Parenting and Family

There’s no doubt about it that parenting is one of the hardest jobs in the world! It can also be the most confusing, the most wide-ranging and the most distressing job for some parents.  Children are not very easy to take care of, no matter what age they are. We all know how unique they …

4-year-olds are infamous for their tantrums! At the supermarket, at school, in the middle of a playdate or in a restaurant – there’s no guarantee where or when they’ll start.  Preschooler tantrums can be quite a handful, especially because they are loud, unexpected and explosive. They can also be embarrassing for the parents, because most …

For every child we see who are used to “roughing” it through any problem in their life, there are kids who are more emotional. The outside world might see them as children who are often in tears or too sensitive; the truth is, we are sometimes dealing with emotionally intelligent individuals who actually “feel too …

Why do we discipline our kids?  It might seem that we are constantly telling kids to “sit up straight” and “not make a mess”; as parents, we are responsible for everything they do, and most of us make sure that the kids are behaving as perfectly as possible. However, the whole idea of disciplining children …

We see book-smart kids and street-smart kids; we see children who are quiet but understand everything, and kids whose hands shot out whenever the teacher asks a question. We see kids who are interested in science and math, and children interested in music and colors. You can’t really call some of them “smart” and not …

Reading is a skill that is not only essential to a child’s success in school but in life as well. If a child is going to understand most of the other topics that they will learn in school, they are going to need to know how to read. They need to be able to read …

Fifteen-year-old Jamie would be prowling the kitchen pantry in the wee hours of the night. He could easily wolf down packs of Oreos, gallons of cola bottles would disappear during the week and his mother would find empty wrappers of chips and chocolates each morning. Jamie was a junk food junkie. Olivia, thirteen, who would …

Sex is a taboo topic no more, this is a topic that all parents need to address with their children. What’s happening these days? How aware is your child? What are your child’s friends discussing? Is your child negatively affected by peer pressure? What happens if your child is forced to give in? You need …

A role of a parent never ends, even after the kids turn into adults and have children of their own. It may be hard to imagine this now.  You are probably learning to change diapers while preparing the formula or you have moved into toddler territory or if you and your teen are still battling …