Education of Children

Kids aren’t listening? It’s so frustrating to correct our kids over and over. Try these two crucial positive parenting strategies and your kids will listen. “It looks like a  beautiful  ballroom!” my awestruck five-year-old daughter exclaimed. She approached the open restaurant floor and twirled with wonderment. In truth, we were had just been brought into a nice looking bistro, but I couldn’t fault her enthusiasm. We sat down to dine with some friends from out of town. It was their last night here after a really nice visit. My kids had just spent an hour swimming, jumping, and moving from the hotel pool to the hot tub and back again.  If there was a good time to bring two young kids to a nicer restaurant, it was now. They had exhausted themselves and were ready to eat.  It took some time before the waitress took our order. But because my son and daughter took to colouring, all was well.  When ten minutes turned to twenty and the food still hadn...

As a parent, you deal with a LOT of feelings on a daily basis. Right? And sometimes, it can all get to be just a little bit much! When you’ve had what seems like hours of multiple people crying at you, the temptation to make it stop is high! We’ve all said it, or at least thought it. ‘Stop crying! Just stop!’ Or maybe you heard it as a child? “Don’t be silly” “Shh, everyone is looking at you” “Stop that noise, right now!” “Stop crying or I’ll give you something to cry about!” But what if I told you that every time you dismiss or minimise your child’s feelings, you actually make your job harder . You very rarely succeed at making them stop anyway, and it’s more likely that they will need  more support from you in the future rather than less. If you don’t hear the message they are trying to send you, the messenger just gets louder and louder until you do. Children are looking for empathy and understanding. If they don’t get it, they’ll keep trying. Crying is ok . It...