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Considerations When Appointing a Guardian for Your Child
By Mike Johnson It’s not nice to think about someone else raising your child in your place, but life can be unpredictable, and it’s always important to plan ahead and prepare for every eventuality. Appointing a guardian for your child … Continue reading
Posted in Babies 0-1, General Parenting, Preschoolers 3-5, School-Aged 6-12, Toddlers 1-2
Tagged gaurdianship, wills
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How To Make a Child Learn Independently?
Independence in Education. I had a Quora question that might be beneficial to post here with so many parents struggling to keep their kids engaged in online work. How can one make their child more independent in their studies? In … Continue reading
The “YES” List
Too often, we tell our children what they can’t do when they are mad! No hitting, no pushing your brother, and no swearing! However, children think in the “can do” creative stage, not the “can’t do” of more non-tangible abstract … Continue reading
How To Get More Patience
Like a good marriage, it really helps to ignore a lot of daily irritations. Anger is like a fish-hook. We can choose to bite or swim on by. Sometimes, we just keep on swimming! Sometimes, we have to ignore the … Continue reading
Non-Punitive Screen-Time Family Contract
https://www.todaysparent.com/family/parenting/an-age-by-age-guide-to-kids-and-smartphones/ Also featured in Today’s Parent Magazine Family Screen Time Contract A Contract for Digital Health and Safety between Parent_____ and Child(ren)_____ Date:_________________ CHILD I agree to always ask you for help, explanation, advice and information regarding anything I can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Babies 0-1, Democratic Education, Emerging Adult Children 19-25, General Parenting, Preschoolers 3-5, School-Aged 6-12, Teenagers 13-19, Toddlers 1-2, Unschooling/Self-Directed Education
Tagged computer gaming, contract, game, how to limit, mobile phone, non-punitive, respectful, screen, time, video
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The Playgroup Altercation: Your Child Hits Other Children
The Playgroup Altercation – How to Handle it with Finesse and Respect Part One – Your child is the hitter. You are having a lovely pleasant chat with a mom you haven’t seen in ages and suddenly you hear … Continue reading
Posted in Babies 0-1, Preschoolers 3-5, School-Aged 6-12, Toddlers 1-2
Tagged conflicts, fighting, helping kids sort it out, hitting, Playgroup, playmate, settling, toddler
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Giving Kids Their Own Personal Space
Small house, many children: How to give kids personal space Humans are territorial and want some control over their belongings and the space where they are kept. We love to nest and this is the beginning of that behaviour for … Continue reading
Teaching Sex Education By Age
Some of the best conversations about sex, biology and gender was when my older children were 6, 5, and 3 years old and I was having another baby. They would happily draw pictures of sperm and eggs after we had … Continue reading
Solve Your Child’s Problem Sleep
Think of your child as a special flower in the garden. Remember the seeds given at the beginning of the year. You have been given a special seed that needs its own quantity of water, sun, and special soil conditions. … Continue reading
Posted in Babies 0-1, Preschoolers 3-5, Toddlers 1-2
Tagged bedtime, children, how to, naps, problem, sleep
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