Parenting: The Challenge

Be willing to be the ‘meanest parents in the world’ or tolerate outbursts of ‘I hate you’. Children have emotions too and can get upset when they don’t get something they want. You, as the parent must be able to stand firm and not cave in to verbal accusations. They don’t mean anything. But, you […]

Parents wonder how to best parent only children. Fostering independence and not giving in to every whim because you can afford it is important in raising a happy, respectful and responsible only child. Remember to field questions about why there is no brother or sister in positive ways without guilt.

In this culture girls particularly are exposed to TV, magazines, the internet and movies which portray an almost impossible body image as the one that every girl is supposed to have. Young girls are being treated for eating disorders and when polled more than 40 percent of girls in the primary grades wished that they […]

Recently, Nebraska passed a law requiring parents who are going through a divorce to attend a basic-level parenting education class. It would be great if all states adopted this. Children of divorcing parents are often caught in the middle of their parents war with no counseling or parenting classes required to help moms and dads […]