Why Allowing Your Kids to be Bored is a Savvy Parenting Move
{Sneak peek: Kids being bored isn’t a bad thing! The benefits of being bored are real if we can help kids through …
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What Does Child Rearing Mean to You? How Does This Impact Your Parenting Philosophy?
What are the Four Styles of Child Rearing ? This question of child rearing styles or philosophies is nothing new. For as …
How Observation Taught Me 3 Child Development Lessons You Need to Know
What Does Rearing a Child Mean? While it seems like an obvious question, child rearing is a relatively new idea. Rearing …
Parenting and Child Development: Lessons Learned from My Kids
Parenting and Child Development Lessons Rearing a child, of course, means to nurture, care for and guide a child to …
Is Finding a “Flow State” of Parenting Possible?
What is a “flow state” and can it apply to parenting? The question is: how do we get there? I …
Parenting Your Strong-Willed Child to Help Them Find Their True Gifts
Interview with Ginny Luther “If I was honest with myself and looked back on the days that were the toughest, I …
The Fascinating Roller Coaster of Child Development: Physical and Cognitive Growth Spurts
I’ve written about growth spurts ages several times on this blog but I keep returning to it because it’s such as …
Looking Beyond “Quality vs. Quantity” Time with Kids
As a person trained in the methodology of family science, there is nothing that bothers me more than when the media …
Fun, Meaningful Kids’ Gifts that Promote Kindness
Sneak peek: Kindness and empathy in kids can be modeled but we also have to be intentional about fostering it. Kindness …