Do you feel that parenting is the biggest job you’ll ever have? This is a place to share ideas, useful tips, advice from experts, and useful resources to help you go through this adventure.
May 12, 2021 |
As parents, we all know that reading plays a critical role in children’s growth and development. Reading has been proven through research to be the most effective way to acquire new vocabulary. However, we may often assume that our children will just learn to love…
May 12, 2021 |
Writing is one of the most important skills for your child’s education. The process begins before kindergarten and continues through life. Unfortunately, Vietnamese classroom settings often don’t provide enough practice time to really hone those writing skills,…
May 12, 2021 |
“No” is a word that many parents use when “disciplining” (or trying to discipline) their kids: “No hitting!” “No running, please!” “No fighting!” “No tantrums!” “No, no, no!” In fact, according to “The Kid Counselor” and licensed private-practice play therapist Brenna…
May 12, 2021 |
We all want to raise responsible children. And we all want to live in a world where others have been raised to be responsible, a world where adults don’t shrug off their responsibilities as citizens. So how do we raise our kids to take responsibility for their…
May 12, 2021 |
Kindness is the virtue of thinking of others — caring about their feelings, needs, and happiness. As parents, we want our children to be kind, thoughtful, and empathetic to those around them — and it can be hard to know how to respond most effectively when they are…
May 12, 2021 |
School has started again! This time of year can be crazy: vacation is over, schedules are all over the place, and getting healthy food on the table (and in the lunch boxes) can be tough. It’s the perfect time to think about some healthy recipes that we’re all in…
May 12, 2021 |
Good social skills allow kids to enjoy better peer relationships. But the benefits of robust social skills reach far beyond social acceptance. Children with better social skills are likely to reap immediate benefits. For example, a 2019 study found that good social…
May 12, 2021 |
It’s not easy to raise a young teen. Many outside influences distract our children and complicate our efforts. In a 1996 study of 220 tweens and teens between 5th and 12th grade, the proportion of waking hours that those kids spent with their families dropped from…
