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Developing Co Parenting Skills: Working Together To Raise Happy Kids
By Laura Doerflinger, MS, LMHC
Co- parenting isn’t easy, it’s quite a chore. What is more difficult on you child is when neither parent is willing to negotiate or communicate, then the child has the job of transitioning from one parenting style to the other. As a parent educator and family therapist, I have seen many anxious and confused children affected by their parents’ inconsistent rules and styles. This can occur even to children who’s parents live in the same house, the bottom line is that it is the parents’ responsibility to create a balance.
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By Margaret Paul, Ph.D.
Rebecca was struggling with her 3 year old’s screaming. Whenever someone didn’t do what he wanted, he screamed and screamed, all in an attempt to get his way. Rebecca had tried many different things to get him to stop screaming, time outs, telling him to use his words, walking away and ignoring him, taking away toys and taking away events, such as a birthday party. A couple of times she had lost it and screamed back at him. Nothing was working to get him to stop screaming. Even though screaming didn’t work for him to get his way, he kept doing it.
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By Kelly Nault-Matzen, MA and family counselor
Struggle is not part of the natural order. You never sees a fruit tree struggle to produce blossoms when given the right environment. Why? Because the tree is simply following the natural order—its basic nature. Struggle does not have to be part of the parenting equation either. This is great news for many parents because if we choose to use the law of attraction we can experience a happier, more peaceful and respectful home. This can even mean eliminating award-winning temper tantrums for good. Sound too good to be true? Read on.
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By Alvaro Castillo
A survey found that many Americans whose children are obese do not see them that way. That is very concerning because obese children run the risk of many diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol problems and other ailments more commonly found in adults. Overweight children are more likely to grow up to be overweight adults.
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By Alvaro Castillo
“Don’t do as I do. Do as I say.” That is advice many of us have heard in our lives, especially when we were young. It is about the worst possible advice we will ever receive. It just doesn’t work that way. The truth is, that we follow the example we see from those we respect the most. Being an example is a role we inherit but may not want. Make no mistake about it, we are all in that position at one time or another.
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By Alvaro Castillo
Spoiling your child may lead to problems. The very word spoil is a very emotional word, and typically has many negative connotations. However, there are parents who do not discriminate between their children’s requests and will grant them everything they ask for. Every situation and family is different. Parents who indulge their children too much, do so for a variety of reasons.
Parents may genuinely find it difficult to refuse their child anything. They feel guilty because they do not spend enough time with them, they worry that the child may feel left out if they don’t have the latest gear, the child may have been ill as a baby and so is seen as being extra special and vulnerable, the child may be the youngest of a large family and their parents are aware that this is their last child.
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Stressed Parents Can Blame Freud And Spock And Trust Guts
By Alvaro Castillo
21st century parents may be the most anxious and guilt-ridden parents of any generation. Prior to the 20th century most parents viewed children as resilient and that the stresses of life would strengthen them. Most of today’s parents view children as fragile and believe that only a very careful, closely supervised act of parenting will imbue children with sufficient confidence and self-esteem to succeed.
The 20th century created huge erosion in confidence in parents ability to raise their children. This was due to multiple factors, some of the most significant were Freud’s claims that all adult neuroses could be traced to parenting mistakes. The behaviorist Watson aided and abetted this view by stating that parents could cause any child to become any kind of person simply by following his behavioral strategies. Both of these famous physiologists were followed by Dr. Spock, who was read by millions and frequently changed his views.
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Autism is a brain development disorder and the behaviors of those who have autism range from: hindered or impaired social interaction and communication; repetitive behavior such as hand-flapping, body rocking or head rolling; compulsive behavior such as arranging objects according to size, shape or color; the dislike of change; ritualistic behavior; all the way though self-injury; most of which starts before a child is three years old.
Up to date, diagnosis has always been based on behavior – the child must exhibit at least six symptoms, such as lack of social or emotional reaction, repetitive use of language, problems with all types of communication and a fixation with objects.
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It is assume by the majority of people that the mother will be awarded automatic custody of a child, this is only holds true in certain cases – for instance, when the biological father has not been determined and the mother is fit to parent. However, in most cases, the truth is that whether the parents are married or not, they both have the SAME right to be awarded custody. Many courts do still tend to favor the mother for certain reasons, but when the child is between infancy and about 9 years of age there is still a valid case for awarding the father full or partial custody.
Fathers still have important rights they need to be aware of:
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