parenting skills

  • User's Manual for Parents: Starting with the Foundation Skills

    Every wondered why your child didn't arrive with a manual? Here's the basics in eight simple steps!

  • Praise for Parents

    Parenting advice usually focuses on the challenges parents face, mistakes to avoid and effective skills we can use. But every parent and parenting "partner" deserves a pat on the back for doing something positive, even on a small scale, that means a lot to a child. I want to make sure we do that here, now and then.

  • Time Out for Children Under the Age of Reason

    There are several points that need to be made regarding time out for children who have not yet reached the age of reason: Any kind of time out should not be used with children under 3-1/2. Until children reach the age of reason, which starts around three...

  • Time Out for Children Under the Age of Reason

    There are several points that need to be made regarding time out for children who have not yet reached the age of reason: Any kind of time out should not be used with children under 3-1/2. Until children reach the age of reason, which starts around three...

  • Praise for Parents

    Parenting advice usually focuses on the challenges parents face, mistakes to avoid and effective skills we can use. But every parent and parenting "partner" deserves a pat on the back for doing something positive, even on a small scale, that means a lot to a child. I want to make sure we do that here, now and then.

  • User's Manual for Parents: Starting with the Foundation Skills

    Every wondered why your child didn't arrive with a manual? Here's the basics in eight simple steps!