Teach Your Children To Remain Calm: 4 Easy Steps
Meeting life’s challenges with calmness is a value that can be taught to children. The little annoyances in life, not being able to find the right outfit, a broken zipper, misplaced keys are easier to manage when we are relaxed. Reacting with equilibrium to small frustrations trains your mind for the big stuff, helping you […]
How To Listen To Your Teen
Everyone needs their feelings to be accepted and heard, and that includes children and adolescents. Although I do not advocate treating our children as friends, I will make an exception in this case and say, when our children are upset and frustrated we should try to listen to them the way we would listen to […]
Two Simple Ways To Help You Talk To Your Teen
Teens are in a stage where they are trying to individuate. A teenager needs to separate from his/her parents and become their own independent person. Teens seem to live by the principle of “You can’t tell me what to do!” This is a natural result of their struggle to find themselves. They relay this message […]