"Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me" is a common childhood phrase said to negate the comments of the mean, spiteful, or teasing offender. Modern psychology has realized that words are weapons, weeds, and wounds that harm and hurt and may contribute to long-term issues, pain, and suffering. Why [...]
In today's complex and fast-paced world many parents are stressing and struggling with raising happy and healthy children. After two years of crazy coronavirus conditions dealing with a fear focus and negative news, parents are finding it even more challenging to raise their children due to the strain, stress, and struggles they are facing. Today [...]
What are your guiding parenting principles for food, health, and nutrition to ensure happy and healthy children? By the way, parents shop and talk it appears a lot of parents are slipping, stressing, and struggling as parents and knowing what to do and say to their children regarding a family friendly food foundation for happiness [...]
The previous Great NEWS post shared Parenting Principles for Preventing Problems Part 10 - Youth Parenting Challenges and today we continue the series with Part 11 – Preteen Parenting Challenges. Parenting preteens requires a combination of emotional, mental, physical and spiritual beliefs and practices to deal with the “tweens”. Parents who navigate the “tween” years [...]
The previous Great NEWS post shared Parenting Principles for Preventing Problems Part 9 - Preschool Parenting Challenges and today we continue the series with Part 10 – Youth Parenting Challenges. Peak parenting for youth involves dealing with the merging of a multitude of activities associated around family, friends, fun, school, social situations, society and sports. [...]
The previous Great NEWS post shared Parenting Principles for Preventing Problems Part 8 - Toddler Challenges and today we continue the series with Part 9 – Preschool Parenting Challenges. Parenting preschoolers involves some creative parenting to deal with the rapid advancement in development and learning. Parents can benefit from help during this bridge period before [...]
The previous Great NEWS post shared Parenting Principles for Preventing Problems Part 6 - Newborn Parenting Challenges and today we continue the series with Part 7 – Infant Parenting Challenges. Parenting newborns and infants requires developing special behaviors, habits and routines to enable the parents to deal with a wide range of situations. My own [...]
The previous Great NEWS post shared Parenting Principles for Preventing Problems Part 5 - Pregnancy and today we continue the series with Part 6 - Newborn Parenting Challenges. Parenting demands attention to details and organizational skills especially during the newborn and infant transition. Personal experience and observing other parents indicates many parenting issues result from [...]
The previous Great NEWS post shared Parenting Principles for Preventing Problems Part 3 - Newly Married/Partnered and today we continue the series with Part 4 - Pre Parent Planning. Parenting is a major responsibility and many future parenting problems can be avoided with prior proper pre- parenting planning. My personal experience and observations suggests many [...]
The previous Great NEWS post shared Parenting Principles for Preventing Problems Part 2 (Premarital Issues) and today we continue the series with Part 3 (Newly Married/Partnered). When you think about parenting do you wonder which comes first: Parenting problems or children problems? My belief and experience suggests most parenting issues are unresolved childhood issues of [...]
