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Parenting: Raising Awesome Kids What do math, kindness, and self-regulation have in common? They're ingredients to raising an awesome kid. In partnership with Sesame Workshop, Life Kit talks to parenting experts for tips and tricks to empower kids to be compassionate, embrace math without fear and cultivate self-control.

It’s important to teach responsibility and how to work from a young age— especially an age when they want to help !

The Life-Changing Magic Of Getting Your Kids to Tidy Up | CBC Parents After teaching three boyfriends how to do laundry, this single mother of three is making sure her kids do their chores.

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5 Strategies to deal with lying

1. Remember, it’s normal. Catching your child in a lie can be frustrating but remembering that it’s a normal part of growing up can help us keep calm. We aren’t raising sociopaths! Just little ones whose motivation is to avoid punishment.

2. Don’t ask questions that you already know the answer to. If your son is smeared in chocolate cake, don’t say, ‘did you eat the chocolate cake?’ Of course he’ll lie! Instead say, ‘I can see you ate some chocolate cake. You must have been hungry huh?’ Then pause and ask, ‘Do you think I’m pleased or upset? Why? What should we do next time?’

3. Celebrate honesty. When your child is honest, even if they’ve done something wrong, acknowledge their truthfulness. Say, ‘I really appreciate that you’ve told me about what has gone wrong.’ Help them fix it and then talk about how to do better in the future. And don’t punish them or threaten to punish them for lying. Research shows this will cause more lying in the future.” They’ll be afraid of you.

4. Extract a simple promise. Studies show that children are less likely to lie once they have promised to tell the truth. But be gentle. If they tell you the truth, and then you punish them severely, they will be less likely to tell the truth in the future, promise or not.

5. Model good behaviour. As adults we are all guilty of social ‘white’ lies. Telling a friend that you have an appointment when you simply don’t want to go to their get together, for example. Our kids are looking to us to learn how to behave. Little white lies show them it’s okay to bend the truth.

“The good news is that these symptoms are among some of the most common and treatable. The bad news is that so few women get help or too quickly opt for surgery, which is sometimes necessary but has its own complications.

Can we approach pelvic rehabilitation like rehabbing a dislocated shoulder or knee injury?

In some ways, yes.”

Seeing a Pelvic Physical Therapist After Giving Birth Should be Our “New Normal” Going to a physical therapist (PT) after pregnancy and childbirth isn’t standardized care in America, but it absolutely should be.I sat down with three therapists at Body Connect Health & Wellness (where I get treatment) to learn more about why every mom should check in with a pelvic PT at

Don't Expect Toddlers To Behave Consistently — They Literally Can't I know parenting little ones is hard. I’ve been through three toddlers of my own. But we have to remember, they really are so little.

This is a free workshop in Murray, Utah, tonight. I’m interested to see what tips she has for parenting.

Movement during labor makes a difference!
“they focused on educating providers about movement in labor... By simply getting women out of bed, [they] managed to drop their C-section rate from 32 percent to 26 percent. While that's considered low these days, Rowland says 20 years ago the national C-section rate was about 21 percent.”

Philly-area hospital reduces C-Section rate by implementing simple changes PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) -- A local hospital says they have managed to drastically reduce their C-Section rate this year by implementing some simple practices for laboring moms.

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