Medieval | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 13 2008 | Advice, behavior, boy, child, children, dead, death, die, dieing, funeral, girl, Kids, parenting, viewingWhen someone close to your family dies you have a lot to deal with. First you have your own grief. At the same time you need to be aware of how the death is affecting your child or children. How do you explain death to them? Do you let them say goodbye? Do you take them to the viewing and or funeral or keep them away from it all? It all depends on the child.
Medieval | Shared With: Everyone - 4 hours ago | Advice, behavior, behaviour, child, children, define, expectations, fail, failure, Family, life, parent, parenting, protect, success, successfulOver the years I have come to realize that our fear of failure has more control over our actions then our drive to succeed. Most of us will go out of our way to not fail. Many will put more effort in avoiding what they perceive as failure then they put into trying to become successful. Our fears are a great motivator. I know that I will go to almost any lengths to avoid what I see as failure, which is also my greatest fear.
Medieval | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 03 2008 | Advice, behavior, behaviour, child, children, Family, Kids, parent, parenting, pre-school, stressIt is all in your mindset
A few weeks ago I had a day that started off all wrong. We slept in a bit, and of course that threw our whole routine off. There is no such thing as rushing a 3 and 5 year old. The end result is that we watched the bus we needed pass us by and the next one was not for another half hour. After waiting about 15 minuets I realized I had left something at home and we had to go back and get it. There was little chance of us getting home and then back to the bus stop to catch the next one
- Medieval | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 22 2008 | Advice, behavior, behaviour, changes, child, Child safety, children, disrupted, Family, Kids, parent, parenting, routine, school
Most kids need routines; it gives them a feeling of control and security. They know what to expect and what is expected of them. Real problems can come when a routine is disrupted. A child can feel insecure, threatened or scared and will often act out when their routine is interrupted. Life happens and we the parents or caregivers cannot always meet our children’s needs for consistency and routine, all we can do is deal with the disruption or permanent changes and any reactions our kids have.
Medieval | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 22 2008 | Advice, behavior, behaviour, changes, child, Child safety, children, disrupted, Family, Kids, parent, parenting, routine, school
Most kids need routines; it gives them a feeling of control and security. They know what to expect and what is expected of them. Real problems can come when a routine is disrupted. A child can feel insecure, threatened or scared and will often act out when their routine is interrupted. Life happens and we the parents or caregivers cannot always meet our children’s needs for consistency and routine, all we can do is deal with the disruption or permanent changes and any reactions our kids have.
- Medieval | Shared With: Everyone - May 26 2008 | Advice, behavior, child, Child safety, children, Family, Kids, learning, parenting
Now please note that this is not ignoring a child but to praise positive behaviors and to not acknowledge negative behaviors that are not harmful. The idea is that if we give positive attention when children are doing what we see as being good we are reinforcing the positive behavior.
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