Kindness is a teachable virtue—but you have to make it a high priority to teach your young ones. In this article, we talk about how to raise good kids.
Good people.Steve told me that his and Debra’s first goal was to raise Eva and Annie to be good people. For the Barnes girls, that meant being respectful, responsible, and kind. To that end, there were regular discussions at the dinner table from an early age about what va...
When kids have sports practices, games, and other extracurricular activities, it can be tempting to grab something on-the-go and eat at different times. But eating as a family might be one of the best things you could if you want to raise happy k...
Meanwhile, 65% of parents of 10th graders said they believed their kids loved school. "There's a real mismatch," Anderson said on an episode of the "Raising Good Humans" podcast earlier this month. Kids who are engaged at school — meaning they're curious and self-motivated to learn...
How to raise successful kids — without over-parenting By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping. At least, that's how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it....
— Julie Lythcott-Haims, former dean of freshmen at Stanford University and author ofHow to Raise an Adult 4. Teach your kids to help out around the house — without being asked. “We absolve our kids of doing the work of chores around the house, and then they end up as young adults...
Research suggests that as adolescents, children of authoritarian parents may lack some of the critical social and communication skills that are so important for good social adjustment and for positions as leaders. Moreover, children raised by authoritarian parents tend to become authoritarian...
but we must not make that child dependent. He advised parents to begin training kids from the very beginning to stand on their own two feet. He also cautioned that if children get the impression that their parents have nothing better to do than be at their beck and call, they would gain...
To raise a bilingual child in an Asian language or Arabic is to relinquish a bit of control. However, in 20 years, a person multilingual in an important world language can provide job security in their household. The good news is there are benefits regardless of the language. Learning any ...
behave in public when he has sloppy manners at home. Parents play a critical role in a child’s upbringing because children look to their parents as role models. The social norms are first learnt in a home setting, and therefore you can help your child by imparting and expecting good ...