Training parents about all things preschool and kids aged 18 months–5 years
Is dining out with your kids at your favorite restaurant enjoyable or a nightmare? If you’re spending more time keeping your child from flinging food around the table than eating yours, you’re doing it wrong. The key here is planning and consistency. We say those words a lot when it comes to parenting. But we say them because…
Manners are essential in my book. When you teach table manners to your child they will be accepted and praised everywhere they go. Helping kids learn to stay seated and refrain from throwing cut-up grapes all over the table is an skill that is looked for in preschool classrooms. With practice your kids will learn to wait their turn, to have…
Do you bribe your child? You need to stop right now. If you bribe your child you’re setting yourself up for behavior that will backfire. I will admit a bribe is an easy way out, but doing this on a regular basis will back fire on you. Research shows that a bribe only results in a…
In part 1 we found out that as parents we need to take a step back and really scrutinize the bigger decisions that will affect our children. Our our egos can get in the way of making the right choices. In any situation you need to take a dispassionate and critical view to fully evaluate…
We all want the best for our children. We’re parents. It’s engrained in us; the moment we become a parent that switch is flipped and there’s nothing that will turn it back again. And if we’re told our child can skip a grade of course we want to. It means they’re are gifted, smarter than…
Picky eaters and preschoolers are basically the same thing in my book. And unless you’re one of those lucky parents who’ve managed to raise a magical being with an adventurous palate, you’ll feel my pain when it comes to figuring out how to feed said cracker-muncher and green-bean-refuser. Throw a big family meal like Thanksgiving…
The very idea of preparing for a huge meal like Thanksgiving can be daunting. All those dishes to stir and simmer, the house to clean and decorate, and normal family duties to juggle alongside extended family and their unique personalities means that even the most peaceful house can instantly be thrown into chaos. Take help…
You all know the type I’m talking about. If you weren’t one yourself, you can probably still name the kindergarten class clown or the mean kid in second grade who spent more time in the principal’s office than homeroom. But what happens when you’re the parent of said rabble-rouser? (For the record, this is one…
There are some babies who come out of the womb “politic’in” and ready to run for office, while other children are naturally more reserved. Being timid could be in your child’s DNA and it isn’t necessarily a bad thing. However, it could cause your child to miss out on a lot of fun and new…
You’ve invited your best friend and her three-year-old son over for a play date. Your own three-year-old is excited his friend is coming over to play. Five minutes into the play date it’s clear your friend’s son is on a seek and destroy mission. Talk about a disaster just waiting to happen. Do you wait…
