5 Ways to Teach/Reach Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

As the parent of an autistic boy, I grapple with social, sensory, self care, and behavioral issues every day but it always nice to remember that I have a bag of tricks at my disposal. I like to keep a mental list of reminders and ideas for ways to handle our day to day issues. [...]

How to Deal with Preschool Temper Tantrums

As parents of preschoolers or one who spends time with them, you may be at a loss for how to deal with preschool temper tantrums. Using the following ideas may give you the tools you need to deal with temper tantrums effectively and have a better behaved child, too. Why do preschoolers have temper tantrums [...]

Tough Love Versus Spanking

Ever wondered what to do when you are an attached, respectful parent and you refuse to spank but yet you are at your rope’s end with one of your kids? I just had to repost this chain email I got on an AP group: Tough Love vs. Spanking – Good Argument Most people think it [...]

Gentle Discipline for the Older Child

Part of disciplining a child is about setting boundaries and also about contributing to the healthy development of your child’s character and value system.  As your child gets older and starts to assert his character, you may need to have some patience in order to adequately address disciplining situations.  Remember every word or action you [...]

Consensual Living

Consensual Living or CL is based on the notion individuals in relationship with each other can exist in a way that avoids conflict through fair and democratic recognition of each others needs and effective communication. CL is sometimes considered a parenting philosophy, where children are considered to have an equal say in family decision making.  [...]

When They Won't Clean Their Room

A question from reader Jess: My husband and I are having a hard time getting our 7 year old to clean his room. His room gets so bad that I am afraid someone will kill themselves trying to walk through it. Yesterday we decided he needed to clean it but he just wouldn’t do. He kept [...]

Why Spanking Doesn’t Work

A child misbehaves by poking, kicking or similarly assaulting another child. The parent grabs him by the arm and slaps him for hitting that child. “Don’t Hit,” they may even yell. Hmm…what’s wrong with this scenario? Spanking teaches children that violence is the solution to problems. Hitting teaches that we can and should use physical coersion to get what [...]

Are You Damaging Your Child’s Self-Esteem?

Self-esteem is important for any child’s development. He needs it to grow into a confident adult later in life. When a child lacks in self-esteem growing up, then he has a tougher time handling his everyday troubles. In severe cases, children have resorted to committing suicide over low self-esteem issues. In order for them to [...]

2 Ways To Parent Consciously

As parents who wish to raise our children consciously and with love and respect, we can’t always do what comes naturally. Our knee jerk responses to our kid’s less than stellar behavior is often a reflection of our own parents choices. While that may be a good thing, it isn’t always so. We may be [...]

What Is Discipline?

Probably no other topic sparks as much resignation in a parent than the topic of discipline. Parents are afraid not to discipline, or afraid to discipline too harshly. This is a good thing, as it means that modern parents are concerned with their own actions. Instead of doing things the way they’ve always been done, [...]

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