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.
Parents Having Conversations in Cars (with Kids!)
Getting our kids to own up to us can be difficult. Even when we aren't being confrontational, our kids may view our direct questions in the kitchen as a challenge, just because we are facing them head-on. But, what might happen if we change the location and our...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Dealing with Picky Eaters
Picky eaters can drive parents absolutely mad. You've made a meal and for reasons that you cannot fathom, your child refuses to even look at it. What can you do to survive and not become a short order cooking who makes individual meals for each member of your family?...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Helping to Balance Caution and Curiosity in Young Kids
Curiosity killed the cat, right? But without allowing our kids to explore the world around them and scratch that curiosity itch, we risk stifling their growth. So, how do we balance our competing needs to keep kids safe and allow them to thrive by putting their...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Helping Kids Make Good Decisions
One thing is certain in our lives - we will have to make choices between things. The challenge is making healthy, values-based decisions that we will not regret later on. As parents, it is our job to help our children develop their decision-making skills. Watch this...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Labeling Emotions
Getting kids to talk about their feelings can be tough, particularly when they don't have the words that they want to use. Instead of letting your child get frustrated with a limited emotional vocabulary, help them out with this strategy. Resources Coaching Your Child...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Getting Conversation Started at Dinner
Getting a meaningful conversation going at the dinner table can be a struggle. Too often, we ask the generic "How was your day?" and then get an equally generic answer ("Fine") in return. If we want our dinner tables to be a place where we can more deeply engage with...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Promoting Growth Mindset by Accepting Mistakes
Without a doubt, we want our kids to develop a growth mindset. We want them to be resilient and learn from their successes and mistakes. But, how do we as parents get them to develop this mindset?
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Relaxing Your Kids Using a Body Scan
Our kids are surrounded by millions of stimuli all day competing for their attention. So much is happening that they often struggle with listening to their own bodies or are challenged with calming themselves down. Try out this body scan technique to help your kids...
Parenting Strategies to Kid Habits: Teaching Your Kid a Lesson
Our impulse as parents is often to lecture our kids when they don't do what they are supposed to or they misbehave. But is that the best way to help them learn the behavior that we want them to display?