This YouTube video has some great points, and I am frustrated that they call these suggestions “sneaky strategies.” I don’t think they are sneaky at all…but rather good, effective ways of interacting and parenting your children! However, as a child psychologist, I am totally opposed to one of their suggestions: the use of ‘reverse psychology.’ Basically, when...
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Tags: breaking bad habit, changing children's behavior, child, children, commununication, families, Family, Parenting, parents, reverse psychology, spanking
KIDS ARE FROM KRYPTON, PARENTS ARE FROM PLUTO: Radio update Dec. 30, 2010: A new year means a blank calendar. WOW! Just think of all the possibilities. Look at all the blank days! You have the power, at this very moment, to determine what your new year will look like! As you think about filling in your calendar, do you have a feeling of enthusiasm and excitement? Or of dread and resignation? ...
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Welcome 2011
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!
Good-bye 20010—Hello 2011
Now is the time to reflect on the lessons of the past year, and yet put the past in the past. The past is over. There is nothing you can do about it. But today, and every day, is a chance to write in your book called Opportunity, and fill in the blank pages with your own words—of ideas, dreams, goals and emotions. ...
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‘TWAS THE NIGHT OF THANKSGIVING
‘Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn’t sleep.
I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.
The leftovers beckoned–the dark meat and white,
but I fought the temptation with all of my might.
Tossing and turning with anticipation,
the thought of a snack became infatuation.
So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door
and gazed...
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Kids are from Krypton, Parents are from Pluto Radio Show update: Nov. 18, 2010: Teaching Gratitude.
There is a Buddhist saying that I reflect on around Thanksgiving time. He said, “Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at lease we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t...
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Is your child falling prey to cyberbullying?
KIDS ARE FROM KRYPTON, PARENTS ARE FROM PLUTO: Radio update Nov. 11: Today we turned to a more serious topic than in the past several shows. The effects of cyberbullying was the topic…and stressing the insidiousness of this kind of bullying was the main message. The “effects of cyberbullying” are not just about namecalling and teaching...
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Dear Dr. Vicki:
I had a question: I hear it’s bad to snoop. But if snooping is not the way to get information from or about your children, what is the acceptable way to get information from or about them? Cell phones, book bags, bedrooms?
Dr. Vicki’s response:
Snooping is an invasion of privacy, and conveys a total lack of trust in your child. If, in fact, she has given you REASON to be distrustful...
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That was the question I posted on Facebook and Twitter. And what started out as a joke, turned into a very interesting set of responses and conversation.
Belinda’s response: One, he holds the light bulb and expects the world to revolve around him.
That was what I was going to say. So, then I offered these two: 12—they always travel in groups; and, “Huh?”
Levi’s idea: None they know if they...
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Kids Are From Krypton parents Are From Pluto Radio update Oct. 21: When kids come to my door and say, “Trick or Treat?” I respond, “TRICK!” They give me a puzzled look until I explain that I pick ‘trick.’ This little twist in the tale has prompted some great creativity on the part of my little ghouls and goblins. One girl did a cartwheel on my lawn, while another wiggled her nose. ...
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"Get me out of here!"
Dear Dr. Vicki:
A question arose in my house this week, and wanted your thoughts… our 9-month old is a great and easy kid. The last few days, he fights us when we try to put him in to his high-chair to feed him. He arches his back and squirms like crazy. We know he’s hungry, and once we get him buckled in, he settles down, and eats well, doesn’t complain...
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