Parenting
With roots in Adlerian Psychology, we have benefitted from generations of practical wisdom that has been supported in decades of subsequent research on parenting and family relationships. Family relationships are a crucible from which the personality and creativity of the child emerge. The parents' struggles are predictable, although they change slightly with the cultural shifts of each generation. This section of our webzine is an area for us to share some of the timeless practical wisdom we have gleaned from our teachers and clients.
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Perfecting the Morning Routine – Tips for Parents
Would you like to get your children out of bed, fed and off to school on time without nagging, hassling, and threatening them? You deserve a peaceful morning routine as much as your children do...
Disrespectful Child
The article below was first written by Dr. Petersen for GoodTherapy.org and is published by them at http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/respect/. It is reproduced here with permission...
Morning Hassles With Your Preschooler
Sick and tired of getting started on the wrong foot with the children in the morning? Tired of herding the children through the morning sequence – out of bed, dressed, fed, school supplies readied? If so, you are in good...
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Is the Family Meal Worth the Work?
It is becoming common knowledge that the family meal is correlated with all kinds of ridiculously good things in child development...
The most important thing you can do with your kids? Eat dinner with them.
Good for mind and body.
Hidden Hazard of Parenting Chronically Ill Children
If your child has a chronic and/or life-threatening illness, you’ve been forced into an awkward and harsh world of weighing risk factors and treatment-outcome odds at a level unfamiliar to most parents...
Encourage, Don’t Praise Your Child
We parents want to give or children high self-esteem and teach them to distinguish right from wrong. We’ve accepted the fact that too much criticism and punishment can breed resentment and is less effective than rewards...
Natural and Logical Consequences
The Goal of using consequences is to help our children learn self-discipline by allowing them to make choices and to be responsible for the results of those choices. 583