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Clean your room! PLEASE
Does this sound familiar? Always nagging, always having to ask your kids to do their part… and then complaining when they forget? Not only do you complain; you DO what they were supposed to DO while mumbling & even perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged chores, clean, family chores, help, Mental Health, routines, school health, teens, tidy, tweens
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Do as I Say NOT as I Do while driving
The day I turned 16, I pestered my mother until she drove me to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicle) office in my parents’ only car, a sky blue Chrysler Newport. I walked… no I merrily skipped into the office … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Keeping Your Child/Tween Safe, Keeping Your Teen Safe, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged distracted driving, drive safely, driving, Mental Health, parents, Physical Health, role model, smart phone, teaching, teens, texting, texting and driving
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Get to know thy TEEN neighbours. It’s pretty amazing!
Neighbours… ah I bet everyone has one really good neighbour story! I too have several neighbour stories but the one that I share most is about the teenage boy next door. He drove too fast down our quiet residential street. … Continue reading
Posted in Babies, Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Baby, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Parenting Your Toddler & Preschooler, Pregnancy, Teens
Tagged assets, developmental assets, driving, driving too fast, loud, Mental Health, neighbour, parenting teens, Physical Health, safe neighbourhood, school health, teens
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How do YOU get your teen to eat breakfast?
Here we go… I’m entering yet another new parenting stage. How does it happen so quickly, one day I’m helping my kids get dressed in the mornings and the next, they are setting their own alarms. In a blink of … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Healthy Eating for Your Child/Tween, Healthy Eating for your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged benefits of breakfast, breakfast, easy breakfast, eating, fast, Mental Health, not hungry, on the go, parents, Physical Health, school, school health, teens, teens and breakfast
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Are parents helping or hindering resiliency in their kids?
What is it that we really want for our kids? Do we want them to be… • Happy? • Successful? • Well liked? • Smart? All of the above? “Well, yes of course “ Right…?? I don’t often hear parents … Continue reading
Posted in Children & Tweens, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Child/Tween, Emotional Well-Being & Mental Health for Your Teen, Parenting, Parenting Your Child/Tween, Parenting Your Teen, Teens
Tagged bounce back, conflict, conflict resolution, helicopter parenting, hovering, kids, Mental Health, Physical Health, problem solving, resiliency, school health, solving issues, solving own problems, teens
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