Tip of the Week: Aug 23-29
Want to help your child build healthy self-esteem? Focus on their efforts rather than their accomplishments.
Tip of the Week: Aug 16-22
If you don’t understand why your child acts or says the things they do, learn their true personality and what makes them tick. This will help you know how to encourage them to be the best version of themselves in ways unique to them.
Tip of the Week: Aug 9-15
Help your child stay organized with visual aids and reminders such as sticky notes, colour coding tasks with highlighters or stickers as markers and take advantage of technology. As they become older, these strategies will help them become more independent.
Tip of the Week: Aug 2 – 8
If you are parenting through a separation or divorce, keep a child-first-focus by leaving your personal emotions out of the conversation with your child’s other parent and use text only for details or arrangements such as pick-up times etc.
Tip of the Week: Jul 26 – Aug 1
Creating a family budget is a critical component to successful money management.
Tip of the Week: Jul 19 – 25
According to author, Micheal H Popkin, “The secret to avoiding a power struggle is to neither fight nor give in.” How do we do this? The first thing is to stay calm and do not take the conflict personally. Remove yourself from the conflict. The moment you get angry, you lose the power struggle.
Tip of the Week: Jul 12 – 18
You can build trust and set the stage for open communication with your children by saying “I love you” at least once a day and sharing your own imperfections with your children.
Tip of the Week: Jul 5 – 11
Appreciate your teen’s uniqueness and show trust in their judgement.
Tip of the Week: Jun 28 – Jul 4
Children need to learn to be in control of their environments. If you give them a bit of power, they often “buy into” whatever needs to be done.
Tip of the Week: Jun 21-27
Some ways to support a child with a language disorder includes talking a lot to your child. This will help your child learn new words. Try reading to your child every day and point at the words you see. Also, point out words and signs you see in the grocery store, at school, words in […]