And let me be clear about disrespect. Parents have to be careful because it’s difficult to stop this behavior once it gets entrenched. By being rude, kids train adults whatnotto ask them and whatnotto expect of them. And households don’t function well where the kids te...
to the ever inspiring, “Well, all kids are rotten when they are teenagers, just try to go through it the best way you can.” What’s more upsetting is that many of these insensitive adults feel the need to share their negative predictions well within the hearing of both our daughters....
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You’re tired of yelling at your kids. Your partner is tired of their disrespect. You try to implement positive parenting strategies. Your partner insists onsending them to time out. You dread mealtime. Your partner dreads bathtime. The tension is palpable, and your kids notice. They know yo...
We often discuss our kids opinions and they often teach us when we have these discussions. That doesn’t mean that they don’t have to brush their teeth if they don’t feel like it but they certainly need to feel like they have been heard. I see too often, as adults what submission...
Ever since Stephanie’s 13th birthday we have been receiving comments from other adults expressing their sympathies because our daughter is now a teenager.We’ve heard everything from,“Sure she’s a good kid,but just wait,now that she’s teenager…”to the ever inspiring,“Well,all kids ar...
Some kids are even allowed to use profane language in front of their parents. 有些父母甚至纵容孩子在自己面前说脏话。 Such casual attitudes about disrespect are at the root of the growing problem America is having with unmannered youth. 由此形成的对礼仪的漠视态度,是导致美国年轻人教养问题日益...
now that she's a teenager" to the ever inspiring, "Well, all kids are rotten when they are teenagers, just try to go through it the best way you can." What's more upsetting is that many of these insensitive adults feel the need to share their negative predictions well within the hear...
She had been treated with such cruelty and disrespect and this small gesture had a great impact on her. We hugged one another warmly. From that day on, I put aside anything I thought she would like as we sorted the new donations. By the time she was moved to a new safe house, she...
Playdates are usually fun for the mom and the kids until someone cries, gets tired, or doesn’t share. It’s been a couple of months since an incident in a playdate happened to us. It has taken me a while to write about it because I wasn’t ready to sift through my feelings and...