Imagine this: your hands are full and you need your child to open the door, but they won’t. Here’s what you can do to help them listen. Have you ever been busy working, cooking, or folding laundry, and when you ask your child to grab something for you, they won’t? There are plenty of reasons […]
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Ever feel that your child likes to purposely disobey you? Try replacing your commands with these autonomous parenting phrases. Whether it’s cleaning their rooms, pausing the video game, or eating their veggies, do you ever find your kids pushing back at your requests? It might not be that they don’t want to do the task.
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School is meant for learning, but sometimes kids learn bad habits instead. Use these tips to break those habits and build healthy friendships. There’s a quote from motivational speaker Jim Rohn that says we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with. And for the most part, this is true.
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A child’s lies are hard on both parents and children. If your child is lying, here’s what you can do, from common signs to conversation tips. As parents, we’re responsible for guiding our children, but that becomes harder if we’re not met with honesty. More than the parental and moral reasonings behind honesty, lying can
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Do you ever feel like your child or grandchild is speaking an alien language? Translate your conversations with these sixteen must-know slang terms. Slang terms are one of the many reasons that every generation says language “is going to the dogs.” Any sort of language change can feel foreign, especially when we don’t understand it.
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Story time is the best time for family bonding. Inspire your storytelling with these creative prompts and tips for telling stories together. Story time isn’t just for fun. The positive back-and-forth interactions that help kids develop socially, emotionally, and cognitively also help kids see two crucial truths: “I belong, and I am loved.” Using storytelling
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The golden rule exists for a reason: kids can be mean. Teach your child these seven other strategies to help them respond to bullies. Kids can be brutally honest, and often at the worst times. This is because kids develop social and emotional skills at different stages, which makes unkind behavior unfortunately common, but is
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Failing the bird test doesn’t mean the end of your relationship. Instead, it’s the start of building a more attentive, connected relationship. It’s a misconception that relationships need grand gestures. Often, it’s the little things that matter, like getting excited over a bird. Are you being attentive in your relationship? Are you responding to your
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It’s not what you say but how you say it. Your tone of voice can have just as big of an impact in preventing arguments as the words you use. My whole life, my mom ingrained in me that “it’s not always what you say but how you say it.” With the wrong tone of
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Have you ever believed that your loved one’s silence was telling you something it wasn’t? This one phrase can prevent miscommunication in your relationships. “My partner didn’t compliment me; they don’t find me attractive anymore.” This is the kind of thought that can create tension and miscommunication in a relationship. But here’s the thing: it’s
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