the brain, we need to have them focus on what they are doing and whether or not it is working effectivley. - Authoritative, Authoritarian, and Permissive Parenting Styles Defined
Experts have outlined three types of parenting styles: Authoritarian, Authoritative, and Permissive. Each style helps define our childrens behaviors. - Bedtime Doesn't Have to Be Traumatic
Is your child having a hard time falling asleep on their own? This article gives advice on how to teach your child the skills they need to fall asleep on their own. - Behaving In Ways We Hate
This article touches on issues that make us behave in ways we hate. It takes a look at our parents influence on our behviors and the effect these behaviors have on our own personalities and how that translates to our own children. - Child's Play
Play is a child's work. Play is vitally important to a child as they grow physically, mentally, and emotionally. - Compassionate Parenting and Emotionally Secure Children
Discipline that is implemented with positive parental motivation will protect, nurture, encourage, influence, guide, and encourage cooperation. - Competitve Need Cycle in Children and Parents
The competitve need cycle is a product of the parent and child both struggling to obtain the power over a situation. Most commonly children are attempting to gain power over doing something new and want the freedom to explore. On the other hand parents are attemtping to gain power by not allowing them that freedom and in turn gain freedom themselves from the worry of any danger associated with the new experience. - Cooperation and Respect
This article provides tips on how to foster cooperation and respect in your teenager. - Discuss Success With Your Child
Discuss success with your child while building character at the same time. - Do's and Don'ts Of Teaching Responisibility
We all want our children to be successful. Having a balance in how much we do for our kids and how much we allow them to do on their own is very important in teaching them how to succeed on their own. - Effective Parenting Techniques Explained
Little things make a difference. Applying these simple techniques will allow the parent/child relationship to flourish. - Emotions Education
This Childzilla article provides ideas on how to teach your child to identify and deal with everyday emotions. - Getting Your Child To Sleep Through The Night ~ In Their Own Bed!
A good night's sleep is as important as proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Help your child fall asleep in their own bed, and get a restful night's sleep. - Good Things good Parents Know
We t ry so hard today to make sure our kids have the best start in life. We sign them up for programs and lessons to give them an edge for their future. Sometimes it is easy to forget that it is the little things that mean so much. The praise, active listening, and taking the time to teach a lesson are so important for our children's future. - Just Books ~ Adoption, Foster Kids, Religious, Multicultural
Just Books offers a wide range of books that touch on issues such as foster & adoptive children, various religions, and different cultures throughout the world. - Knuckle Power
The idea of "Knuckle Power" was developed by jean Tracy. The idea is to teach children to remember times they were brave and conifdent then have them press their knuckle as a reminder. In times of freafulness or low self esteem they can press their knuckle to regain their emotional stability. - Natural Consequences
Consequences that are too lenient or too harsh send the wrong message to children. Consequences need to be fair, and natural in order to really teach about making good choices and taking responsibility. - Parenting Challenged Children
Parenting is a challenging job. Parenting challenged children presents even more obstacles and requires a unique approach based on the individual needs of each child. - Positive Parenting
Positive parenting is sometimes misinterpreted as submissive parenting. Positive parenting is meant to be a style that guides, disciplines, and teaches a child while keeping their self esteem intact. - Positive Reinforcement
Kids naturally want to please their parents. If we only bring attention to the negative behaviors it is frustrating for everyone involved. Focusing on what kids are doing right increases the liklihood that the behavior will be repeated. - Preparing a Sibling for a New Baby
Having a new baby is exciting news, however a small child may have mixed emotions. This article gives ideas on how to prepare your child for their new brother or sister. - Reward Chart to Modify Behavior
This reward based system uses poker chips as an incentive for children to behave appropriately. - Reward For Positive Behaviors
When behaviors are noticed they are more likely to be repeated. Even if positive reinforcement seems like bribery we need to remember that we are rewarded for positive behaviors in work and play. It only makes sense to reward for positive behaviors as well. - Self Esteem
Praise and encouragement are critical in developing a healthy self esteem in children. - Sibling Rivalry
Sibling rivalry is one of the most frustrating aspects of raising more than one child. This relationship is perfectly normal. Minimimizing the animosity involves making each child feel special in their own way giving each child their unique place in the family. - Spending Quality Time With Your Kids
You spend time around your kids, but are you spending time WITH your children? - Stop Lying
Based on the idea that children lie to avoid the consequences of their behaviour, this article suggests taking away the consequencs for telling the truth, which will in turn put an end to lying. - Teachable Moments
Build character and a sense of responsibility by using poor behavior moments as teachable moments for children. - Teaching Good Manners
Using proper manners with our children while they are making mistakes is a great way to teach them to use proper manners themselves. - Temper Tantrums
Temper tantrums are a normal part of growing up. As parents, our job is to teach our children techniques on how to effectively deal with their emotions. - The Competitive Need Cycle
This Childzilla article parents how to get out of the competitive need cycle. This cycle not only causes a contnuous power struggle between parent and child, but it breaks down the relationship. - The Power of Choice
Through the power of choice, children are allowed to reap the benefits of a positive choice and suffer the consequences or disappointment of a poor choice. This teaches life lessons while allowing the children to manage their own behavior. - The Terrible Twos
The terrible twos are terrible for the parent as well as the child. A child who is exhibiting the typical tantrums of a two year old is a child who is more aware of what they do and do not want. Without the verbal skills necesary to convey their thoughts properly, the frustration builds and a temper tanrum ensues. If we can understand what our children are trying to tell us we can help them to move toward better expressing themselves. - Troubled Teens ~ How Parents Can help
Troubled teens are invariably reacting to problems they are experienceing, yet unable to handle appropriately on their own. If youar approach to dealing with them is not working, find an approach that does. Do not delay taking action with your teen because you may risk it being too late. - Using Time Outs Effectively
Time outs are a great parental tool to reduce poor behavior in children. The key is to be consistant in your method of choice. - Using Time Outs Effectively
The key to using time outs effectively lies in clearly and consistently outlining what behaviours will result in a time out and making sure to follow through. - Using Time Outs to Teach Responsibility
Using time outs can be an effective tool used to modify your child's behavior. This is one mom's example of how to use time outs to allow the kids to learn to take responsibility for their actions.
