Parenting Tip - Don't Let Structure and Order Order You Around!

Structure and order certainly make you happy, calm and productive but don't let it order you around.

Parents - We Can't Escape What We Model

Children watch and absorb every move their parents make. This includes every word that comes out of their mouth and every body language move that is made. They absorb everything parents do because they want to be just like them. By modeling good and appropriate behavior you are able to have children who behave appropriately as well.

A Parenting Tip on How to Make a Pleasant, Warm, and Productive Family

You surely would like a pleasant, warm, and productive family unit. Learn from the business world how to do it.

Single Parenting - The Pros and Cons

Single parenting can be daunting and certainly presents a number of challenges. Nevertheless, these are balanced by numerous advantages which can make single parenthood particularly rewarding.

How to Dine Out With Young Children and Enjoy It

Dining out with young children can be an intimidating experience. Children love to jump, run, yell, play and generally have fun – everything but sit down and quietly enjoy a meal. The fact is that good behavior in restaurants is a learned behavior and the best way to learn is through practice. Here are a few tips to help along the way.

Rewards And Challenges Of Foster Parenting

Foster parenting is certainly not for everyone. It requires a special gift - a gift of a true love for children, a gift of patience, and a gift of being an outstanding parent. Not all people realize that and that is why one often hears stories of people who abused their foster children. However, every bad foster parent there are scores that do a wonderful job raising their foster children.

A Tie Between Parents and Scripture

As a youth and children's minister, I have done a great amount of research on who affects the lives of children and teens. Profoundly, every study shows that parents have the greatest affect upon the lives of their children, greater than peers, friends, teachers or others in their lives such as ministers.

The Pedophile Next Door

Did you know that 4% of the population can be classified as bona fide psychopaths? Psychopaths do not feel guilt, shame or fear like the rest of us do. Their brains are hard-wired differently and therefore they can commit senseless acts of violence without feeling so much as a twinge of regret.

Of Time & Money

Recently, a friend said, “When you give money to people, it validates them.” I immediately agreed. After all, I like the feeling I get when people give me money. I would even say it makes me feel validated. If it’s a paycheck, I think, “Wow! They’re giving me money for what I do; I must be doing a good job.” If it’s a birthday gift, I think “Wow! I’m getting money just for being born, I must be worthwhile,” and then I stick it in the family bank account to be lost forever.

Parenting Your Teenager With Love And Support

You find yourself begging your teen to go places with the family. As soon as your teen gets into the car with you, he begins complaining about you or his life, and how miserable everything in his world is. In just a few minutes of being within the same five-foot radius of one another, the two of you are already in an argument.

Pre-Framing for Success

Pre-framing is developing a pattern for success as a prerequisite to achieving it. Every step of a child’s development—from the first word and step, to preschool, to elementary school to high school to college—is pre-framing for the next stage of their life.

Torned Between Momma And Daddy

Are you making it harder for your child to choose between you or the other parent? Do you and the other parent get along well enough to co-exist between each other? The heartache and pain children can face when neither of their parents can get along is shameful.

Discerning Between Useful And Useless Parenting Advice

Parenting advice is all around us every day, from experts to novices, from our parents to fellow parents that we meet at the sporting event. We are constantly bombarded by some form advice. Simply giving parenting advice is uncomplicated because everyone has had some kind of know-how in the topic.

Warning! Bully on the Playground

Bullies and their bullying behavior have been around forever. There has always been someone or a group of individuals who used their size or demeanor to intimidate others that were perceived to be weaker or more vulnerable. In the past, bullying typically involved taking lunches, lunch money or copying homework assignments. However, in today's society bullying has advanced far beyond simply taking lunch money. What are the signs you should look for as a parent?