For many families, a home just isn’t complete without some sort of furry companion. Dogs are America’s favorite, with 48,255,413 households owning one or more dogs. Many of these households also have children. With how many interactions there are between children and pets, it is natural for parents to have questions such as, what areContinue reading “Dogs and Children”
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Harsh Punishment Just Doesn’t Work
Discipline. It’s one of the most widely debated parenting topics. On one extreme you have those who don’t believe much in any discipline at all and will simply talk to their children about how they are being disobedient without laying down any consequences, on the other extreme you have those who believe that children shouldContinue reading “Harsh Punishment Just Doesn’t Work”
Parent to Your Child
Every child is created equal, but they are not created the same. As parents a lot of heart ache and trouble can be avoided if we follow a few key principles out lined in the book The 10 Basic Principles of Good Parenting (Steinburg, 2005). Keep pace with your child’s development, adjust your parenting toContinue reading “Parent to Your Child”