Summer vacation is an exciting time but brings challenges. Want more fun and less stress this summer? Need help figuring out how to organize those long summer days? I’m sharing some summer survival tips to help moms stay sane this summer.
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If you’re the parent of a gifted child, you may be challenged with a unique set of circumstances. Your gifted child might be mentally above average, but have difficulty interacting with their peers; they may be immature, impatient, or easily bored.
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Many parents believe in the same myth: if they do everything right, their children will be happy. But that’s not how childhood works. No matter how much you love your child or how much you give to them in the way of attention and material items, kids are still going to experience all kinds of emotions, including anger.
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Ever feel so overwhelmed that you aren’t even sure exactly what you are overwhelmed about? Yep, me too. Parents are often stretched so thin and so busy putting out fires that it’s hard to step back and clarify exactly “What is the problem?” And, if you don’t have a clearly defined problem then it’s going to be almost impossible to create a solution.
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Children with autism often have difficulty with the variety of play as well as the complexity of play. They may only play with certain toys or may not play with them in a functional way, like the child who likes to look at the car and spin the wheel but doesn’t pretend to drive it. The good news is that you absolutely can teach attention and play skills. Here are some tips for teaching play.
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One of the biggest daily stresses for a lot of parents are those daily routines that kids don’t follow. Parents feel like they have to repeat themselves a million times or yell in order for their kids to get moving. It’s time to be less reactive and more proactive!
The number one complaint I hear from parents is that they are so tired of yelling at their kids. Why can’t they just listen! Does this sound like you? Are there times of your day that you just dread because you know for a fact that they aren’t going to do what you tell them and the situation is going to escalate?
Let's talk about New Year's resolutions. Do you even bother to set yearly resolutions anymore? Or, have you given up because you start the year jazzed up about the big changes your going to make and then find yourself 3 weeks later feeling defeated.
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