Parenting & Raising Kids

It’s that time of year – back to school time and that means back to school gifts for students and teachers. (Notice I saved this entry for when the kids really are going back to school – not in the beginning of July when the retailer stores start putting up the school sale banners!)

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Disciplining Other People’s Kids
It’s amazing what you can learn about society from watching old television shows. I once wrote an article based on the expectations and societal roles of husbands and wives based on observations from how Samantha and Darrin behave on Bewitched.
I have a different twist on that today in the topic of […]

For some reason, when kids study poetry in school, it is often presented as a lost art – a form of writing that isn’t practiced or appreciated in our modern society. That simply isn’t true. While one may not find poerty in the pages of national news magazines or newspapers as may have […]

I had done a series of blog entries along time ago about child entrepreneurs. Of course, computer and the Internet make it easier than ever for enterprising kids to start, run, and advertise their own little businesses.
How excited would your kids be if you helped them design a logo online that they […]

I have a great tip for parents today that might save some money and time.
If your kids express an interest in music lessons, but you’re not sure if you want to invest the time, money, and research necessary to get them set up at a local music school and find musical equipment because you’re […]

I was just reading an article called ADHD and Young Children: Unlocking the Secrets to Good Behavior.
It made some noteworthy points. Here are a couple with my commentary.
The first point was about adapting behavioral control techniques for kids with ADHD. The example used (reducing time-out time periods) was a slight modification of […]

I was originally going to call this entry Dealing with Older Kids at Home, but I realized that the problem with that tile is defining “older kids.” In fact, “teens” may have an exact definition - those between the ages of thirteen and nineteen, but that still is too wide of a range for […]

I thought I would take a different tactic than usual in this blog entry. Since many articles aimed at parents are “how to” in nature, I thought I would do a parody for kids called How To Manipulate Your Parents In Three Easy Steps.
1) Play one parent against the other. Choose the weaker […]