Understanding the reasons for your child’s behavior and responses is important, but the truth is that some adoptive parents may never know the full extent of their child’s underlying problems for a number of reasons.
Boundaries & Limits
Having trouble getting your toddler down to sleep? Here are some ideas for making the bedtime experience less stressful.
What will we do when we stop living our adult children’s lives for them?
Worried about what your teen is up to on Facebook? These tips will help.
Children who are adopted when they’re older or who have more complicated histories are not likely to respond well to some traditional discipline methods.
How adoptive parents can sensativley share their child’s adoption story with them.
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “Mom, it took me forever to get to work, and I didn’t get to stop for dinner. You know how awful I feel when I don’t eat, and I don’t have any breaks to go out and get something. Can you pick up a burrito and drop it off?” This …
Before she was a teenager, Chelsea* had a cell phone. She also had her own bedroom complete with a TV and a computer with Internet access. As she continued growing up into a young teen, she made regular salon visits and had an artificial tan that made her look much older than she was. By …
A Wireless New World My husband is a college student. Since he’s about a decade older than the average freshman, he has an interesting combination of insider and outsider perspectives on campus life. One phenomenon he finds fascinating is walking from one class to another and watching groups of people walking and talking. But not …
How do you get your toddler over this frustrating step?
Keys for offering the healing experience of meeting your adopted child’s needs, if they’ve been abused.
How do you set effective boundaries that build character and establish a proper relationship with your teen?
Like movie ratings, video game ratings are helpful tools for parents who want to make informed decisions about what their children see.
Teach your kids how to protect a good reputation when the eyes of the World Wide Web are watching.
Don’t just “phone it in” when it comes to guiding and protecting your kids by setting limits on cell phone use.
When and where to go for help when your teen rebels
Help your teenager exercise safe online social skills.
What can you do then to support your children in learning and help them take ownership?
the power of today’s media and entertainment to negatively sway human behavior should be a cause of concern.
Using consequences to foster responsibility, confidence and success