Rules and consequences are critical to negotiating your way through the teen years. Both the rules and the consequences may change as your teen’s needs (and desires) develop. It helps to ask yourself some questions about your rules periodically. General…
Category: Parenting
Sibling Rivalry
The following excerpt is adapted from: Elizabeth Pantley Author of Kid Cooperation and Perfect Parenting © 2002. Elizabeth Pantley www.pantley.com/elizabeth Treat each child as an individual. Help children understand that they are treated differently by you and have different privileges…
Bullying Resources
From the Health Resources and Services Administration, stopbullyingnow has lots of information and resources for kids and parents dealing with the problem of bullying. Features animated “webisodes” like the one here with question and answer sheets following.
Cyberbullying Resource
Cyberbullying is a growing problem among kids these days. This website has a lot of information and resources for parents and kids dealing with this problem. Cyberbullying.us a central repository and information clearinghouse for the phenomenon of cyberbullying. To note,…
Sibling Rivalry
The following excerpt is from: By Elizabeth Pantley Author of Kid Cooperation and Perfect Parenting © 2002. Elizabeth Pantley www.pantley.com/elizabeth The word “sibling” refers to brothers and sisters, and “sibling rivalry” means the competitive feelings and actions that often occur…
Winning the Chore War
The following excerpt is from: By Elizabeth Pantley Author of Kid Cooperation and Perfect Parenting © 2002. Elizabeth Pantley www.pantley.com/elizabeth “How many times do I have to remind you to take out the trash?” Sound familiar? Household jobs are a…
Children and Choices
There are so many things we must get our children to do and so many things we must stop them from doing! Get up. Get dressed. Don’t dawdle. Do your homework. Eat. It goes on and on. We can get…