Enjoy Your Children and Parenting!

Children want the approval of their parents and to feel like they belong. When rules are put in place and your child is dishonest in order that they don’t break the rules, how do you discipline them? Especially if  you know that they have been dishonest and they deny it? You want your child to [...]

Children grow so fast and it can be hard to stay connected with them especially when they head into their teen years. Start when they are young, spending as much time as you can playing with them, reading to them and teaching them. As they grow older their interests may change, being involved and engaging [...]

Every parent wants their child to be involved, whether it’s a club or a sport, or maybe some kind of music lessons.. Some parents “force” their children into playing sports more often than not because they think it is important, but maybe their child does not. It’s important to have a conversation with your child [...]

Times have changed a lot since we were young and teens and we had different challenges growing up. In our day there were no computers for writing papers, or cell phones to use for an emergency, or dishwasher to clean the dishes. Many teens think they are entitled and don’t need to be responsible for [...]

Many parents will tell you that parenting is the hardest job in the world, but the most fulfilling.  Anxiety can play a big role in parenting, taking care of someone else 24/7 can be quite stressful. Every parent goes through it at one time or another especially once their kids reach the teenage years. This [...]

Do you find that your teenager has a hard time getting out of bed or always wants to sleep in? According to the National Sleep Foundation Teenagers need almost 10 hours of sleep per night. In a recent poll it was shown that 45% of teenagers were not getting enough sleep on school nights. There [...]

Some may say that you should never fight in front of the kids. However, it can be a good idea in order for them to see that disagreements do occur, but that they can be resolved in a civil way. Children need to see that all relationships can run into problems and not everything [...]

There is a lot more violence on TV these days not just adult shows either, it’s also in cartoons. Exposing your children to cartoons with violence can have negative effects. Children learn a lot from observing. When they see their favorite cartoon hero using violence to solve problems they can become more aggressive in their [...]

More and more we are seeing parents have an equal partnership within the family dynamic. The "Mother Knows Best" idea has been deeply ingrained in our society but more and more mothers are finding that if they let go of that idea, there is more of an equal partnership. Most husbands tend to walk away [...]

There is a proposition up for voting on in California to ban gay marriage. Many think it will hurt our children, teaching them them that being gay is ok. Personally I don’t see the harm in it. I know a few gay parents who are some of the best parents out there and provide a [...]