The cool mornings and evenings tell me that fall is just around the corner. Many of us will have changes in our daily schedules very soon, whether it’s getting children ready for the school bus or taking them back to college. Our time as a parent is not just the first 18 or 22 years […]
Relationships
Use Positive Discipline To Guide Better Behaviors
Recently, spanking has been in the news again. George Holden, a researcher at Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, TX attempting to study yelling in parenting recruited parents from area day care centers and asked them to wear microphones in their house in the evening for 5 days. In these recordings there were multiple incidences of […]
“Mom, I Need This:” Winning the Back-to-School Clothing Wars
As Ohio students start gearing up for a return to the classroom, parents will also have to gear up for back-to-school expenses. In my budget class, we talk about the three kinds of expenses; fixed, flexible, and occasional. Flexible and occasional expenses are items or services you may not need to pay for every month, but when […]
Happy Birthday America
Happy Birthday America! As you and I gather with family and friends to watch the fireworks, picnics and parades, let’s not forget to share with our children the real meaning of this special time of celebration. Teaching them and reminding ourselves, why independence from Great Britain was important is another step in creating the character […]
Want to help your child? Invest in Healthy Relationships.
A new research brief from Child Trends reinforces what research has been saying for years- healthy and happy parental relationships lead to better outcomes for children. For years researchers have been coming to the conclusion that higher relationships quality between parents leads to many better child and parental outcomes including: less child behavior problems higher […]
Tips for a Happy Summer when College Kids Come Home
Our greatest challenge is to learn new parenting techniques to maintain our positive relationship with them. Here are a few tips gathered from a variety of sources to help give a perspective overview. From the parent’s point: There will be changes in our routines. Without one (or more) at home there was less laundry, dishes […]