Yesterday, your child seemed to be perfectly okay. Today, you can tell something is wrong. When you really think about it, you realize it has been days since something changed. He seems withdrawn, teary, scared of invisible dangers lurking around the corner, and this behavior leaves you somewhat baffled. Uncharacteristic or “bizarre” behaviors are common […]
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Everything you need to know about raising a sensitive kid
This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read the full disclosure. I have a sensitive child, and I think sensitive kids are just lovely. But raising one is not easy every day. If you have a sensitive kid, you know what I am talking about: Your sensitive child worries. A LOT. You spend months […]
5 fun and powerful tips to raise a reader
This post contains affiliate links for your convenience. Click here to read the full disclosure. Everyone knows the benefits associated with reading: Kids who read (or are read to) develop their vocabulary faster than those who do not. Researchers suggest that this is because parents tend to use the same words with their children every day and books […]
These four things will ensure your child’s later achievement, according to science
In the 1960s, a team of researchers led by Walter Mischel gave children a marshmallow, told them that they would receive a second marshmallow after 15 minutes if they resisted eating the first one, and then left the room and observed how the children would behave. Years later, the researchers contacted the same children to […]
Proven tips to setting limits that reduce your child’s problem behavior
Being both an educator and a parent, I have often found it difficult to avoid drawing parallels between educating and parenting: How come some teachers/parents never have to raise their voices to get obeyed and others seem to have to yell to get the slightest attention from their students/children? How come certain teachers/parents seem to […]