- Achieve Success With a Stress Free Home
Children are more likely to thrive and have better success in school when they come from a stress free home. - ADHD Evaluation Process
Once a child has exhausted all other means of dealig with learning difficulties, there comes a time when an ADHD evaluation takes place. Read a psychologit's summary of what to expect during the evaluation. - Discuss Success With Your Child
Discuss success with your child while building character at the same time. - Do's and Don'ts Of Teaching Responisibility
We all want our children to be successful. Having a balance in how much we do for our kids and how much we allow them to do on their own is very important in teaching them how to succeed on their own. - Feeding Your Child's Mind With Fun
Reading, writing, and arithmetic are all important. Having fun with your child is just as important. Chances are if a child is having fun, they are learning. - Helping Children Succeed
This Childzilla article outlines some of the most common mistakes parents make when trying to teach their kids to succeed in school. - Just Books ~ Adoption, Foster Kids, Religious, Multicultural
Just Books offers a wide range of books that touch on issues such as foster & adoptive children, various religions, and different cultures throughout the world. - Motivate Your Teen
A motivational article about a father's ability to teach his daughter not to give up no matter how difficult things seem. - Playtime
Through play, children lay the groundwork for natural learning to occur. - Self Esteem
Praise and encouragement are critical in developing a healthy self esteem in children.
- Compassionate Parenting and Emotionally Secure Children
Discipline that is implemented with positive parental motivation will protect, nurture, encourage, influence, guide, and encourage cooperation. - Do's and Don'ts Of Teaching Responisibility
We all want our children to be successful. Having a balance in how much we do for our kids and how much we allow them to do on their own is very important in teaching them how to succeed on their own. - Kids, Chores, and a Happy Home
Do our kids really need to do chores in order to grow up to have a clean home? Or will a child grow to mimic the clean home they lived in? - Monday Mornings
Manic monday Mornings! Use these simple steps to get prepared so you can start looking forward to Mondays! - Natural Consequences
Consequences that are too lenient or too harsh send the wrong message to children. Consequences need to be fair, and natural in order to really teach about making good choices and taking responsibility. - Reasons Why Giving Allowance is a Good Idea
This article discusses giving children an allowance as a way to teach responsibility. - Stop Lying
Based on the idea that children lie to avoid the consequences of their behaviour, this article suggests taking away the consequencs for telling the truth, which will in turn put an end to lying. - Teachable Moments
Build character and a sense of responsibility by using poor behavior moments as teachable moments for children. - Teaching Good Manners
Using proper manners with our children while they are making mistakes is a great way to teach them to use proper manners themselves. - The Power of Choice
Through the power of choice, children are allowed to reap the benefits of a positive choice and suffer the consequences or disappointment of a poor choice. This teaches life lessons while allowing the children to manage their own behavior. - Using Time Outs to Teach Responsibility
Using time outs can be an effective tool used to modify your child's behavior. This is one mom's example of how to use time outs to allow the kids to learn to take responsibility for their actions.
- Adolescence Is A Time for Change
Adolescence is a time of accelerated changes, both physically and emotionally. Some of these changes are part of the normal process of the changing body. Others may be out of the ordinary. Read on for information that will better enable you to identify signs that may signal a cause for concern. - Advice for Parents of Teens
Tips for parenting teens from parents who have been there, parents raising teens right now, and from teens themselves. - Changes in Adolescents
The rapid physical and emotional growth during the adolescent years puts alot of pressure on teenagers. they are trying to cope with all of the physical changes taking place as well as mood swings resulting from the surging hormones that are creating these changes. - Cooperation and Respect
This article provides tips on how to foster cooperation and respect in your teenager. - Motivate Your Teen
A motivational article about a father's ability to teach his daughter not to give up no matter how difficult things seem. - Mountain Homes Youth Ranch
MHYR is a therapeutic wilderness treatment program for troubled teenagers ages 12-17 that operates on a 15,000 acre working ranch in Northwest Colorado. The MHYR program has been featured on the Dr. Phil show and received students from the show who needed therapy.
Mountain Homes Youth Ranch
- Parent Education
Parents today are facing challenges that no other generation has had to deal with. Previously primitive communication systems made it easy to shield children from the harsh realities of life. Television and computers have made it much more difficult to allow our kids to be "just kids". - Survival Guide for the Teen Years
This article is a description of a book that is a must for teens and parents of teens. It addresses such issues as why it is really not cool to do drugs among many other great topics. - Troubled Teens ~ How Parents Can help
Troubled teens are invariably reacting to problems they are experienceing, yet unable to handle appropriately on their own. If youar approach to dealing with them is not working, find an approach that does. Do not delay taking action with your teen because you may risk it being too late.
- Monarch Center for Family Healing
The Monarch Center for Family Healing offers a wilderness therapy treatment program that provides help for youths and troubled teens between the ages of 10 and 18 that are struggling with their relationships with parents, friends, teachers, delinquency, substance abuse, poor school performance, legal problems, etc.
- Mountain Homes Youth Ranch
MHYR is a therapeutic wilderness treatment program for troubled teenagers ages 12-17 that operates on a 15,000 acre working ranch in Northwest Colorado. The MHYR program has been featured on the Dr. Phil show and received students from the show who needed therapy.
Mountain Homes Youth Ranch
