by Ari Yares | Aug 27, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
We all need more tools in our toolbox for supporting our kids, particularly when they are using negative self-talk. By speaking poorly about themselves, they are setting themselves up for failure instead of success. More Resources for Battling Negative Self-Talk...
by Ari Yares | Aug 20, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Listening to you kid put herself down can be downright demoralizing for a parent. This is a potentially damaging behavior with some long-term consequences if left unchecked. See what you can do to battle negative self-talk. More Resources for Battling Negative...
by Ari Yares | Aug 13, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
We all want to read to our kids. But it can be a bit of a challenge to read to your toddler. They won’t sit still when reading, try to turn the pages, or just simply lose interest. Here are some tips to help get them engaged in reading. Share this:Click to share...
by Ari Yares | Aug 6, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
All kids whine and kvetch. It seems to be a given. But, it can be annoying, particularly when it happens all of the time. How do we channel the kvetching so that it doesn’t drive us nuts while still allowing and encouraging our children to share how they feel?...
by Ari Yares | Jul 30, 2019 | Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
Getting a fear to go away can be difficult even for an adult. Yet, we often assume that for our children that it is easy to no longer be scared of something because we view their fears as being irrational. Working to eliminate a fear takes time and patience, mostly on...
by Ari Yares | Jul 23, 2019 | Anxiety, Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
It can be frustrating when your child has a fear of something that just doesn’t make sense to you. Yet, we need to realize that, for our kids, the world can be a big and scary place. Fears can develop in places where we wouldn’t expect them and making them...
