How to manage and prevent children's shopping meltdowns

Kids act up in stores--it's a fact of life like birth and taxes. Ideally, we parents should march our little miscreants out when they misbehave, but that's not always practical. I heard one (rather self-righteous) mom say that she leaves the cart and goes home if her kid acts up. That's counter-productive. She's taught the kids nothing and made more work for herself and the poor clerk who has to put her groceries away. Here are better strategies. How to manage and prevent children's shopping meltdowns 

How to Get Your Teen to Respect You Without Compromising Your Integrity

How to Get Your Teen to Respect You Without Compromising Your Integrity I've heard it said that 'today's teens lack respect for authority'. Are teens disrespectful of parents of adults? How can you make your teenager respect you without compromising integrity? Here's how to teach teens respect. Lead by example. Healthy respect begins with healthy role models. Do you show respect for others? Are you polite in public, to family members and co-workers, with authority figures? If you engage in sarcasm, mocking, shaming or rude behavior, don't expect your kids to act any differently. Read more...

Discipline in the Classroom: Learning to Choose Your Battles

Developmental psychology is a fascinating study, but we have to be careful that when explore child psychology that we don't lose the child in the study. Each child is unique and individual; the whole of a child is greater than the sum of the parts. Read more...

Parenting Pitfalls: Over Indulgence and Lack of Discipline

Parenting Pitfalls: Over Indulged, Under Disciplined Children
You have seen them out in public. Those parents and children who think the rules do not apply to them. Children who are allowed to behave as they wish with no discipline; parents who over indulge and act like  everyone finds junior's antics as cute as they do.
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