Reviving The Wonder Of Parenting “I don’t get it,” sighed one exasperated parent. “Sometimes I wonder where the wonder went in this game of parenting! I mean, I was so excited to be a new mom, so full of enthusiasm, love and dreams about life and living. I felt so blessed… But countless sleepless nights, mountains of diapers, endless power struggles and discipline hassles have dampened my enthusiasm – not just for parenting, but...... Similar Editorial : Reviving Dead Clients by Bryan Brandenburg. | Source : Childhood Language Development
Let Laughter Lighten Your Parenting Load Today I’d like to share a poem with you, just for fun. It reminds me of how important it is to remember to take life lightly and to see the humor in many of the potentially distressing and frustrating situations that are an integral part of the parenting experience. Parents who have weathered the toilet training stage will be able to relate, I’m sure. It’s called, “I HAVE TO PEE!”“I have to pee!...... Similar Editorial : Lighten Up People by . | Source : Childhood Language Development
Keeping Your Cool In The Heat Of The Moment And if you’re like most parents, including myself, you probably “lose it” on occasion. And you probably feel guilty later… and then lose it again, and so on. It becomes an established pattern and guilt-tripping ourselves about it is not helpful. In fact, guilt keeps the pattern going because it makes us feel bad and stresses us out even more, and so we blow again. So how do we break this pattern...... Similar Editorial : Trust In The Moment by Charlie Badenhop. | Source : Poem For Mother
Keeping Our Children Safe. Authors Stephen Glenn and Jane Nelson say that we are the only species that actually puts our young at risk by overprotecting them.Isn’t it time we talked about what Keeping our Children Safe! Is really all about? Fear has infiltrated the minds and hearts of too many families in our society. With the news filled with the horrors of child pornography and child abduction, many parents spin into...... Similar Editorial : Keeping Your Sub by Jerry Lunsford. | Source : Child Development
Parents! Give Your Child The Gift Of Your Presence Being fully present is the key to entering your child’s heart. So what does being fully present mean? It means that we stop the constant chatter in our minds that keeps us mulling over past events and scheduling, fearing and anticipating future events. It means that we stop judging our child’s behavior and trying to shape him into who we think he should be, and become curious about who his is,...... Similar Editorial : My Teenaged Parents by Phyllis Staff. | Source : Child Development
Families On Fast Forward. Do you ever feel like a cartoon character stuck on fast forward with too many things to do in too short a period of time - except that it really isn’t very funny? Frenzied and stressed, parents race about with a never ending “to do’ list, determined to provide children with everything. Trading and scheduling every second of time, we taxi children around 24-7 to sports, music and entertainment...... Similar Editorial : Alzheimer and Families by nkthen. | Source : Family Crest Of Arms
