If you want your children to listen to you, it’s important to listen to them. If you’re looking for additional motivation, a recent study found that having at least one caring parent was the most important factor in helping kids to build resilience and succeed in school. Children were six times more likely to overcome challenges and complete their homework if they had a parent who listened to them, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics. While parents had the greatest … [Read more...] about How to Effectively Listen to Your Child
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8 Ways to be More Engaged with Your Children
Being a parent isn’t an easy job. There are so many aspects of Parenting. And you have to take good care of each aspect. One really important part of parenting is strong communication between children and parents. But how do we make our communication stronger? The answer to this is to be more engaged with your children. You have to be involved with your children in different ways to have strong communication with them. Otherwise, uninvolved parenting would be the result … [Read more...] about 8 Ways to be More Engaged with Your Children
How to Effectively Communicate with Your Toddler
I am sure you have probably wished that you could be understood better by those around you. Your toddlers feel the same way! The big difference is they have much more limited communication skills than you. Because of the limited communication, toddlers can get so frustrated that they throw a temper tantrum. Learning how to communicate with your toddler can go a long way toward enhancing your relationship and helping your toddler feel loved and understood. But how can you communicate … [Read more...] about How to Effectively Communicate with Your Toddler
How to Increase Your Family Harmony
I always envisioned my house to be filled with happy kids running around having a good time. And I am chatting with my husband who thinks I am amazing at everything. My house looks like something from a movie with perfect family harmony. The reality is my kids are usually running around, but end up in tears because someone was playing too rough or they forgot to use their brakes. My husband doesn't actually think I am amazing at everything. And my house does not look like a movie. We … [Read more...] about How to Increase Your Family Harmony
How to Reprimand Your Child Without Losing Their Love
You are a mom and being a mom is hard work! Yes, being a mom is beautiful and fun, but it can also be very challenging. Parenting is a real job that few other jobs can compare to. And it's especially hard when it feels like you're losing your children’s love. As a mom, you want your children to grow up to be the best they can be. So that means that you have to reprimand your child so that they know the difference between acceptable and unacceptable behavior. This isn’t very popular … [Read more...] about How to Reprimand Your Child Without Losing Their Love