Childhood abductions are being reported more and more on the evening news, and the terrifying prospect of abduction fills the minds of parents across the country. But it’s important to remember that the majority of children will pass through childhood safely. One of the challenges of being a parent is to teach your children to be cautious without filling them with too much fear or anxiety. Although...
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Gratitude
is an attitude…each and every day!
You are a parent. And no matter how tough it gets, or how hard it may be to raise your kids, at the end of the day you are still a parent. Would you trade that for the world? Sometimes it takes a day like Thanksgiving to compel us to stop, give thanks for what we have and remind ourselves that gratitude is an attitude. This is not a day to...
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How to Stop School Bullying was the focus of a recent blog post on the parentalwisdom.com site. The author and founder of the site, my dear friend, Tina Nocera, has raised two kids and knows a thing or two about how to stop school bullying. Here are her 3 simple tips:
How to stop School Bullying
1. Help kids feel so good about themselves that teasing won’t faze them! Tina...
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Smartphone pictures you’ve e-mailed or uploaded could be leaking location information, and placing your children in potential danger! This is the scary information that this NBC news video about smartphone pictures reveals.
UMKC computer science Professor Deep Medhi explained that when you send smartphone pictures, they leave a high-tech invisible trail using the same geo-tracking technology...
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Internet kid is the term I give to any child who is turning to the Internet more and more for social interaction, information and entertainment. That sums up many of the kids of today. But what to do when this reliance on the Internet becomes a substitution for parenting? Here’s one mom’s dilemma and my advice about her Internet kid:
Dear Dr. Vicki: I am a single mom of 2 boys...
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Summer jobs for kids are in big demand now that school is out and summer looms ahead. Sarah Cook, Founder of Raising CEO Kids, recently hosted a webinar offering over 50 ideas, tips and strategies for kids to do this summer to make money. Not only that, but Sarah has seen 100’s of children and teens turn their summer jobs for kids into their own businesses…in some cases making six-figure incomes...
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Sibling rivalries are driving many parents stark raving mad! Can’t they ever get along? Well, I would like to share this wonderful article by Tina Nocera, my dear friend and the brains behind parentalwisdom.com, for which I am an advisor. Tina is a mother who is known for her outside-the-box thinking. Here’s her solution to the age-old problem of sibling rivalries:
A Solution...
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I recently read a blog about teaching Etiquette for Children that I would like to share. I feel that etiquette, or manners, has dwindled over the last many years by adults and kids, alike. However, I think that being polite, greeting people appropriately and making a good first impression are all still very important to not only teach our kids, but continue to model ourselves.
“5 Simple Etiquette...
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Tags: child, children, Communication, etiquette, etiquette for children, Family, kids, manners, Parenting, parents, polite, respect
Kids experience a lot of problems with ADHD…some inadvertently caused by their parents. Now, don’t get me wrong…these are well-meaning parents. These are the ones who come into my office and immediately let me know in no uncertain terms, “I’m not putting my kid on drugs.” Well, that’s actually OK—because I don’t prescribe medication. But what I will do is thoroughly evaluate...
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In order to motivate and teach kids to read, the National Education Association has designated March 2, Dr. Seuss’ Birthday, as “Read Across America Day.”
So, I thought it would be only fitting that I wrote my own little Seuss-like poem to illustrate my on-going support to all parents and teachers dedicated to teach kids to read:
Want to teach kids to read…
Whose books do you use?
Try the...
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