Discipline & Respect

Social interactions are not always easy for children. This article discusses how parents can set up activities to encourage social interactions such as through role playing, setting up play dates ...

The ultimate goal of disciplining children is to teach them about proper behaviour so that they will come to the point where they will monitor their own behaviour and make sound choices. There is a ...

Communicating with children requires certain skills. Parents must remember that children are still learning and developing so being able to communicate with them on their own level is imperative. ...

When children misbehave it can be very difficult to think of anything other than making them stop. For many children this means punishing a child, such as by taking away the item involved in ...

All parents want their children to be voracious learners and do well in school but it seems that academic success comes easier for some children than it does for others. While individual children are ...

Encouraging cooperation from children may take some energy but it need not be terribly time consuming nor incredibly involved. This article describes methods of encouraging children to cooperate ...

All parents want to be respected by their children, but true respect is something that is earned over time. Most children love their parents and will continue to do so throughout their lives, even if ...

A look at the benefits of establishing and maintaining household routines. Offers information about the benefits to children of being raised in a predictable environment as well as a reminder for ...

Without rules, children cannot know what is expected of them. Parents establish household rules for a number of reasons - to assure the safety of family members, to help things run smoothly, and to ...

All parents hope to have cooperative, well behaved children, but promoting good behaviour in children takes time and effort. Kids misbehave at times - even really good kids, but teaching children to ...

A look at the practice and benefits of using positives in disciplining children. Includes ideas for offering kids encouragement for good behaviour and providing them with a sense of warmth and ...

Sticker and star charts are behavioural charts that parents and children alike tend to embrace. This article offers parents on designing and using sticker and star charts to track their children’s ...