Teaching kids how to set boundaries is an important life skill. Here's how to to protect your kids from the people who might shrink them.
From there, we can move on to talk with our kids about personal boundaries like physical space. We should explain to our kids that they have a right to body autonomy and should always speak up if these rights have been violated. Too many children, me included, are raised to believe they...
Check out these tips on teaching empathy to children from the authors of The Danish Way of Parenting.
One hot summer day, my family and I were at my in-laws’ house for a family pool party. There was music and laughter and kids screaming with delight as they jumped in and out of the pool. It was a pretty typical scene, really. My children, ages three and five at the time, had ...
Exercise 2The best way of teaching your children about respect is to show respectfor yourself, your children, and others. Kids 1.(influence)throughout their day by adults - whether it is a parent, or a teacher.Observing respectful adult behavior 2.(help) your children learn thevalue of res...
Children should know how to honor the feelings and boundaries of other living creatures, whether human or not, and these conduct codes are particularly important with respect to dogs. From an early age, kids should learn what behaviors are acceptable and which are not, and that includes being ...
One of the best life lessons parents can teach their teens relates to managing their money. So many of us grow up without having an idea about how to make the most of our checking account, how to save for attainable goals, or how to budget and consider t
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3. Set clear expectations and boundaries. Let your kids know what you expect from them in terms of making smart decisions. For older kids, this could include things like always telling you where they are going, not using illicit substances like drugs and alcohol, and staying away from dangero...
kids do wrong,'' she says.``By the time I was on my third child I found that, rather than focusing on bad behaviour, it was more beneficial to praise good behaviour.``I'm not talking about lavishing praise on a child, but by simply recognising the good that they can do every day...