It’s the third time this week that Sam has complained of a headache or Shaundra has an upset stomach. Daniel cries before leaving school and Tanya won’t get out of the car upon arrival to the school parking lot. Most parents simply don’t know what to do when this occurs. Does the parent insist the [...]

Here’s the scene of communication with your child: your three-year-old boy is bawling his eyes out. Hurriedly, you run over, and ask “What’s wrong?”. But no answer is spoken, the tears just keep coming out, and the vocal cords just keep on saying “waaaaaaah!”. You start talking to him in that sweet and soft voice [...]

I am a dad. I have been now for over 8 years. And I suppose I don’t know just everything there is to know about being a dad, good bad or otherwise. I have learned a couple of things though. My wife, Susan and I had been married for about 6 years before my daughter, [...]

You know that children can get into trouble. The older they get, the bigger the problem as history would have it. To keep your teens safer you undoubtedly have already issued the cell phones to keep in touch, especially in the event of an emergency. While having a cell phone is a great measure for [...]

Encouragement comes when you focus on your child’s assets and strengths in order to build his/her self-confidence. It comes from seeing the positive. Even failures can be outstanding learning experiences. Encouragement sounds like this, “I like the way that you did that,” or “I know that you can do it,” or, “It looks like you [...]

In Alfie Kohn’s excellent article, he stressed that there are five reasons to stop saying “Good Job!” 1. Manipulating children. 2. Creating praise junkies. 3. Stealing a child’s pleasure. 4. Losing interest. 5. Reducing achievement. I couldn’t agree more. Indeed the phrase of “Good Job” is so vague that the praised child won’t know what [...]

Children like adults have dreams from time to time. Sometimes their dreams may be scary too, like seeing different kinds of monsters or bugs? Dr. Gillian Holloway wrote an interesting article on discovering the hidden meanings of top 10 children’s nightmares. You’ll know more about your child’s thoughts and feelings by interpreting his/her dreams. In [...]

The Walt Disney Company will launch a new wireless phone service, called Disney Mobile (via Slashdot) that allows parents to track their children on a map using Global Positioning System technology and decide who their children can call and when. For security reason, I started to let my daughter use mobile phones from Grade 6. [...]

I wonder if you would come across some occasions that your whatever-in-laws or even strangers give you some unsolicited advice on how to take care of your baby. It sounds like your parenting skills are far below their standards. Suelain Moy suggests 10 ways to deal with those people who doubt your parenting skills. It’s [...]

One of my friends, Amy, sent me an email entitled “Why Women Cry”. It caught my attention to read on although I don’t think I cry a lot. People keep asking me why I always smile, instead. Having read the email, I found it is about neither “feminism” (fight for the right of women), nor [...]