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a little parental silliness can save the day by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Learned something interesting from a client today. When her kids are frowning, she tells them that's great, because she's making frown soup and she could use another frown to ... Read on »

what to do when your child whines, "It's not fair!" by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My kids whine that it's not fair when one of them gets something the others don't, like a goody bag at a birthday party. What do I say to them when they tell me that I should ... Read on »

sifting through contradictory parenting advice by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting There's certainly no shortage of both solicited and unsolicited parenting advice these days, much of it contradictory:Spare the rod and spoil the child. Never hit a child. Set ... Read on »

What should I do when my kids hit or pester each other? by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting Sometimes my son gets ornery, and just won't leave his sister alone. He'll poke or hit or verbally harass her, and it drives both me and his sister crazy! I tell him over an ... Read on »

what to do when your child yells at you by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting When my child yells at me, I tell her she can't talk to me that way, and that I won't listen until she can be sweet. But rather than calming down, she often just becomes more ... Read on »

don't overreact to teenage drama!!!!!!!!!!! by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting (hee hee hee - did you like all those exclamation points in the title up there? that's my idea of a real funny joke...)But seriously, folks. Teenagers can be SO dramatic. ... Read on »

New York Times article on parenting by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I was thrilled to read an article in the New York Times which cites research on the harm caused by using parental love and approval as either a carrot or a stick in an attempt ... Read on »

rethinking crying by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting When I look back at my early years of parenting, I realize I had a really hard time letting my children cry or experience discomfort, even when the thing they didn't like was ... Read on »

joint custody and money problems by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I have been divorced for over a year now, and share joint custody of my four teenagers. Aside from losing almost everything in the divorce because I could not afford a lawyer ... Read on »

never hit a child by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I saw something that broke my heart last night. Some friends and I were dining on the patio of a restaurant that overlooked a plaza. A man was pacing around talking on his ... Read on »

My son runs away from me in public by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My son is an energetic and lively 6 year old who literally hits the ground running each morning. I have some physical limitations that make it impossible for me to chase him ... Read on »

happy father's day by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I stumbled upon this article online today, and found myself getting all teary-eyed while reading it. A teenage brother and sister who are orphaned by their mother's sudden de ... Read on »

My preschooler starts to cry out of the blue! by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My four year old son is the sweetest child when he's in a good mood, but it can change so quickly! Here's an example:The other morning we were getting ready to go to the park. ... Read on »

why is it so difficult to change my parenting? by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I wholeheartedly agree with your advice on collaboration vs. consequences. Yet sometimes I still find myself issuing consequences, threats and ultimatums, even though I know ... Read on »

what to do when your toddler is angry about the new baby by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I have two sons. One is 2 1/2 years old and the other 7 months. After I gave birth to the baby, my older son's personality changed. I remember him coming to the hospital, ... Read on »

look for the good by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting I just found this while cleaning up some archived emails. I wrote it back in 2005 ...Greetings!I am all aglow this morning, having just spent 30 minutes over at the middle sc ... Read on »

internet safety for girls by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting interesting article from CNN about how teenage girls can minimize the risk of receiving unwanted sexual advances online:http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/05/26/girls.internet.study ... Read on »

grounding and curfew violations by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting There's an important distinction between grounding for protective or punitive reasons.Punitive grounding is intended to apply uncomfortable consequences and restrictions which ... Read on »

My son is so hard on himself! by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting My son sets impossible standards for himself and then gets upset when he can't meet them. I try to tell him that it's okay to make mistakes because that's how we learn, but he ... Read on »

I've updated My Child Cries About Everything, Part 2 by Karen .. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Parenting to read the updated post:http://www.advice-for-parents.com/2007/11/my-child-cries-at-everything-part if you haven't read part 1 yet, that is here:http://www.advice-for-parents ... Read on »

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