Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits
As parents, our goal is to help our kids develop into young adults who are self-sufficient and ready to face the challenges of the outside world. To do this, we need to think about the habits that we will give our children so that they will have the tools that they need. To create kid habits, we need the right parenting strategies.
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits are short videos about specific parenting strategies that you can use to help your child develop the skills they need to be successful adults in the future.
Summer Planning: Turn over the Bucket List to Your Kids
We love the lazy days of summer because of the relaxed atmosphere that they hopefully bring with them. Even from this place of relaxation, there are opportunities for our children to grow and become more independent. Your family's summer bucket list is a great place...
Helping Kids to Listen Better
"Use your listening ears!" That's a pretty regular phrase in our house. But do we ever provide strategies to help our kids actually use those "listening ears?" Try this simple strategy to help improve listening as a way to go those ears to turn on....
Let Your Kids See Your Negative Emotions
If you are like most adults, it can be difficult to show your kids that you have negative emotions. We seem to want them to think that as adults, we are happy all the time. But does that really make any sense? What would happen if we shared more of our full range of...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Love Notes
We all like a little appreciation now and then. And, it's even better when it is unexpected. Our kids are no different. Providing them with a little bit of love in the middle of the day when they are off at school can go a long way toward building up their self-esteem...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: The Mindful SEAT
We all get aggravated and frustrated from time to time. Here's a mindfulness strategy that we can teach to our older kids to help them (and us) calm down. https://youtu.be/bZJ1eNDPAFg
Chores and Children: Yes, It Can Be Successful
Most of the time, we don't love having to do our chores and neither do our children. But doing chores keeps a household going and bringing our children into the chores helps them learn some valuable life lessons and skills. Watch this Instagram Live recording to learn...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Top Reasons Why Kids Misbehave
Kids' behavior can be puzzling and their misbehavior even more so. We're often perplexed as to why our child acted out which then makes it even harder to prevent it from happening again. If we think about the reasons that kids misbehave, though, we have a better...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Helping Kids Develop Gratitude
It's never too late to help your kids learn to be grateful. Gratitude helps them show appreciation and can help them be mindful of their own actions. https://youtu.be/MnmXyhcwmFw
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Getting Your Kid to Think about Thinking
Metathinking means thinking about thinking and this is a challenging skill for our children. It takes time and the development of some executive functioning skills to help build it up. Here's a strategy to help encourage it along. https://youtu.be/zZ-l8EFfyg8