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           Q: How do I talk to my son’s fifth grade teacher and stop her negative treatment of him. Even other kids in the room say that she is hard on him. We have a sticker chart and he is losing stars at a great rate because we get yellow slips home from the teache...

I was thinking about health care and how sad it is that more emphasis is not put on teaching preventive techniques rather than teaching us what drugs will mask symptoms.In many cases,  drugs will suppress the symptoms but do not address or solve the underlying cause o...

Look into those eyes

Deep inside

Behind the temper

Behind the attitude

There he truly is

Waiting

Patiently

For someone to look

To really look

To see in those eyes

And realize

The magnificence

Of the child

This job of parenting is so tricky.

But, every moment of inappropriate behavior is a wonderful window of opportunity to teach!

Often, it is the best time to teach a child that being with other people is a privledge. 

Thus, if their behavior is rude, they temporarily lose...

When it comes to kids, it seems to me that our job as adults, is to help them figure out who they are and then give them the tools to be successful with whatever qualities they were born with.

To achieve this, I believe we should teach them to respect themselves and...

Q: What do I do when my four-year-old son informs me that he is having a cupcake for breakfast? I say to him, “No, you are not having a cupcake for breakfast,” and he says, “Yes, I am having a cupcake for breakfast,” and I say, “No, you are not having a cupcake for bre...

I overheard some parents chatting in the dentists office about how hard it is to get their young children to brush their teeth. They discussed a few ideas that included bribes and threats and alot of tears.

Thinking about all the things we need to teach our children, a...

Two days ago, I wrote an answer to a question about Keeping Your Cool. 

I have a suggestion for teaching you and your children how to keep their cool.

When we have temper, that is when rude things come out of our mouths. rude words are hurtful and do not achieve posit...

Q: When everything is so upsetting and chaotic in a moment of bad behavior and anger, it seems unrealistic to be able to stay calm and figure out the right words to use and the proper consequences! How do you keep your cool?

A: Give yourself time before you talk.

Be ho...