Having a high level of emotional intelligence in your children is the best way to ensure that they live a happy, successful, and responsible life as an adult. Here are ten ways to help your kids attain a high degree of emotional intelligence:
1. Model emotional intelligence yourself
Yes, your kids are watching very closely. They see […]

When I was pregnant, we knew that we had some fairly fixed ideas about how we wanted to raise our child, including allowing her to share our bed for as long as she wanted to.
We have been shocked and sometimes upset at other people’s reaction to what seemed to be a very instinctive decision, to […]

If you are a parent, then more than likely you may face the common problem of separation anxiety in your child. What exactly is child separation anxiety? In a nutshell, this is the type of anxiety or stress your child may encounter when you leave him/her alone and they get upset or cry due to […]

You are sitting with the professionals who know about learning disabilities. They have been explaining what they will be looking for when they test your child.
“We look for an aptitude-achievement discrepancy as well as a processing deficit,” one of them explains.
Your eyes glaze over and you begin to feel you’re not too smart. It’s like […]

The following conversation took place between my three-year-old and me:
ME: “I was too.”
THREE-YEAR-OLD: “No you weren’t.”
ME: “I was too a child! Grandma is my Mommy.”
THREE-YEAR-OLD: “No she’s not.”
ME: “Yes, she IS.”
THREE-YEAR-OLD: “No, she’s not.”
ME: “And someday you will have children, and I will be their grandpa.”
THREE-YEAR-OLD: “Noooo!”
ME: “Yeeees! OK, into the car, we are going […]

Pool safety should be on the minds of every parent out there. If you are lucky enough to own an above ground pool or inground pool, you know there are certain safety precautions you must take to protect your children and the children of your friends and neighbors. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety […]

When it comes to the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or with problems of Attention, Impulse Control, Over-Activity, or Learning Problems in “the real world,” there are a number of approaches to treatment that may work well.
The information in this series has either been gleaned from research on Attention Deficit Disorder - which I’ll […]

Sometimes a change of perspective can make a huge difference for parents when their children’s behaviour worries them. This point was evident recently when I was involved in a minor disagreement with one of my daughters.
I was annoyed that she dug her heels in and refused to give me any ground while we discussing the […]

If your child is to derive the benefits of physical fitness, then physical activity must be habitual and lifelong. Moving should be as routine as brushing teeth and bathing. But this is only likely to happen if: 1. Physical activity is a habit of yours ? and of your family’s. 2. It’s associated with pleasure […]

“Mom, can I go to the mall with my friend Jenny?”
“No, not after you came home late last night.”
“Well, everyone else gets to.”
“I don’t care what everybody else gets to do; you can’t.”
“You just don’t trust me.”
“You’ve got to earn it.”
“I have.”
“No, you haven’t.”
“Have, too.”
“Have not.”
SLAM! Etc.
If the above conversation sounds familiar, you’re probably the […]