You want to raise confident kids. But the task may seem daunting, especially with all the negative messages kids receive these days. Fortunately, you can help your kids build confidence through some something that comes naturally to them: playtime. Listen to Dr. Laura Kaufman & Patty Wipfler discuss tools for boosting your child’s self-esteem.
What parent hasn’t wished she could clone herself into an army of expert cuddlers, caregivers, lap holders, child carriers, diaper changers, housekeepers and taskmasters? How many times can we say, “There is only one of me”? We want to love, nurture and connect with our children, while at the same time supporting their healthy development, and also managing our responsibilities of putting the groceries away, cooking dinner, living in an organized house, maintaining relationships with the neighbors, driving the kids around… the list goes on. How can there ever be enough of us to go around?
Fathers – or fathering figures – face a common set of challenges in family life. Sometimes, these challenges can be overwhelming, but in each of these challenges lies huge opportunities for fathers to grow. Listen as Patty Wipfler and Chris White, founder of Essential Parenting, talk about the importance of a father’s role in raising confident,
对于你儿子这种要当第一和最棒的模式（思维定势）没有快捷的纠正办法。如果有的话，我们的世界就会和睦的多了。这种“需要成为最好的”实际上是我们社会的通病。有多少次你被要求同意我们的国家是世界上最棒的国家？我们从小就被训练成竞争型的。我们中的一些人能够认识到每个人，每个城市，每个国家都有许多品质值得赞赏，总有一些方面是作为一个人，一个城市，或一个国家可以相互学习的。但是为了感觉良好，我们许多人都养成了事事上都要处于”优势”的渴求。
My entire day, I’d had to figure things out on the fly. By the time my 10-year-old son was getting out of school, my schedule had changed half a dozen times. I had arranged for some friends to take my son to a nearby park for a birthday party, where my daughter and I would
Today after school was my six year old daughter’s time for Special Time. I knew Special Time would be important to her because her nine-year-old brother had spent the last two days sick and at home with me. My daughter wanted to make cookies from the dough we had made the day prior. So, after
Most of us parents want, more than anything, for our presence to be the elixir that banishes our children’s upsets. We want our touch, our cuddles, and our sweet words to heal the hurt. Our son cries over a stomped-on paper airplane, and we put an arm around him and tell him we will make