Family Bond Education

Talking to Your Child After You Yell Researchers suspect parents are yelling more. They are also beginning to understand how it hurts a child and how to stop it.

how you regard the child. makes all the difference.

Sometimes we are moms who do too much because we have children who do too little. Make it your goal to work yourself out of a job. If a child can use a cell phone, they can run a washing machine.

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Research Shows Household Chores Are A Proven Predictor Of Success Research shows that household chores instill a sense of mastery, self reliance, responsibility, empathy and respect for others in kids.

"If everyone had a Montessori school, they wouldn't need me"
- Sigmund Freud

Why You Should Treat Your Child Like an Adult In the end, treating a kid like a person prevents a parent from needing "discipline" at all. Give them that gift as often as you can. You'll be surprised how much they'll want to help.

Thinking Out Loud: Killing Special Do you remember special things from childhood? I remember the excitement of a birthday cake, the rare treat of a trip to to see a movie, or the ice cream treats in the shape of snowmen and reindeer that my grandmother could buy only at Christmastime. I loved visits with a certain friend because her…

Why Is My Daughter Aggressive At Home And An Angel Everywhere Else? When parents help their frustrated kids simply feel their sadness or disappointment, they move from aggression toward acceptance.

When Empathy Doesn't Work “Rarely can a response make something better. What makes something better is connection.”                                    – Brené Brown, Ph.D.  I once

Be present...

The dangerous effects of present but absent parenting Present but absent parenting? What is that, you say. Here are some thoughts on why sometimes just “being there” isn’t enough. We will mess up. Our children will mess up. Everyone on earth messes up. It is what it is, so this post is not to create a perfect parenting powerhouse. It is my goal …

90 Percent Of 2-Year-Olds Use Tablets And Smartphones. Do YOU Know The Risks? If you go to a mall, coffee shop, or even a playground nowadays, you’ll notice the youth of America staring down, almost zombie-like, at the glowing screens of tablets and smartphones. According to research conducted by the Kaiser Foundation, children and teens use four to five times the recommended…