Your toddler is determined that he want to touch the stove. You try to convince them that this will hurt them. You say no, you move them several times from the area of the stove. You even go so far as to tap them on the butt to show them how serious you are about this being something they shouldn’t do. They continually sneak back into the kitchen and reach up to try and touch the hot…
No matter when you are dealing with a child for any behavior that is not acceptable you must find out the source of the issue. However, when and if you have done everything you can to find out what the issue might be, and have taken steps to help your child if they do not start to change their behaviour, you only have one recourse left and that is tough love.
Tough love is defined as: promotion…
You wake up one morning and you feel this sense that something isn’t right. You are not sure what, but you know that things are not as they should be. Mothers have a way of knowing these things long before we can even see what the problem is.
You grudgingly get up from your warm comfy bed, trod on down the stairs and head for the cupboard to grab a cup, thensaunter over to the coffee pot…
You want your child to grow up understanding the value of money.You yearn for them to understand you get paid if you work hard.But you also want them to understand that families need to work together and to help out when needed.So how do you decide if you should pay your child for household chores or not?
Depending on what goals you have set for yourself as a parent, meaning…
Your child has suddenly become mouthy and rude. You are not able to just put it down to them having a bad day, as this has been going on for some time now and they are becoming belligerent toward everyone most of the time.OR
Your child becomes quiet and withdrawn. Not speaking to anyone, not calling on friends. Not even wanting to go play their favourite activity or go to school…