Parenting: The Challenge

It’s cute when you see children hugging their friends and when they hug family members. It’s is not cute when you force your children to hug someone, especially an adult. I am a pretty affectionate person and I always like to hug and kiss my son. However, I think it’s important to be respectful of [...]

Words can be very powerful things and they can carry a lot more weight and impact than we realize, so as parents we need to choose our words carefully. There are words you should never say to your children. The “F” word is not a good one to be throwing around, it’s not a very [...]

If your child is overwhelmed by his or her homework, have no fear, you can learn a few steps to help create the right balance. Talk to the teachers and ask how much parental involvement there should be. Make sure you understand what his or her definition of homework is. Find out if the material [...]

Sometimes it can be a fight to get your kids to brush their teeth and you don’t want it to be a power struggle. You want to start early enough that it becomes a routine so that big problems don’t develop later on.  Have them be involved in the process of picking out their own [...]

Facebook just keeps growing and more parents are allowing their teens to create an account. It can be a challenge understanding how the privacy settings work to be sure that private information about your teen does not go out into cyberspace for all to see. The default settings that facebook puts into place are probably [...]